Lil Durk shared an update on his mental well-being and how he’s been staying occupied during his time behind bars through a recent message on social media.

He revealed that he has been working on cultivating patience and dedicating his time to reading as part of his personal growth.

“I just wanna give y’all an update on my mental, my mind state. I’ve just been reading and getting into these books, just working on my patience,” he said.

From there, he cited Elaine Brown, Fred Hampton, and the works of other “revolutionaries who been through something and stand for something that a lot of people don’t know of or forgot about.”

He continued, “It’s just been sitting on my heart lately to just save this generation, save these kids. They don’t deserve it. I’m just tired of being a pawn for the culture. Just entertaining it and being ignorant. I wanna change the world around to being positive… For these kids, we gotta be their heroes. They gotta look up to us in a positive way. A lot of people ain’t gonna like it. If you can’t make money off of it, they ain’t gonna like it.”

Lil Durk has been in custody since his arrest in 2024, facing charges that include conspiracy, murder-for-hire, and using a firearm in connection with a violent crime.

Authorities claim he planned the attempted murder of Quando Rondo two years earlier. He has entered a not guilty plea and continues to assert his innocence. The trial is set to commence on August 25, 2026.