16 year old Teen rapper Lil Purk has been sentenced for the murder of two boys – one 12, the other 15 – outside Atlantic Station in November 2022.
According 11Alive News, Lil Purk, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in the shooting at Atlantic Station in November 2022.
Lil Purk real name
The real name of Lil Purk is born Jamal Jones.
He is best known in the drill music scene and is signed to OTF (Only The Family), which was founded by Lil Durk.
He went viral online after releasing his single Walkem Down, which has led to him amassing over one million streams on Spotify. He released his album Before the Fame in 2022, which featured his Simple Stupid and Geffen Records collaboration I Be With P5ive.
On Tuesday, December 19, he took to his official Instagram account to address the fatal double murder and his involvement. He said in his Instagram story:
“To all my family and fans I would like to sincerely apologize to y’all and to all the younger generation looking up at me. Let me and my situation be a lesson learned for our whole generation everything not what it seem and I’m still pleading my innocent I love you lil hot and to the families hurt by this situation forgive me also still keeping faith alive 43va.”
It is not the first time Lil Purk has involved himself in crimes.
In September, Jones was accused of shooting a man in the leg.