Faith, Family, and Second Chances: Dontay "Big Durk" Banks
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Faith, Family, and Second Chances: Dontay "Big Durk" Banks
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Kanoya Ali and Peter Cunningham sit down with Abdul Haqq, also known as Dontay Banks or Big Durk, who served 26 years of a life sentence before becoming a life coach and curriculum specialist at Chicago CRED. As the father of one son lost to gun violence, and another son, rap superstar Lil Durk, facing charges, Abdul shares his journey from the streets of Englewood through federal prison, where his transformation through Islam changed his life completely.
The conversation explores his childhood in poverty with nine siblings, his path into street life after seeing his family evicted, and how a federal drug conviction led to a life sentence. Abdul discusses his mentorship with Larry Hoover, his conversion to Islam in prison, and how faith gave him the discipline and conviction to change. He also addresses his son's recent legal troubles and the growing influence of Islam in reducing Chicago's gun violence through non-aggression principles.