India, Sept. 12 -- A federal jury has reached a verdict in Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial after beginning deliberations Wednesday over a deadly shooting near a Los Angeles shopping center. However, the exact verdict is still unclear.

However, but the decision may not immediately mean freedom for the rapper. Even if Durk is found not guilty, he could still remain behind bars because he faces a separate federal racketeering case.

Even if Durk is found not guilty in this trial, Durk still faces a second trial on racketeering charges, according to Complex. Prosecutors wanted both cases to be tried together, but they lost that request over the summer. In the racketeering case, Durk is accused of running a criminal ent...