Lil Durk’s Deep Thoughts album has supposedly been delayed, but he has sweetened the pain for his fans by announcing a birthday event in Chicago.

The Windy City stalwart was scheduled to release his new album on Friday (October 18), but the Kurrco X (previously Twitter) account pointed out that the release date on streaming services such as Apple Music was posted as November 22 as of Monday (October 14).

Despite the delay, Durk turned to Instagram on Monday (October 14) to promote a major event at the United Center in his hometown.

The upcoming show, “Lil Durk… And Friends,” will take place on October 20. The video contains hints for other artists, as sketched characters appear and disappear with large question marks over their chests.

Durk captioned the photo, “Get your tickets now.” unitedcenter.com On October 20th, we in the raqqqqqqqq [eight fire emojis] come on.”

While Durk is firmly in record mode, he has taken time away from the studio to help those in need.

Last week, he did his part for the community by offering to assist victims of Hurricane Milton, which blasted through areas of Florida.

On his Instagram Stories, the Chicago rapper offered assistance to anyone in Florida affected by the deadly storm.

He wrote: “Me and my team @neighborhoodheroesfoundation want to focus on the tragic situation in the Florida areas. We want to be ahead of everything, and we intend to gather water and food for the aftermath of the hurricane, inshallah.” “We will keep everyone in our Dua.”

Durk announced Deep Thoughts earlier in October.

The Chicago rapper made the unexpected revelation via Instagram, revealing the project’s title, initial release date, and cover art.”Deep thoughts 10/18 for the people for the trenches smurk back [star and crescent emoji],” he added beside the artwork, which shows Durk hovering above the seas in the light of the moon.

His statement was accompanied by a sneak peek at the album, with the OTF founder releasing a new tune called “Monitoring Me.”

Featuring menacing, piano-laced music from Southside, the track finds Smurk exerting his dominance over his opportunities with lines like: “He said something in public, I got in his DMs and made him apologize.”