Key Takeaways:

• Luigi Mangione initially downloaded Taylor Swift and Charli xcx songs to his jail pill.
• A fellow inmate named “King” changed his playlist with Lil Durk tracks, together with “Dis Ain’t What U Want.”
• Mangione is awaiting trial within the homicide case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Luigi Mangione’s music playlist would possibly shock you. On Tuesday (Oct. 28), in a letter written to one in all his supporters, the person accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson revealed what he’s been listening to behind bars.

“Last week, I downloaded a bunch of Taylor Swift and Charli xcx [songs] onto my tablet,” Mangione wrote, per Us Weekly, whose supply reportedly confirmed the letter was “legitimate.” He confessed that he “never really listened” to both artist earlier than however determined to offer them a attempt after “some phony list” of his supposed favourite music started spreading on-line.

“Rather than be a buzzkill and set the record straight, I figured I’d see what all the hype was about,” Mangione continued. He then recalled listening to Swift’s “Cardigan” when one other inmate named “King” requested what he was taking part in. “He scolds me for a while, then replaces all my music. Now I listen to Lil Durk!”

In the underside left nook of the letter, Mangione listed “Dis Ain’t What U Want” by Lil Durk as a part of his playlist. The track appeared on 2013’s Signed to the Streets alongside tracks like “Bang Bros” and “52 Bars, Pt. 2.”

Authorities arrested Mangione at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania 5 days after Thompson’s homicide in December 2024. Later that month, he was extradited to New York City and charged with four federal crimes, together with first-degree homicide and stalking. The Ivy League graduate — who has turn into considerably of a polarizing determine on social media — entered right into a responsible plea after being arraigned on state expenses.

Lil Durk isn’t in a significantly better place, particularly after being taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in October 2024. The “All My Life” hitmaker’s murder-for-hire trial is scheduled to start on Jan. 20, 2026, after being postponed twice already. He’s accused of ordering a success on Quando Rondo, which led to the loss of life of the Georgia rapper’s cousin, Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson.