Later he started to rap, skate, beatbox, and DJ. In his late teens, he moved to the US Navy and served his time. After 2 years he left US Navy and started working as a landscaper and tattoo artist at the same time he was building up the idea for a band combined with elements of rock and hip-hop. Later he considered that being in US Navy was the biggest mistake of his life and said that it was like staying in a prison.
Durst worked with other bands before forming Limp Bizkit: Split 26. which was with Malachi Sage, and 10 Foot Shindig. His record label is Shrapnel. He is an actor too who began working in independent films in 2006 and co-starred in the film Population 436. He did his debut as director of the film ‘The Education of Charlie Banks.
Durst’s love life seems very complicated to understand. He dated model/actress Summer Altice and Leyla Bearman. He even announced his engagement with Krista Salvatore in 2006 whom she met at Memorial Day weekend but the couple is no longer together. He has a daughter when he was at the age of 20, Adriana May Durst with Rachel Tergesen, and a son, Dallas Durst with Jennifer Thayer. He was married to his wife Esther Nazarov in 2009 but the couple separated after 3 months. He is married to his spouse, make-up artist Kseniya Bernadina.
In the conflict between Eminem and Everlast, Durst was included there. Not only this, Durst was given life threatened by Slipknot singer Corey Taylor as Durst offended Slipknot’s fans saying "fat, ugly kids". Durst was recently banned from entering Ukraine for five years "in the interests of guaranteeing the security" of the country.
Durst has been involved in the occupations of rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, artist, actor, film director, and tattoo artist and has millions of followers on his social networking sites- Twitter and Instagram. He bears American nationality and there is no information about his ethnicity. He has a net worth of $ 25 million.