I used to be so cold, even when I was a little shorty, I used to freestyle raw as hell. See now my brain is fucked up from smoking so much loud. But I was raw! We had little blank tapes, put 'em in there, record, got the little mic, the beat playing, weak-ass beats and shit. One of his producers, DJ Kenn, has been working with him since that time. Kenn, who was raised in the Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, came to the United States at the age of 20 and moved to Chicago from New York within a year of his arrival.
I write about what's going on right now, you feel me? I don't be trying so hard. The elder Keith found Kenn a place to stay. Keef and his friend Fredo Santana began working with Kenn around that time.
Videotaped interviews don't give a good idea of what Keef is like in person; he's completely self-possessed and confident with a quick wit and obvious charisma.
In front of the camera, he appears more withdrawn, but in the company of his friends, his personality fills the room. I don't 'think,' I don't sit down and 'think,' I write about what's going on right now, you feel me? I write about what's going on right now, what we just did, what just happened, that's what I write about.
I used to [do that], ask him Kenn was the reason. He said, 'stop saying so much. DGainz has spent the past two years shooting music videos for a bulk of the city of Chicago's rappers. The untrained year-old is at the forefront of bringing the city's performers online for the first time. He began rapping at five years old using his mother's karaoke machine and tapes to record his music. He dropped out of Dyett High School at Early years, Finally Rich , and subsequent mixtapes — In December, he was arrested for firing a gun from his car in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood; he was placed under house arrest at his grandmother's residence for 30 days, followed by another 30 days of home confinement.
While under house arrest, he posted several videos to his YouTube account of music focusing on Chicago's hip hop subgenre drill.
Keef's song "I Don't Like" became a hit in Chicago. As a result, Keef "suddenly shot up out of obscurity". While proved to be a relatively quiet year in terms of his musical output, Chief Keef began the year by signing with Interscope Records. The deal gave Interscope the right to pull out of the contract if Chief Keef's debut album Finally Rich , released on December 18, , had failed to sell , copies by December In May he signed with Brick Squad Records.
Keef's contributions to the track were praised by musician Lou Reed who said, "'Hold My Liquor' is just heartbreaking, and particularly coming from where it's coming from — listen to that incredibly poignant hook from a tough guy like Chief Keef, wow.
It was highly anticipated as the first project following his debut album, but received a mixed to negative critical response. On October 12, , another mixtape, Almighty Sosa , was released. Like Bang, Pt. After serving his October jail term, he began working on his second studio album and a biopic. Nobody and Bang 3 — Chief Keef began experimenting with producing his music in In January, Chief Keef announced he was working on a new mixtape entitled Bang 3. During February, Chief Keef said his former lean addiction and bad mixing contributed to the lack of quality music on his two mixtape projects Bang Pt.
Later in February , he announced an EP before his second studio album Bang 3 , entitled Bang 4 , as a preview. The following day, Fredo Santana announced he and Chief Keef were going to release an album collaboration.
This marked Hess's final recording before his death on April 9, Although Interscope executive Larry Jackson announced that Bang 3 would be released on June 10, it was delayed again. He confirmed via Twitter that every project he had planned, including the release of the long-awaited Bang 3 , would still be released.
Despite being set for a December release, Bang 3 did not materialize. Chief Keef's mixtapes, Mansion Musick set for a November 28 release, and Thot Breakers set to release on February 14, , were not released as announced. However, he was successful in releasing Big Gucci Sosa , a track collaborative mixtape, with Gucci Mane, as well as Back From the Dead 2 , which was made available for digital download from iTunes. Chief Keef self-produced 16 of the 20 songs on the mixtape.
It was set to be released on December 2, but appeared on December The album's title track was noted for being one of Keef's more emotionally driven tracks. In , his track "Faneto" was slowly building momentum since its October release.
On April 24, , Chief Keef announced his next album, titled The Cozart , saying it would be released soon. On July 11, , Marvin Carr, better known by his stage name Capo, a longtime member of Chief Keef's Glo Gang label, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Chicago. After killing Capo, the driver of the vehicle reportedly struck a stroller holding month-old Dillan Harris killing him instantly. Chief Keef announced on Twitter he would be holding a free benefit concert as a tribute to Capo and encouraged concertgoers to donate to the Harris family.
He also announced the formation of the Stop the Violence Now Foundation, in an attempt to decrease crime in Chicago. Because of outstanding warrants in Illinois, Keef was scheduled to attend the concert via hologram from a sound stage in Beverly Hills.
It faced a series of delays after Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel's office claimed Chief Keef was "an unacceptable role model" and that his music promoted violence.
Chief Keef's representatives then worked out an arrangement with promoters of Craze Fest in Hammond, Indiana, to hold the concert there.
Chief Keef's hologram made a plea for peace in Chicago saying, "Stop the violence, stop nonsense, stop the killing. Let the kids grow up", before performing "I Don't Like". McDermott was quoted as saying, "I know nothing about Chief Keef.
All I'd heard was he has a lot of songs about gangs and shooting people — a history that's anti-cop, pro-gang and pro-drug use. He's been basically outlawed in Chicago, and we're not going to let [him] circumvent Mayor Emanuel by going next door. Dedication , Glotoven and Almighty So 2 —present. In March , Chief Keef tweeted that he was retiring from rapping. The announcement came as his recorded output was slowing down.
Chief Keef joined a long line of rappers, including Jay Z , Lupe Fiasco , Nicki Minaj and others, who claimed to have retired only to return to making music. Chief Keef released four mixtapes in the lead up to releasing his third album, Dedication , on December 1, In early , Chief Keef and Zaytoven worked together in the studio. Chief Keef later confirmed they were making a collaborative mixtape called Glotoven.
It was released on March 15, , and was supported by the single "Sky Kid". Chief Keef also released another single titled "Boost".
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