Chief Keef

About

Chief Keef^[1] is the stage name of Chicago-born rapper and producer Keith Cozart, who rose to fame with his single “I Don’t Like” and “Love Sosa” off his debut album “Finally Rich”^[2] under the label Interscope (which he would later be dropped off), he is currently signed to 1017 Bricksquad Records, as well as being the CEO of his own label Glo Gang. Chief Keef has been notable for developing the Drill^[3] subgenre of trap music, defined by its dark, grim, violent lyrical content and ominous trap-influenced beats, manly from Chicago.

Online History

On 2009, Chief Keef started a Twitter account as @ChiefKeef^[12] (which now has the tag AlmightySo) as well as a YouTube channel the following year as KeithCozart^[13], where he uploads all his mixtapes’ songs. During 2011, Chief Keef would release 2 mixtapes, which would cement his popularity in Chicago. On March 2012, while under house arrest for weapon possession, he would release his mixtape “Back from the Dead” featuring the song “I Don’t Like” (shown below).

Besides posting music videos on his YouTube accounts (Bang, 3hunna), Chief Keef’s popularity increased when a video was posted on Worldstarhiphop featuring an ecstatic fan screaming over Chief Keef’s house arrest release^[5], which would increase Chief Keef’s popularity and achieve more views on his videos. In 2012, a remix of “I Don’t Like” made by Kanye West and featuring G.O.O.D Music^[4] rappers Pusha T, Jadkiss, and Big Sean was released and later became a viral hit with 30 million views. His internet popularity would increase after his debut album released, featuring his single “Love Sosa”, which achieved 40 million views on YouTube.

A fan Subreddit for Chief Keef, /r/ChiefKeef, was created in 2012.^[11]

During 2014 Chief Keef’s Internet cult following began to increase as his mainstream appeal dissipated as he starts experimenting with his production, self producing most of his mixtapes, as well as including a bigger variety of beats on his projects and a heavy use of autotune and effects, with most of his next albums being available digitally only

Reputation

Chief Keef has received heavy criticism of his work mostly by some music critics, mostly due to his sloppy delivery, intentionally simplistic lyrics, intense use of autotune, weak singing and relying mostly on the production to sell^[6]^[7] which is often attributed to his constant abuse of narcotics such as marijuana and purple drank^[8], the effects of these would be more notable as chief keefs voice gets deeper and sloppier on later albums

Due do his extremely violent and aggressive lyrics, he has often been called a bad influence, and the reason murder rates skyrocket in Chicago^[9], he has also caused controversy over his lack of compassion over the death of other Chicago citizens^[10].

Personal Life

Chief Keef was born in Chicago on August 15, 1995, he started his rapping venture at the young age of 15, and released his debut album at the age of 16, he was born in an area called “O’block” Marked by the intersection of Normal Ave. and 63rd St. in Englewood, it is known as the most dangerous street in Chicago, and much of the violence seen there appears in chief keefs lyrics.

Chief Keef has been in numerous legal issues, mostly with drug and weapon possession as well as alleged murder cases over other Chicago gang members.

Related Memes

Little Einsteins Theme

Little Einsteins Theme is the opening theme song for the Disney animated TV series with the same name. On Vine, many users have shared video clips of themselves dancing to a trap remix version of the song. The first and most popular clip was that of Chief Keef in his music video “I Dont Like”

Chief Keef Makes Music for Niggas That

Chief Keef Makes Music for Niggas That… is a joke that aims to insult Chief Keef’s intelligence by attributing the music he makes to a demographic that does actions that can be seen as foolish, dense and laughable, such as holding the pencil with your entire hand, typing with 1 finger at the time or put their finger on the word they are reading. The joke is common in /r/LeWrongGeneration and a Twitter holds a similar theme, with 8,000 followers^[14]