Chief Keef: "I Ain't Done Turnin' Up"
Even with all his run-ins with the police and media, Chief Keef has had a pretty good year, maintaining his buzz after Finally Reach dropped with bangers such as "Round Da Rosey" & "Macaroni Time" and a recent partnership with Gucci Mane. In "I Ain't Done Turnin' Up", Chief lets the know world that he isn't slowing down anytime soon and you can deal with it however you want to. Stream below.
[Interview] Idris "Peeda Pan" Speaks Out on Chief Keef's Arrest
Chief Keef has been arrested again, this time on trespassing charges. In what has become somewhat of a routine for the 17-year-old artist who has seemingly spent as much time in legal custody as not this year, Keef was apprehended as he left a court appearance in Skokie for a speeding violation last month in Northbrook. After learning that he was barred from driving a vehicle for 18 months due to his 110 mph joy ride down the Edens, Keef and his team were surprised to be confronted by an unmarked police car with officers allegedly brandishing AK-47s to arrest the unarmed Keef. The trespassing charge allegedly stems from a gathering near a school about a month and a half ago when Keef visited his old neighborhood. With the lockup of fellow GBE member Lil Durk on gun charges June 5, rumors have spread of a special CPD task force aimed at targeting Chicago hip-hop artists, most notably Keef's GBE clique. While the jury is still out on the existence of the task force, it is worth asking: do officers from the South Side really need to apprehend a 17-year-old with automatic weapons? While it may be easy to point a finger at Keef and his associates because of their lyrical content, it seems as if officials are permeating violence in the city in an attempt to find a "face" for the violence that has been plaguing the city even before the local artists made it big or even picked up a mic. Read the full interview with Idris Peeda Pan, part of Keef's management team, below.
Chief Keef: "Love Sosa" (RL Grime Remix)
Check out this Interscope sanctioned remix of Chief Keef''s "Love Sosa" by RL Grime. According to The Fader "Love Sosa" was RL Grime's favorite track last year and Young Chop (producer of "Love Sosa") one of his favorite producers. Listen/download the track below and get the weekend started.
[via The Fader]
Chief Keef's First Big Test Happens Tonight In NYC
For the last few months, Chief Keef has existed almost as a myth or urban legend. Confined to his grandmother's home due to being on house arrest, the 16 year-old has generated a million youtube views, brought the Chicago Hip Hop scene to the national Hip Hop scene, and caused an all-out bidding war, which was eventually won by Interscope. Visiting Keef's house during this climb became something like taking a field trip for Chicago media and out of town artists on some, "have you been Keef's yet? Oh, you got to see it."
He created a hit record in his living room, and instead of grovelling and thanking his lucky stars for a Kanye West remix to "I Don't Like", Keef and company accepted it like it was no big deal, just par for the course. His living situation created something of a bubble. People didn't call for him to perform or show and prove because he really couldn't. Keef's music was raw, and his living circumstances only made it more-so. In fact, I think that everything surrounding Keef is just as responsible for his success as the music is. No one really knew where he came from, how he got there, and he was only accessible if you knew somebody. He captured an energy, and showed people a side that is somewhat hard to look at when it comes to Chicago's youth. And for that, he is an immensely important artist for our time. He's all been something that has been all Chicago's, up until he signed on the dotted line. He's no longer just a Chicago guy, one of our best kept secrets.
The veil on Keef is starting to be removed. He's signed on to Interscope for a pretty large deal, one that includes his own headphones and movies. If you don't think they're are going to put his faces as many places as they can, you're wrong. They will. And soon. Tonight Keef will face the first real test of his budding career with a sold out show at SOB's in New York City. Keef is now in "The Mecca", where audiences love to send out of towners home packing, where they show up just to boo you. Ask OJ Da Juiceman how his first New York show went... If you can find him.
Keef and company can't let that happen tonight in NYC. They've got to be prepared for a crowd that asks, "ok, now what?" That's when they have to bring it. Everything he's been working for and thinking about for the past few months kicks off in full tonight, I'm hoping he's ready.