In early 2012, Keef was finishing his sentence of house arrest at his grandmother’s home as his track “I Don’t Like” was topping a million views on video-sharing sites. The mixtapes The Glory Road and Bang were both released that year by Keef’s label, Glory Boyz, but at the end of 2011, the rapper was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon, having pointed a gun at a police officer. His official debut, 2012’s Finally Rich, was a hit, peaking in the Top 30 of the Billboard 200.įollowing a pair of 2015 albums, a prolific Keef issued a string of mixtapes - five per year in 20 - including Two Zero One Seven, Thot Breaker, and Mansion Musick.īorn Keith Cozart in Chicago, Keef first hit with 2011’s “Bang,” a slow-rolling, simple cut that was an instant hit with the youth of his hometown’s South Side. Kicking his career off at the age of 16 with the street single “I Don’t Like,” he was a hit on Chicago’s high school circuit before mixtapes and viral videos led to a contract with Interscope. These singles are to be featured on a collaborative album between the two artists which is expected to drop in 2021.Ĭozart’s music first became popular during his teen years in the early 2010s among high school students from Chicago’s South Side.Īn influential figure in the 2010s drill scene, rapper Chief Keef pulls inspiration from the Chicago streets, delivering hardcore rhymes that often focus on inner-city tales of violence and drugs. In 2020 they released two collaborative singles: “BANG BANG” in August, and “Status” a few months later. Chicago drill rapper Chief Keef, has been collaborative partners with Georgia-born record producer Mike WiLL Made-It ever since Keef released his debut album “Finally RIch” in 2012.

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