On July 7, 2012, it was announced that Chief Keef would be performing at the 2012 Lollapalooza music festival. It also caught fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West’s attention, and West organized a remix of the song along with rappers Pusha T, Jadakiss and Big Sean. After two locally successful mixtapes, “I Don’t Like” became a local hit in Chicago. The attention he received grew in the short time between the release of several mixtapes and several of music videos, including “Bang”, “3Hunna” and “I Don’t Like”. While under house arrest, Cozart posted several videos to his YouTube account. In December 2011, he was arrested on a weapons charge (aggravated unlawful use of a weapon) and put under house arrest at his grandmother’s home. Keef’s debut album Finally Rich was released in December 2012.Ĭozart attended Dulles Elementary School and later Banner High School on Chicago’s South Side, which is where he got his career start. He released his debut mixtape The Glory Road on Jfollowed by Bang in October that year. Keef is also the CEO of his own label imprint Glory Boyz Entertainment, later renamed to Glo Gang.

Known as one of the central pioneers and propagators of the prominent Chicago drill style, he was 16 upon signing a multi-million dollar record contract with Interscope Records. Keith Farrelle Cozart (born August 15, 1995), better known by his stage name Chief Keef, is an American rapper and producer from Chicago, Illinois.

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