“Fuckers in school telling me, always in the barber shop, Chief Keef ain’t bout this, Chief Keef ain’t bout that,” says an angry voice on the track. Listen to the intro of “Love Sosa” to get a feel of how his fans thought of him. His reputation helped his music because people respected the fact that he’s from the streets and his music expressed the raw realities of his environment. True or not, the gossip only added to the dangerous image of Keef and the “drill” music scene that coalesced around him. Rumor had it that Keef had shot at the police from inside a Pontiac Grand Prix. His house arrest stint during the “I Don’t Like” shoot, for instance, came from a charge of unlawful use of a weapon. Keef comes from those trenches, and the violence he grew up around, including his affiliation with the 300 gang, also known as the Black Disciples, certainly influenced his gritty brand of street rap. He’s from the south side of Chicago, which in 2012 was considered the “murder capital” of the nation, logging over 500 homicides that year. Those who listen to Keef and enjoy his music may understand why he was so big and influential, but those who never have may be wondering: What was so good about his music? What made Chief Keef so great?įor one, Keef had a reputation of being wild. everything I listened to, you can hear the influence in my music.” The list of rappers influenced by Keef is long, but Pump and Uzi stand out as the most popular of his young acolytes. “I’m not going to lie: I listen to a lot of Sosa,” Uzi, real name Symere Woods, said, referring to Keef by his nickname. The same goes for Lil Uzi Vert, who revealed his influences during an interview on Sway in the Morning. “That’s like, who I looked up to … it was a whole different era he came with.” “I used to listen to a lot of like, Chief Keef and shit,” Pump, real name Gazzy Garcia, said. Cole, young rapper Lil Pump revealed who he was listening to growing up. But when they’re asked who influenced them, a lot of the times they respond with Chief Keef. The newest generation of rappers tend to get a lot of hate from older hip-hop fans for not being avid listeners of “classic” rappers like Tupac or Biggie. Back then, it seemed as though everybody was listening to and talking about Chief Keef nonstop, not simply because he was controversial - he apparently shot the “I Don’t Like” video while on house arrest - but because the music was great. Chief Keef, drops the infamous music video to his hit song “I Don’t Like,” and for a moment, the world stands still - that’s how it felt in my high school, at least. Flashback to 2012: Keith Farrelle Cozart, a.k.a.
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