Line #30 Music/ChiefKeef


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5	+ Music/LilUziVert, Music/PlayboiCarti, Music/YoungBoyNeverBrokeAgain, Music/DojaCat, Music/BillieEilish, Music/GloRilla, Music/LilYachty, Music/CoiLeray, Music/KeyGlock]
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7	Keith Cozart (born August 15, 1995), better known by his gang name Chief Keef, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He was formally signed to Creator/InterscopeRecords until he was dropped by the label in 2014, and is the CEO of his own record label, Glo Gang (formally Glory Boyz Entertainment). He is also affiliated with the Chicago street gang Black Disciples.
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9	He began his career as a teenager and first gained attention and praise from his community for his mixtapes in the early 2010s. His first local hit, "I Don't Like" (featuring Lil Reese), was released in 2012 and soon entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, leading to a remix by a high-profile Chicago native, Music/KanyeWest. A major-label bidding war then ensued, resulting in him signing with Interscope. His music from this point onward would become credited with popularizing the hip-hop subgenre [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_music drill]] on a mainstream level.
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11	After he parted ways with Interscope, he continued self-releasing projects through his Glo Gang label, and achieved further chart success with features on songs by artists including Music/LilUziVert and Music/{{Drake}}.
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13	Keef has also been involved with extensive legal troubles during his career, including weapons possession charges, house arrest sentences, and a performance ban imposed by Chicago authorities.
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15	!!Discography:
16	!!!Studio Albums
17	* ''Finally Rich'' (2012)
18	* ''Nobody'' (2014) - Collaborative album with RecordProducer 12Million
19	* ''Bang 3'' (2015)
20	* ''Dedication'' (2017)
21	* ''Glo Toven'' (2019) - Collaborative album with RecordProducer Zaytoven
22	!!!Mixtapes
23	* ''Bang'' (2011)
24	* ''Back From the Dead'' (2012)
25	* ''Bang Pt. 2'' (2013)
26	* ''Almighty So'' (2013)
27	* ''Back From the Dead 2'' (2014)
28	* ''Big Gucci Sosa'' (2014) - Collaborative mixtape with Gucci Mane
29	* ''Sorry 4 The Weight'' (2015)
30	* ''Almighty DP'' (2015) - Collaborative mixtape series with RecordProducer DP Beats
31	* ''Almighty DP 2'' (2015)
32	* ''Finally Rollin 2'' (2015)
33	* ''Two Zero One Seven'' (2017)
34	* ''Thot Breaker'' (2017)
35	* ''Mansion Musick'' (2018)
36	* ''Back From the Dead 3'' (2018)
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39	!!Tropes associated with Chief Keef:
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41	* ArchEnemy: Music/LupeFiasco and Music/SouljaBoy, although they have since patched things up.
42	* AutoTune: He started this around ''Bang 2'', which was used for the entire mixtape.
43	* BadassBoast: On the song "Kobe."
44	* BoastfulRap: "Love Sosa", a bunch of other songs also qualify.
45	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Averted in every way possible, as he was part of a gang around his teens.
46	* ClusterFBomb: Better parents than his would wash his mouth out with soap, as he does this in a large amount of songs.
47	* DissonantSerenity: Most likely what made him famous. Several critics and fans have noticed that in stark contrast to loud, energetic rappers like Music/WakaFlockaFlame and Music/RickRoss, his music and line delivery have a disturbing and unsettling lack of emotion. Made even more so by the topics he raps about. Possibly [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] by Keef, as his debut mixtape is titled ''"Back From The Dead".''
48	* EnfantTerrible: Considered to be this for all of Hip Hop.
49	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sort of a trademark of his. Ad-libs at the beginning of many of his tracks foreshadow later lines in the song.
50	* GangstaRap: Type 3.
51	* {{Gangsterland}}: Born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, which is often nicknamed Chiraq, a reference to how the area's murder rate is as high as the amount of troop that was killed in Iraq during the Iraq War.
52	* KidsAreCruel: Was involved in crime at a young age.
53	* LighterAndSofter:
54	** "CHIRAQ" is a slow piano ballad with 0 profanity where he even says his daughter told him she admires him.
55	** His later songs lack the in-your-face, violent content that his earlier projects had once he left South Side Chicago and moved to Los Angeles once he had enough money to leave that area.
56	* ListSong: On "I Don't Like" Keef lists things he doesn't like, including but not limited to [[NWordPrivileges fuck niggas, snitch niggas, bitch niggas]] and sneak disses.
57	* MoneySong: One of his favorite things to rap about along with gats, sex, and how deep his crew rolls. His major-label debut is titled ''Finally Rich''.
58	* MurderBallad: The hook to "Love Sosa" includes the line "Hit him with the Cobra / Now that boy slumped over."
59	* NWordPrivileges: And he started out as a teenager.
60	* OdeToSobriety: Inverted by "Hate Bein' Sober." And he was far from 21 when he recorded it.
61	* RefugeInAudacity: Arguably the basis of his whole career, especially considering that he started out as a child, and yet he started out as a child who curses, drinks, murders, and does drugs.
62	* SelfMadeMan: Keef grew to popularity [[ChildPopstar at sixteen years old]] through independently released mixtapes and music videos before signing to Interscope Records.
63	* ShirtlessScene: The music video for "I Don't Like."
64	* SillyLoveSongs: "Slow Dance", he even mentions wanting to hold hands.
65	* SmallNameBigEgo: Keef has been accused of disrespecting his rap game elders. After Music/KanyeWest and his GOOD Music crew remixed Keef's breakout single "I Don't Like," Keef claimed via Twitter that Yeezy "ain't do shit for me." He also stood up [[Music/FiftyCent 50 Cent]] and Music/WizKhalifa for a music video for "Hate Bein' Sober," on which the two aforementioned rappers are featured.
66	* SpokenWordInMusic: The intro of "Love Sosa", in which a fanboy defends Chief Keef from critics.
67	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: In his song "CHIRAQ"
68	* TeensAreMonsters: He was involved in gang violence alongside other folks his age in his native Chicago. To top it off, he is one of '''less''' violent individuals in his area.
69	* TheStoner: Listen to "Hate Bein' Sober" and many other songs where he's rapping about smoking weed and sipping on lean, something that he does in real-life.
70	* TakeThatCritics: On "Laughin' to the Bank", where he shits on his critics.
71	* TrapMusic: He is one of the bigger influences in this genre. Also considered the main influence of the Drill subgenre.
72	* TruthInTelevision: Despite being a child, Keef's violent lyrics reflect his much-publicized lifestyle: he has been busted for drug dealing, flashing a gun at a police officer, and allegedly paying to have rival rapper Joseph 'Lil [=JoJo=]' Coleman killed.
73	* YoungerThanTheyLook: As of 2014, he is 19, but appears to be in his mid-20's. Largely because he never had a childhood. However, he's aged very little since, and looks far closer to his real age now.

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