Chief Keef



""Bang bang.""

Keith Farrelle Cozart (born August 15, 1995), better known as Chief Keef, is an American rapper and record producer. He is the Trope Codifier of Drill Music, a grim style of Trap Rap from Chicago.

Keef's song "I Don't Like" became a local hit in Chicago in 2012. It also caught fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West's attention, and West created a remix of the song with rappers Pusha T, Jadakiss and Big Sean, featured on Cruel Summer. That remix made Keef even more popular.

He signed a major record deal with Interscope Records in 2012 (he was dropped from the label in 2014) and later signed with 1017 Brick Squad. Keef also became the CEO of his own record label, Glory Boyz Entertainment, which later developed into Glo Gang.

Chief Keef was the "11th Freshman" in XXL's Freshman Class of 2013 (there are usually 10), but was not present on the magazine's cover or the cyphers since he was in jail at the time.

Albums
 * Finally Rich (2012)
 * Nobody (2014, with 12 Million)
 * Bang 3 (2015)
 * Bang 3, Pt. 2 (2015)
 * Nobody 2 (2015, with 12 Million)
 * Chieffing Again (2016 EP)

Mixtapes
 * The Glory Road (2011)
 * Bang (2011)
 * Back From the Dead (2012)
 * For Greater Glory Vol. 1 (2012, with GBE)
 * For Greater Glory Vol. 2 (2012, with GBE)
 * For Greater Glory Vol. 2.5 (2012, with GBE)
 * Bang 2 (2013)
 * For Greater Glory 3 (2013, with GBE)
 * Almighty So (2014)
 * Back From the Dead 2 (2014)
 * Big Gucci Sosa (2015, with Gucci Mane)
 * Sorry 4 the Weight (2015)
 * Almighty DP (2015, with DP Beats)
 * The Leek (Vol. 1) (2015)
 * The Leek (Vol. 2) (2015)
 * Almighty DP 2 (2015, with DP Beats)
 * Finally Rollin 2 (2015)
 * The Leek, Vol. 3 (2017)
 * Two Zero One Seven (2017)
 * Thot Breaker (2017)
 * The W (2017)
 * Cook Sosa (2017, Cook LaFlare)
 * Dedication (2017)
 * The Leek 4 (2018)
 * The Leek, Vol. 5 (2018)


 * Badass Boast: "Kobe."
 * Boastful Rap: "Love Sosa."
 * Celebrity Song
 * "Jet Li", "John Madden", "Obama" and "ASAP Rocky".
 * "Kobe", named after Kobe Bryant.
 * "Sosa Chamberlain", named after basketball player Wilt Chamberlain.
 * "Morgan Tracy", named after actor and comedian Tracy Morgan.
 * "Wayne", named after Lil Wayne.
 * Genre Adultery: Thot Breaker goes into the Contemporary R&B sound.
 * List Song: "I Don't Like" has Keef saying what he doesn't like, such as fuck niggas, snitch niggas, bitch niggas...
 * Pun-Based Title: Sorry 4 the Weight is a pun on the title Sorry 4 the Wait by Lil Wayne (Keef's money weighs a lot).
 * Self-Made Man: Keef started off with independent mixtapes before his major record deal.
 * Shirtless Scene: "I Don't Like"'s music video has him shirtless.
 * Shout-Out: His nickname Sosa is a reference to drug dealer Alejandro Sosa from Scarface.
 * Take That, Critics!: "Laughin' to the Bank."