Late last summer he put out a video for “Bang,” a lurching, sinister track which, as the fall progressed, picked up a fan base among local kids and amassed several hundred thousand YouTube views. Here’s the story: Keef grew up in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. “Let them do whatever, and if I like it I don’t, I let them know that.” At some point, the guy comes back with the snacks. “I’ll just say yes, say no,” he’ll explain later. He is the focal point of the operation that has sprung up in this random apartment’s kitchen, and, while getting his dreads twisted, he is busy scrolling through pictures on Instagram. He has a multimillion-dollar record deal. Another is discussing show dates over the phone. One guy heads back out to procure these items.Īnother one of Keef’s managers runs some album art suggestions past him and asks if he would like to fly out to see an older rapper who has asked to meet with Keef. Specifically: a Sprite, some Doritos, flavored O-ke Doke popcorn, and hot fries. rapper Fat Trel of their song “Russian Roulette.” A couple other members of Keef’s management team have just arrived back from a trip to the store with energy drinks and snacks, to only now find out that Keef would also like some snacks. Chief Keef is watching a video on his phone: a performance he did with Washington, D.C. Chief Keef needs to get his hair done, so here we are-myself, one of his managers, and his uncle-sitting in a kitchen, watching it happen.
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