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Chicago rapper Chief Keef has faced serious circumstances in his short music career. The 17-year-old is currently serving a 60-day sentence in juvenile detention on a gun charge. The presiding judge ruled that Keef had violated his probation after appearing in taped interview for Pitchfork at a gun range. Keef’s manager, Dro Manuel, recently defended his […]

Chief Keef was recently sentenced to 60 days in jail for violating the terms of his probation over a gun charge (just say no to…

Chicago rapper Chief Keef will be taking a break from rap… for at least 60 days. According to Chicago judge who sentenced the rapper to  a juvenile detention for violating his probation after Keef showed “willful disregard” at a gun range during a promotional video. The Twitter-verse was buzzing once the news broke, check out some fan reactions below. […]

The Chicago Tribune reports rising Chicago rapper Chief Keef was jailed yesterday (Jan. 15) after a judge found that his interview with Pitchfork Media at a gun range. Keef, born Keith Cozart, is on 18-month-probation for pointing a gun at a Chicago police officer back in 2011. The judge ruled that by holding a gun for the on-camera […]

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Already on probation for pointing a gun at a police officer,17-year-old Chicago rapper Chief Keef avoided jail time during a court hearing earlier today. A Cook County, Ill. judge ruled that Keef will not have to go to jail for violating his juvenile probation by moving to the upscale neighborhood of Northbrook without informing his pobation officer. Judge Carl Anthony […]

Chief Keef just can’t seem to stay out of trouble. The “I Don’t Like” rapper is possibly facing jail time because of moving to a new neighborhood in Illinois that wasn’t told to his probation officer. The Chicago Sun Times reports, “He didn’t tell his juvenile probation officer about his change of address” and has been ordered back to […]

Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka has taken his share of heat in the music industry. He feels as though he’s been able to deal with it…

Writing for NBC, veteran Chicago political journalist and author, Edward McClelland, described “Don’t Like” rapper Chief Keef‘s debut album on Interscope Records, Finally Rich, as a “minstrel show.” According to McClelland, author of the books “Young Mr. Obama: Chicago and the Making of a Black President” and “Nothin’ But Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times […]