Keef's song 'I Don't Like' became a hit in Chicago. In 2011, Chief Keef first attracted local attention from Chicago's South Side community with his mixtapes, The Glory Road and Bang. In December, he was arrested for firing a gun from his car in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood he was placed under house arrest at his grandmother's residence for 30 days, followed by another 30 days of home confinement. While under house arrest, he posted several videos to his YouTube account of music focusing on Chicago's hip hop subgenre drill. His legal guardian was his grandmother with whom he lived in Chicago. He began rapping at five years old using his mother's karaoke machine and tapes to record his music. During his childhood, Chief Keef attended Dulles Elementary School and the Banner School, a therapeutic day school. He dropped out of Dyett High School at 15.Įarly years, Finally Rich, and subsequent mixtapes (2011–2013) He is named after his deceased uncle, Keith Carter, who was known as 'Big Keef'. He lived at the Parkway Garden Homes, locally known as O-Block, located in the Washington Park neighborhood on the city's South Side, a stronghold for the Black Disciples street gang of which Chief Keef is a member.Ĭhief Keef has been estranged from his biological father, Alfonso Cozart, since he was a minor. Chief Keef was born Keith Farrelle Cozart in Chicago, Illinois, to Lolita Carter who was 15 and unwed.

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