Keef signed a multi-million dollar deal with Interscope and debuted with 2012’s Finally Rich, a drill-defining declaration of nihilistic not-niceness, followed by a celebrity-studded (Pusha T, Big Sean, Jadakiss) Kanye West remix of his “I Don’t Like.” But being an innovator became another kind of confinement. When a video of a local fan celebrating Keef’s freedom blew up, people around the world started seeking his mixtapes, and the Chicago drill genre was born-gritty, revenge-seeking rap that dropped listeners into the city’s South Side wars.

Chief Keef (born Keith Farrelle Cozart in 1995) had been charged with waving a gun at a cop and was posting music from lockdown: simple yet booming trap tunes full of matter-of-fact violence spit by a menacing voice with a gift for catchy repetition. Skrillex, Four Tet, and Fred again began the week with a Valentine’s Day performance at Good Room in Brooklyn, then crammed into the 700-capacity Le Poisson Rouge in the West Village on Thursday last night gathered at the Lot Radio Times Square for an additional celebration.The day in 2012 that a 16-year-old Chicago kid was freed from house arrest was the day hip-hop shifted on its axis. Ty Dolla $ign Enlists Kanye West, FKA Twigs, Skrillex For ‘Ego Death’ Skrillex’s First Album in Nine Years Coming Next Friday Bootleg CD copies of Don’t Get Too Close were available at Madison Square Garden and will not be offered via any other retail platform. See below for videos for the songs “Real Spring” and the title track. The 12-track project sports guest appearances from Bibi Bourelly, Justin Bieber, Kid Cudi, Chief Keef, Trippie Redd, Swae Lee, Yung Lean, Bladee, Circa Survive’s Anthony Green, and PinkPantheress.

18) titled Don’t Get Too Close during his short-notice Madison Square Garden concert. In addition to releasing his first album in nine years, Quest for Fire, and playing three pop-up shows all over New York with Four Tet and Fred again., the veteran electronic artist revealed yet another new album tonight (Feb.

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