Chief Keef is at the Uptown on Saturday
Interscope signed Chief Keef to a big contract last year, when he was just 17 years old. His official debut recently arrived – it’s called Finally Rich; pity that Keef had to wait so long for his millions – and it’s a hard-ass dispatch from the increasingly scary streets of Keef’s hometown of Chicago. At a time when hip-hop stars are absorbing other genres (R&B, EDM, indie rock) and dialing back the misogyny and violence, Keef counts as something of a holdout. His raps – cold and detached, and full of gunshots, ambulance sirens, “bitches,” drugs and money – reflect the worldview of a young man without much in the way of role models. Perhaps Gucci Mane, who recently signed Keef to his Brick Squad label, will be a positive influence in this young man’s life. But probably not.
Saturday, August 31, at the Uptown Theater. Gee Watts opens.
