Keef dropped out of Dyett High Schoolat age 15. During his childhood, Keef attended Dulles Elementary School and the Banner School, a therapeutic day school. He began rapping at a very young age, regularly listed as 5, using his mother's karaoke machine and blank tapes to record his music. Keef is estranged from his biological father when he was a minor, Keef's legal guardian was his grandmother, whom he lived with during his residence in Chicago. He grew up in the Englewood neighborhood on the city's South Side. Keef released Nobody as a full-length album in December 2014, while continuing to delay the often-pushed back Bang 3.Ĭhief Keef was born Keith Cozart in Chicago, Illinois when his mother was 16, and is named after his deceased uncle. Although Keef had originally planned Bang 3 to be released as his second album, a then-track from the album, "Nobody", developed into its own project. Despite being dropped from Interscope in late 2014, Keef continued self-releasing mixtapes through his Glo Gang label. These legal issues, accompanied with Keef's notability within Chicago's drill music genre, have caused Keef to gain a gangster-like image, which has been compared with past gangsta rappers, such as 50 Cent. Since becoming famous, Keef has continued to experience ongoing legal issues. Chief Keef Albums And Mixtapes The project is filled with a total of 17 songs in total, 5 of which are techno remixes of original songs that Chief Keef previewed at the beginning of the year, and the follow up to his Mansion Musick features guest appearances from Ballout & Jenn Em, the latter of which who appears on the lead single Chiraq. His debut album Finally Rich was released on December 18, 2012. Keef also became the CEO of his own record label, Glory Boyz Entertainment, which later developed into Glo Gang. Ultimately, Keef signed a major record deal with Interscope Records and later signed with 1017 Brick Squad. His increasing popularity led to him being the subject of a brief bidding war among labels. During his teenage years and while under house arrest, Keef's music videos were met with acclaim from local high school students. Growing up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Keef began rapping at an early age, and used his mother's karaoke machine and blank tapes to record his music. Keith Cozart (born August 15, 1995), better known by his stage name Chief Keef, is an American rapper and record producer from Chicago, Illinois.