Chief Keef made a triumphant return to his hometown of Chicago this weekend.
Hailing from town’s South Aspect, the drill pioneer headlined the final day of Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer time Smash Pageant on Sunday (June 16). His setlist included basic bangers like “Faneto,” “Love Sosa,” and, after all, “Don’t Like. And as you would possibly’ve guessed, the power within the crowd was electrical — fortunately, the bottom didn’t break like that viral video of a home social gathering.
Cole Bennett, the Chicago space music director and govt behind Lyrical Lemonade advised NBC 5 Chicago that Keef’s homecoming “looks like a real celebration” for town. “He’s so built-in in Chicago and the hip-hop and music scene right here. To carry him again residence, in a means that looks like a real celebration,” Bennett mentioned in an interview previous to Keef’s efficiency. “I actually assume it is going to be one of many extra memorable, iconic, talked about moments. Not simply hip hop, stay occasion historical past, however music historical past basically.”
The final time Keef carried out stay within the Chicago space was in 2012 throughout Lollapalooza, however he did carry out in 2015 by way of hologram in close by Hammond, Indiana earlier than police shut it down due to stress from the Chicago’s mayor’s workplace. In a press release, then-Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel referred to as the rapper—who was 19 years outdated on the time—”an unacceptable position mannequin” and this his music “promoted violence.” Keef retaliated by tweeting out the mayor’s cellphone quantity and mentioned he was going to run for the mayor of Chicago.
The live performance in Hammond was a “cease the violence” profit and Keef’s first phrases on stage have been, “If you happen to acquired targets, obtain ’em. If you happen to acquired desires, consider ’em. Cease the violence, cease the killing, cease the nonsense. Let the youngsters develop up.” Keef couldn’t carry out in Chicago on the time as a result of two excellent little one assist warrants.
Take a look at clips from Chief Keef’s Summer time Smash efficiency under:
