Keef had just been released, and the young boy was celebrating. 2, WorldStarHipHop-a website that hosts hip-hop-related videos for an estimated two million unique viewers per day-posted a video of a young child in a hysterical fit of excitement. He was released sometime around New Year's Day to live at his grandmother's apartment for 30 days under house arrest, followed by another 30 days of home confinement. Rumors swirled that Keef had been killed in a shootout with police in fact, he'd been arrested and charged with aggravated UUW, or unlawful use of a weapon. Two young men, including Chief Keef, were apprehended a third escaped. That afternoon, gunshots were fired from a Blue Pontiac Grand Prix in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago, just South of Hyde Park, and when police arrived at the scene, a suspect allegedly pointed a gun at them. His Facebook profile indicated that he worked as a sales rep for "Selling Dope." He lived with his grandmother.īut last year, on Dec. But he was not a rapper who was known outside of the local high schools. He had a song called "Bang," which had more than 400,000 views on YouTube, and he had a mixtape, and a dedicated following amongst Chicago high school students. Before he was arrested last December, Chief Keef, a 16-year-old hip-hop star, was almost completely unknown outside of Chicago's South Side.
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