Chief Keef – Biography, Career, Net Worth

August 15, 1995 marked the birth of Chief Keef, an American rapper, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Lolita Carter and Alfonso Mozart, are the parents of him. Due to his father’s absence and his mother’s youth, he was raised mostly by his grandmother. Keef began his career with Interscope Records before switching to 1017 Brick Squad shortly thereafter. Glory Boyz Entertainment was the name of Keef’s record label, but it was later changed to Glo Gang. Keef’s debut album, ‘Finally Rich’, was released in late 2012 and became instantly popular due to chart-busting singles such as ‘I Don’t Like’ and ‘Love Sosa’. Bang 3 was Keef’s intended second album, but he ended up releasing Nobody in 2014.

Biography

Chicago, Illinois is where Chief Keef was born on August 15th, 1995. She has two parents, Alfonso Cozart and Lolita Carter. He was raised with a half-sibling called Kierra Cozart.

At 15, Chief Keef departed from Dyett High School in Chicago Despite pursuing a GED (General Educational Development) diploma later, his focus has always been on his music career rather than his formal education. Although he lacks traditional education, he has demonstrated remarkable entrepreneurial instincts in navigating the music industry.

Personal Life

At the age of 16, Chief Keef became a father to a child with his then girlfriend, with whom he had already split up. Eventually, he became the father of two more children, and the accusations kept coming his way, with many women asserting that he was the father of their son. Keef had to deal with more trouble because he didn’t respond to the legal documents.

Career

The release of Chief Keef’s mixtapes publicly in 2011 resulted in immediate attention from the local kids and his schoolmates. He was house arrested because of accusations of possessing illegal firearms, but he continued to post several videos on his YouTube account. His videos gained a great deal of popularity because he was already a small-time celebrity among the locals.

Chicago rapper Chief Keef became well-known in 2012 with his hit song ‘I Don’t Like.’ Interscope Records signed him up for a record deal and he released his debut album, ‘Finally Rich’, which had popular singles like ‘Love Sosa’ and ‘I Don’t Like’. Kanye West’s remix of ‘I Don’t Like’ led to his music, which falls under the Chicago drill genre, becoming popular and becoming attention.

Keef’s debut studio album Finally Rich was released in December 2012 and featured songs that were written with well-known artists such as Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, and 50 Cent. Interscope Records finally signed Keef in January 2013, giving him a three-album contract and the chance to create his own record label, Glory Boyz Entertainment. The announcement of Chief Keef joining 1017 Brick Squad Records was made by Gucci Mane in mid-2013.

He released a song from his next album Bang 3 titled Fuck Rehab which he performed in collaboration with his cousin, Mario Hess, and released the official video for the track a few days later. Keef was occupied with releasing one of his most critically acclaimed mixtapes, Back from the Dead, in the meantime. In the future, he followed up with Big Gucci Sosa and Back from the Dead 2, which was later made available for digital download and achieved some success. Most of the songs in Back from the Dead 2 were produced by him and earned critical acclaim. While his Bang 3 got delayed, Keef released another album titled Nobody in November 2014, which featured a track from Kanye West and was praised a lot by the critics and listeners alike.

Despite the announcement he remained moderately active as he appeared in MGK’s song Young Man later that year and also released a mixtape called Two Zero One Seven in early 2017.

Discography

• Finally Rich (2012)
• Bang, Pt. 2 (2013)
• Almighty So (2013)
• Bang 3 (2015)
• Back from the Dead 2 (2014)
• Nobody (2014)
• Sorry 4 the Weight (2015)
• Thot Breaker (2017)
• Dedication (2017)
• The Cozart (2018)
• Mansion Musick (2018)
• Back from the Dead 3 (2018)
• The Leek, Vol. 6 (2018)
• Almighty DP 3 (2018)
• The GloFiles, Pt. 1 (2019)
• Ottopsy (2019)
• The GloFiles, Pt. 2 (2019)
• The Leek, Vol. 8 (2019)
• The Leek, Vol. 9 (2019)
• The GloFiles, Pt. 3 (2020)
• The Leek, Vol. 10 (2020)
• The GloFiles, Pt. 4 (2020)
• Extra Glo (2020)
• The Leek, Vol. 11 (2020)
• The GloFiles, Pt. 5 (2020)

Net Worth

It is estimated that Chief Keef has a net worth of $1 million. His career as a rapper and songwriter is his primary source of wealth. Apart from selling merchandise, brand endorsements, and music production, he also makes money.

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