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Chief Keef
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American rapper and record producer (born 1995)
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Chief Keef, born Keith Farrelle Cozart on August 15, 1995, in Chicago, Illinois, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He began his professional work in 2007 and is associated with the record label 1017 Records. His musical output spans genres including Midwest hip-hop, drill, gangsta rap, and trap music. He has also been credited with acting roles.
The artist uses several pseudonyms, including Sosa and BigGucci Sosa. He speaks English and performs using his voice. Chief Keef has nine children. He has been convicted of motor vehicle theft and reckless driving.
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Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Keith Farrelle Cozart (born August 15, 1995), better known by his stage name Chief Keef, is an American rapper and record producer. Born and raised in Chicago's South Side, he began his recording career as a teenager and initially garnered regional attention and praise for his mixtapes in the early 2010s. Cozart is often credited with popularizing the hip hop subgenre drill for mainstream…
Known for
- Not A Skate Video2022
- AWGE DVD: Volume 2 — Self2018
- AWGE DVD: Volume 3 — Self2018
- AWGE DVD: Volume 1 — Self2017
- Chiraq — Self2014
- BET Awards — Self - Performer2001
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1995
Discography
- U.F Overload2009
- Bang2011
- The Glory Road2011
- Back From the Dead2012
- Finally Rich2012
- I Don’t Like2012
- I Don’t Like (remix)2012
- Ignorance2012
- Love Sosa2012
- Only Thing I Know2012
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,793,101
- Total plays
- 145,902,708
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Keith Farrelle Cozart (born August 15, 1995), known professionally as Chief Keef, is an American rapper and record producer. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, he began his recording career as a teenager and gained early regional recognition for his mixtapes in the early 2010s. Chief Keef is widely credited with popularising the hip hop subgenre drill among mainstream audiences and is regarded as one of its originators. His fifth mixtape <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chief+Keef"
Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Sosa BigGucci Sosa Almighty So Turbo Otto
- Born
- Keith Farrelle Cozart , ( 1995-08-15 ) August 15, 1995 (age 30) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Genres
- Hip-hop
- Occupations
- Rapper singer songwriter record producer
- Works
- Discography production
- Years active
- 2008–present
- Labels
- 43B E1 RBC BMG FilmOn Music Fontana Glo Gang 1017 Brick Squad Interscope
- Member of
- Glory Boyz
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Keith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Villa Ballester
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- music executive
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Chief Keef 2019 performance.jpg
- Number of children
- 9
- Convicted of
- reckless driving
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- date of birth
- 1995-08-15
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- birth name
- Keith Farrelle Cozart
- social media followers
- 1271969
- Commons category
- Chief Keef
- pseudonym
- BigGucci Sosa
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Encyclopedic overview
Keith Farrelle Cozart (born August 15, 1995), known professionally as Chief Keef, is an American rapper and record producer. He began his recording career as a teenager and initially garnered regional attention and praise for his mixtapes in the early 2010s. Cozart is often credited with popularizing the hip hop subgenre drill for mainstream audiences, and is considered a progenitor of the genre.
His fifth mixtape, Back from the Dead (2012), spawned the single "I Don't Like" (featuring Lil Reese), which became a local hit and marked his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100. A bidding war between several major labels resulted in Cozart signing with Interscope Records, who commercially re-released the song, along with its follow-up, "Love Sosa", which received quintuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Both served as lead singles for his debut studio album, Finally Rich (2012), which was met with moderate critical and commercial response, serving as his only release on a major label. His subsequent studio albums—Bang 3 (2015), Bang 3, Pt. 2 (2015), 4Nem (2021), and Almighty So 2 (2024)—have each entered the Billboard 200 as self-releases. Two of his guest appearances—on Lil Uzi Vert's 2020 song "Bean (Kobe)" and Drake's 2023 song "All the Parties"—have peaked within the Billboard Hot 100's top 40.
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