People always tell me I'm the complete opposite of Chief Keef and act like I'm supposed to stop him from making his music. But I like Chief Keef, so it's always super awkward. I just make music I like.
I listen to him [Chief Keef] the most. I like his older mixtapes a little better though, because old Chief Keef scared me - I thought he was about to pop up out of nowhere with a hoodie on and shoot me.
Chief Keef scares me. Not him specifically, but just the culture that he represents.
Chief Keef scares me... not him specifically, but just the culture that he represents.
The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it, they all look like Chief Keef.
I'm influenced by like, 50 Cent and Chief Keef 'cause they were rapping about the same things I was living.
The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - Understand Me. I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
When the Chicago rap scene came about, I listened to all of the upcoming artists like Lil Durk, Chief Keef and G Herbo.
I met Drake. That was crazy. Chief Keef, that was another crazy one. Obviously, people like Ski Mask The Slump God, that's my boy.
Chief Keef makes me proud that there are other young niggas out there who are about that code.
I make my music at night when there's no noise... Just me, my headphones and the silence. But I'm always making music in my head. It's like a non-stop radio!
I grew up listening to a lot of Chief Keef, Lil B, all that.
If Chief Keef can run around and say he's 300, I'm definitely 1400.
I grew up with Chief Keef and Lil Reese. We all lived in the same environment, I went to school with them and everything.
We're guys that like to make fun music, music that people like. And I think, for us, it's just important to always keep your mind in the right place and always keep your heart in the place of making music that you love.
When you're a Chicago artist, to play Lollapalooza, that's not a normal thing. It's artists on a path to a certain place that do that. Chief Keef did it; Kids These Days did it; Cool Kids did it. And I'm the next Cool-Kids-Chief, if you will.