The guy may not have had the industry connects but he was definately a real ass dude.
He saw DJ kenn fresh from japan wondering southside looking for a place to live and he gave the guy a place to live and had the vision "hey my nephew raps let me introduce
Him to you" once seeing Kenn was messing with production. Keef went over there and the rest is history he dropped bang and made his own lane... Fast forward to 2016 how many people have been eating because of this? Fredo,tadoe,keef mom n gma, r.i.p capo,r.i.p big glo, caper boy, tarintino, Glo gang world wide, uncle ro, jus glo etc etc it all trickles down he put the whole family on unfortunately
big king keef wasn't able to see it all.
This movement to me is
More important than the A$VP movement and I fux with Asap.
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Excerpt from
Keef book below*****
Deep into his teenage years, DJ Kenn made a decision to move from his hometown in Japan and migrate to the southside of Chicago. Along with a young Japanese kid, came his unique Japanese style, which had people around Chicago taking note of the young beat maker dressed head-to-toe in Bape. One thing led to another, and DJ Kenn, a now recognizable face in Southside was introduced to Keef’s uncle Dro, a man responsible for introducing the young beat-maker to his rapper nephew.
Now living under Dro’s roof, Kenn started making beats and memories with Keef, represented in all of their mutual mixtapes and the photographs shown here.
How did you meet Sosa?
It was in 2007, when I came to Chicago. Keef's uncle, who I call 'Big Keef,' took me to his apartment because I didn't have a place to stay. Big Keef took care of me because I didn't really have anyone, no place to stay.
Were you making music there?
Yeah.
So what was it like, you met Keef and he heard your music and you decided to collaborate?
Well, he came to my room in the apartment one day and he said he wanted to make music. Somebody had said to him that I make music and he liked it.
What is the process of making music with Keef?
We used to make beats and he builds off that, he writes and then we record.
Do you think Chief Keef's music can change the world?
It already did! He changed Chicago rap music, he wasn't making money before 2011—only Twista and Kanye—but they weren't making music with other Chicago people. He opened that door for new artists like Lil' Durk, Lil' Herb, and Lil' Bibby.
Do you wear GLO Gang clothing?
Yeah!
Do you like Keef's designing?
Yeah, he's always doing his own thing!
Tell us a bit about the photos with you and Keef—when were they taken?
It was before all the music in the southside of Chicago, nobody had any money, we were just young kids trying to make it.
In 2011, when Keef's mixtape came out, we were in the studio everyday like, it was all just so crazy, not even with the gang-banging stuff, but just crazy in the studio—crazy about music. We were just in there everyday. But I was like fukk, I'm not fukking with that gang-bang shyt, I'm just going to stick to my music. At that time he was starting to come up, and I thought damn, I never thought we'd come up. But everyone started to make it. It was exciting and Keef almost died like three times. It was a crazy time
He saw DJ kenn fresh from japan wondering southside looking for a place to live and he gave the guy a place to live and had the vision "hey my nephew raps let me introduce
Him to you" once seeing Kenn was messing with production. Keef went over there and the rest is history he dropped bang and made his own lane... Fast forward to 2016 how many people have been eating because of this? Fredo,tadoe,keef mom n gma, r.i.p capo,r.i.p big glo, caper boy, tarintino, Glo gang world wide, uncle ro, jus glo etc etc it all trickles down he put the whole family on unfortunately
big king keef wasn't able to see it all.
This movement to me is
More important than the A$VP movement and I fux with Asap.
----
Excerpt from
Keef book below*****
Deep into his teenage years, DJ Kenn made a decision to move from his hometown in Japan and migrate to the southside of Chicago. Along with a young Japanese kid, came his unique Japanese style, which had people around Chicago taking note of the young beat maker dressed head-to-toe in Bape. One thing led to another, and DJ Kenn, a now recognizable face in Southside was introduced to Keef’s uncle Dro, a man responsible for introducing the young beat-maker to his rapper nephew.
Now living under Dro’s roof, Kenn started making beats and memories with Keef, represented in all of their mutual mixtapes and the photographs shown here.
How did you meet Sosa?
It was in 2007, when I came to Chicago. Keef's uncle, who I call 'Big Keef,' took me to his apartment because I didn't have a place to stay. Big Keef took care of me because I didn't really have anyone, no place to stay.
Were you making music there?
Yeah.
So what was it like, you met Keef and he heard your music and you decided to collaborate?
Well, he came to my room in the apartment one day and he said he wanted to make music. Somebody had said to him that I make music and he liked it.
What is the process of making music with Keef?
We used to make beats and he builds off that, he writes and then we record.
Do you think Chief Keef's music can change the world?
It already did! He changed Chicago rap music, he wasn't making money before 2011—only Twista and Kanye—but they weren't making music with other Chicago people. He opened that door for new artists like Lil' Durk, Lil' Herb, and Lil' Bibby.
Do you wear GLO Gang clothing?
Yeah!
Do you like Keef's designing?
Yeah, he's always doing his own thing!
Tell us a bit about the photos with you and Keef—when were they taken?
It was before all the music in the southside of Chicago, nobody had any money, we were just young kids trying to make it.
In 2011, when Keef's mixtape came out, we were in the studio everyday like, it was all just so crazy, not even with the gang-banging stuff, but just crazy in the studio—crazy about music. We were just in there everyday. But I was like fukk, I'm not fukking with that gang-bang shyt, I'm just going to stick to my music. At that time he was starting to come up, and I thought damn, I never thought we'd come up. But everyone started to make it. It was exciting and Keef almost died like three times. It was a crazy time
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