A warrant for the arrest of Chief Keef was issued Monday by a Cook County judge after the rapper failed to appear in court on a child support case.
Judge Maureen P. Feerick issued the warrant for the South Side rapper, legally named Keith Cozart, after he did not show up for a hearing on alleged back child support he owed the mother of his 17-month-old daughter.
The state’s attorney’s office filed a petition last month alleging that Cozart owed more than $10,000 in back child support.
In a telephone interview, the child’s mother, Erica Early, 30, said Cozart had made a few payments earlier this year but never fully caught up on his obligations. She said Cozart has not seen his daughter in at least a few months.
“I guess since he’s living the lifestyle that he’s living, that you know, right now he probably don’t care about it too much,” Early said.
The case is one of two pending child support cases against the rapper in Cook County.
