Last week fellow Chicago spitter, Rhymefest, went in on Chief Keef and Interscope's decision to sign the young rapper. Rhymefest has some problems with Chief Keef's lyrics and the fact that his lyrics and his image "glorifies violence". Well during a recent interview with WGCI's The Morning Riot, Rhymefest spoke on the words he previously stated, and further explained the intention of his message by using Chief Keef as a primary example.
I meant to say what I said. It’s really not about Chief Keef as much as it is about exploitation. It's no coincidence that one of the most violent periods that Chicago has ever seen, that this is what represents us musically. This is what represents us as a people. We have a history here and then when we get to senseless violence, the prison industrial complex is real.
"I don't have anything against any particular kind of music. My problem is the imbalance of the music that we get. So if all of the diet of the music that you get is kill kill kill and we're going to glorify that, then that's what we are conditioning our shorties and they'll never end. They'll do it, they'll sing about it, they'll rap about it and that'll be it."
Source: hiphopdx.com
