Chief Keef 'Scares' Lupe Fiasco

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By Rob Markman

Everyone seems to have an opinion on Chief Keef. While most either love or hate the Chicago’s teen brand of rambunctious rap, Lupe Fiasco has a deeper take on Interscope’s new artist.

“Chief Keef scares me,” Lupe said when he appeared on Baltimore’s 92Q last week with hosts AJ and Angel Baby. “Not him specifically, but just the culture that he represents, specifically in Chicago.”

Fiasco’s hometown has made headlines of late due to the alarming number of homicides that have been taking place in the city. The way that tracks like Keef ’s “I Don’t Like” represent youth culture in the Chi has Lupe uneasy. “To hear the things that he raps about specifically, comparing it to, you open up the paper and its 22 shootings this weekend and the next day there’s three and the next day there’s four,” he said. “It scares me to see that.”

The rapper who is set to release his fourth LP Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 later this month made it clear that he wasn’t calling Chief Keef out and he didn’t blame the youngster either. “I’m not at him, I’m at where he came from and places like that still exist and that incubate that mentality,” he said to clarify.

In July the politically-minded lyricist appeared on “RapFix Live” and after watching a piece of old tape that showed some of his friends that had either died or are in jail, Lupe broke down in tears. "Chicago's the murder capital. The dudes in that video are in prison, a couple of fed cases, and then there's ghosts. You see people that, that ain't there," he said sobbing trying to fight back his tears.

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