Chief Keef pic stirs up anti-violence campaign

NBC Chicago - Chicago rapper Chief Keef is proving to be a lightning rod in more ways than one.

Mar 27, 2013

NBC Chicago – Chicago rapper Chief Keef is proving to be a lightning rod in more ways than one.

A picture of Keef on the 500campaign’s Instagram feed this has sparked a debate over whether the teen has a place in an anti-violence movement.

Keef, who’s real name is Keith Cozart, is often under fire for his violent and misogynist lyrics, and in a case of life imitating art, is currently on probation for pointing a gun at a police officer in 2011 and was just released from jail earlier this month on a probation violation.

Twenty-eight-year-old Bryant Cross created the campaign, which asks ordinary Chicagoans to email him their head shots so he can add the slogan “Angry Because Over 500 Youth Were Murdered in Chicago” and post it to the feed.

More than 1,200 pictures have been posted over the past few weeks, but a couple of days ago he received a photo of the rapper driving a top-down convertible next to a girl.

The person who sent the picture claims he had Keef’s blessing, so Cross added the slogan and posted the picture to the feed. The picture prompted an immediate backlash, with most comments criticizing the decision to post a picture of the controversial rapper.

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