Brian Jackson/Chicago Sun-Times, via Associated Press Chief Keef arriving at the court building on Thursday.Chief Keef, the teenage Chicago rapper who often presents a street-tough image, was visibly shaken and pleaded for leniency when he was sentenced to 60 days in juvenile detention on Thursday for violating his probation on a gun charge, The Chicago Sun-Times reported.
“I am a very good-hearted person,†the 17-year-old rapper, whose real name is Keit Cozart, told Judge Carl Anthony Walker in Cook County Juvenile Court. “I am sorry for anything that I have done wrong.†But Judge Walker was unmoved. He said that Chief Keef had ignored the court’s orders regarding his probation for having pointed a gun at a police officer. The judge said the rapper had violated an order to stay away from firearms when he agreed to do a videotaped interview with Pitchfork at a New York gun range in June and fired a rifle there.
The prosecution brought up the murderous persona Chief Keef often adopts in songs, particularly the recent single “Love Sosa,†as an argument for detaining him. Chief Keef, his voice trembling and breaking, told the judge he was misunderstood, according to The Chicago Reader. “My G.E.D. is al! most complete,†he said. “And the person people are trying to make me out to be is not who I am.â€
