Chief Keef Returns: Epic Chicago Efficiency After 10-Yr Absence 

Chief Keef lit up the stage on his return to Chicago at Lyrical Lemonade Summer season Smash, his first efficiency within the metropolis in over a decade. 

The Chicago rapper hasn’t carried out within the metropolis since 2012, so the anticipation was excessive for his headline set. On Sunday (June 16), the gang lit up when Chief Keef returned to the stage to shut out the pageant. 

The Summer season Smash crowd was additionally handled to his first-ever hometown efficiency of his basic hit “Faneto.” Chief Keef additionally turned his set right into a Father’s Day celebration, performing along with his daughter whereas G Herbo and his younger son joined them onstage. 

Chief Keef mentioned his monumental return to Chicago earlier this yr, admitting, “it’s gonna be like I’m a vacationer once I go there” throughout an interview for GRAMMY.com. 

“It’s been a protracted, very long time. It’s been like 11, 12 years since I touched the pavement in Chicago, or Illinois, interval. I’m prepared. I do know it’s going to be an enormous factor. Numerous new individuals in all probability suppose I’m a ghost,” Chief Keef defined. 

“So lots of people are going to be excited, simply realizing I’m from there and I ain’t been there in so lengthy. Those that’s not in even Chicago — all them surrounding cities gonna present up [too], as a result of Sosa has not been dwelling. And so they comprehend it’s gonna be massive,” he added.