CHIEF KEEF DECODED:

The Tantric Mantras of a Burgeoning Rap Guru

by Kreston Kent, author of The Literary Genius of Lil Wayne:

the case for Lil Wayne to be counted among Shakespeare and Dylan





At first, Chief Keef sounds like a mumbling, repetitive drone; but once you catch on, Chief Keef will stop you in your tracks and captivate you. His celebrity is bewildering to the outside observer, but his success is not an accident: Chief Keef is no flash in the pan. His rap has a mysterious, elusive, but undeniable genius to it. Keef is not a literary genius; there will be no comparisons to Shakespeare and Dylan here. I find no overarching literary merit and precious few literary devices in his rap. But Chief Keef is an arresting* lyrical genius. *no pun intended







The same two aspects of Chief Keef's raps that will initially drive you to dismiss him (as a lucky oaf who won the fame lottery) are actually the keys to his virtuosity:



The first key aspect is Keef's seemingly idiotic repetition…