Artist profile
Chief Keef is a Chicago-based hip-hop artist known for his contributions to the drill music movement. His work helped define the sound and aesthetic of Chicago drill in the early 2010s.
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Chief Keef is a moderate-energy — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Hip-Hop pocket.
Across 3 analysed tracks, Chief Keef averages 35% groove — straighter than 77% of individual Hip-Hop tracks — and 51% energy, harder than 58%.
Measured against 873 Hip-Hop tracks on 11 August 2026.
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DJs and producers closest to Chief Keef by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Chief Keef, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Chief Keef's tracks in our catalog range from 72 to 148 BPM, with a median of 85 BPM. Across 3 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Chief Keef's tracks are mostly in minor keys (100% minor across 3 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 1 track.
Chief Keef sits closest to Ballout, Capo, Fredo Santana in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Chief Keef releases spanning 2012 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
