Posted on 07/27/2015 5:23:35 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
The concert, planned as a benefit for a toddler and a friend of the rapper's who were killed earlier this month, was originally scheduled to take place last week at Pilsen's Redmoon Theater. But pressure from City Hall, which said the show "posed a significant public safety risk," caused the theater to cancel the event.
Instead, Chief Keef, a Chicago native whose real name is Keith Cozart, planned a show at an undisclosed location, at first thought to be in Chicago.
That turned out to be Craze Fest, a daylong hip-hop festival at Wolf Lake Pavilion in Hammond, Ind. About 2,000 people attended the event, which featured rappers Lil Bibby, Jacqueese, Tink and Riff Raff, organizers said.
Chief Keef partnered with Los Angeles-based Hologram USA to beam his performance to Indiana from a soundstage in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Organizers encouraged fans to donate $50 to benefit the families of 13-month-old Dillan Harris and Marvin Carr, 22, who were killed July 11.
But information about where Saturday's show would actually take place was in short supply. On Saturday afternoon, Chief Keef posted, then quickly removed, an Instagram photo of Wolf Lake Pavilion, encouraging fans to buy tickets. Later, he wrote on Twitter the show would take place at Lincoln Hall in Lincoln Park.
Lincoln Hall representatives denied the rapper would perform there. Rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah was already booked to play the venue.
About 9 p.m., Chief Keef's spokesman, Owen Phillips, confirmed the hologram performance would take place in Hammond. It was also streamed live on filmon.tv.
Chief Keef played one song, his hit "I Don't Like," and was talking about putting a stop to violence when the power was cut off.
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A tremendous loss to both hip and hop.
They're dead. You're too late.
Whenever things like this happen, I always go to YouTube to hear the offending song or artist.
There's a reason so many rappers are "aspiring" and so relatively few are "successful." The audience dodged a bullet. They should be falling on their faces thanking the power company.
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