CHICAGO HAS BANNED A WRAPPER BY THE NAME
CHIEF KEEF, AND APPARENTLY ROB EMANUEL, THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO IS
NOT A HUGE FAN OF CHIEF KEEF BECAUSE OF HIS CRIMINAL RECORD.
HE SEEMED TO BE BANNED IN THE
ENTIRE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
RECENTLY, DURING CRAZE FEST,
CHIEF KEEF WAS TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR ONE OF HIS FRIENDS.
THE SECOND HE GOT ON STAGE, OR HIS HOLOGRAM GOT ON STAGE, THE
ENTIRE FESTIVAL WAS SHUT DOWN.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS
ABOUT THAT.
LAST WEEKEND, A CHICAGO THEATER CALLED OFF A
SIMILAR SHOW AFTER REPRESENTATIVES FROM MAYOR RAHM
EMANUEL'S OFFICE DEEMED CHIEF KEITH AND UNACCEPTABLE ROLE
MODEL, WHOSE MUSIC PROMOTES VIOLENCE, AND WHOSE
PRESENCE VIA HOLOGRAM REPORT ñ POSED A SERIOUS PUBLIC WRIST
ñ SAFETY RISK.
REALLY?
A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO ñ
HE HAS ALLUSIONS TO GANG VIOLENCE IN HIS LYRICS.
THAT'S
GOT TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT
EVER HAPPENED IN MUSIC HISTORY.
THIS IS KIND OF INCREDIBLE.
ONLY TALK ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS, OFTENTIMES PEOPLE GET IT WRONG.
IF THERE IS A COMPANY OR
A CORPORATION WHO DEEMS AN EMPLOYEE UNFIT FOR THEIR COMPANY
BEFORE ñ BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE HAS SAID, THAT IS OKAY.
COMPANY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT
ALLOWED TO VIOLATE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THE GOVERNMENT
IS NOT ALLOWED TO TELL US WE CAN AND CANNOT SAY, WHAT WE CAN AND
CANNOT WRITE, AND WE CANNOT PERFORM STOP IN THIS CASE, YOU
HAVE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, RAHM EMANUEL TELLING A WRAPPER THAT
HE HAS LYRICS THAT HE DOES NOT LIKE AND HE IS BANNED.
THIS MATTER DOES HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY, BUT I DON'T CARE
THAT HE HAS A KERNEL HISTORY.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL PAST DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH YOUR MUSIC.
I DON'T CARE WHAT RAHM EMANUEL THINK OF HIM.
HE HAS
CALLED HIM AN ACCEPTABLE ROLE
MODEL.
THAT IS YOUR OPINION MAN.
YOU DON'T GET TO SAY, AS A
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, I FIND YOU UNACCEPTABLE, I'LL BE BANNING
YOU IN PERSON AND YOUR HOLOGRAM.
THE COPS INITIALLY CAME TO THE
VENUE AND THEY WERE LIKE, IS
CHIEF KEEF HERE?
HOW ABOUT HIS VOICE?
IS HIS VOICE HERE?
THE VENUE OFFICIALS WERE LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE PLAYING HIS
SONG, SO I GUESS HIS VOICE IS HERE.
ARE YOU GOING TO ARREST HIS VOICE?
IS THE INCREDIBLE THING, HE GENUINELY WANTED TO RAISE MONEY
FOR HIS FRIENDS FAMILY, THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT, AND ALSO THE
FAMILY OF THIS THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BABY WHO WAS KILLED.
HE DID NOT
GO THERE TO BE VIOLENT OR SEND A BAD MESSAGE OR ROLE MODEL, HE
WENT THERE TO HELP PEOPLE AND SEND AN ANTI-VIOLENT MESSAGE,
AND FOR SOME REASON RAHM EMANUEL CAN'T GET BEHIND THAT.
HE WANTS
TO BAN THIS FORM OF EXPRESSION FROM THIS PARTICULAR PERSON
STOPPED FOR ME GIVE YOU SOME
MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW HE WAS TRYING TO RAISE MONEY.
CHIEF
KEEF HAD BILLED THE PERFORMANCE AS A "STOP THE KILLING" BENEFIT
CONCERT ñ
IT'S SO DANGEROUS ñ
MEANT TO RAISE MONEY FOR MARVIN CARR, A FELLOW CHICAGO
RAPPER WHO DIED IN ISSUING THIS MONTH, AND DYLAN HARRIS, A
THIRTEEN MONTH OLD CHILD KILLED BY A VEHICLE FLEEING THE SCENE
OF THAT SHOOTING.
THE RAPPER OPTED NOT TO APPEAR IN THE
MIDWEST IN A FLASH, CITING OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FOR HIS
ARREST, STEMMING FROM TWO CHILD SUPPORT CASES.
HE WAS ON A
SOUNDSTAGE IN LOS ANGELES, AND THAT MUSIC WHEN ALL THE WAY TO
THIS PERFORMANCE, WHEN HE HOLOGRAM REPRESENTED HIS IMAGE,
AND HIS HOLOGRAM GOT SHUT DOWN BY A BUNCH OF AUTHORITY TO DON'T
UNDERSTAND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
THE SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE CONCERT AND KICK OUT 2000 PEOPLE
IN ONE MINUTE.
I'M SURE THE PROCESS TOOK A LITTLE LONGER,
BUT AS SOON AS THEY WENT, BOOM, SHUT IT ALL DOWN, WE'RE DONE
WITH THIS.
HIS HOLOGRAM IS THIS DANGEROUS.
LET'S EXPLAIN MY
OPINION ON WHY RAHM EMANUEL AND HIS BUTT BOY HERE IS DOING THIS,
THE GUY IN THE NEARBY TOWN.
FROM EMANUEL SAID THAT HE HAS
LYRICS THAT POSSIBLY CONDONE
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE POLICE.
THE COPS, WHO ARE VERY POWERFUL
IN CHICAGO, I'M SURE GO TO RAHM EMANUEL, THE MAYOR, AND THE
LIKE, WE DON'T LIKE THIS GUY, SHUT THIS GUY DOWN.
AND RAHM
EMANUEL THINK IS A TOUGH GUY, AND HE PROBABLY WATCHED KELSEY
GRAMMER IN A TV SHOW ABOUT THE
CHICAGO MAYOR, AND WHERE HE SEES HIM DOING ALL THE DIRTY TRICKS
AND THINKS HE'S THE KING OF ALL KINGS, SO HE THINKS OKAY I'M
GONNA SHUT THIS GUY DOWN.
SO WE GOES TO NEARBY TOWNS, AND THIS
LOCAL YOKEL SAYS I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS GUY, BUT I
FROM EMANUEL SAYS IT, I HAVE TO
RESPECT HIS DECISION.
MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION, A MAYOR OF A DIFFERENT CITY TOLD ME
TO BE A GOOD BOY AND ARREST THE SKYPE?
THE MAYOR OF HAMMOND'S SHOULD FEEL EMBARRASSED ABOUT THIS.
DEFINITELY, I JUST CALLED HIM A BUTT BOY.
THE PROMOTER SAID THAT NO ONE GAVE HIM A REASON WHY THEY DID
NOT WANT THE HOLOGRAM TO APPEAR.
THEY BELIEVED IT WOULD START
TROUBLE, BUT THE FIRST THING
THAT CHIEF KEEF SAID VIA HOLOGRAM WAS THAT THEY
NEEDED TO STOP THE VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.
SOUND VERY DANGEROUS.
NOW, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS WRAPPER, AND
I HAVE NO OPINION, YOU JUST MADE HIM A LOT BIGGER, YOU JUST MADE
HIM A HUGE FAVORITE, YOU DID HIM A HUGE FAVOR YOU IDIOTS.
NOW HE
IS THE OUTLAW CHIEF KEEF, EVEN HIS HOLOGRAM IS BANNED.
YOU KNOW HOW
COOL IT IS?
YOU GUYS ARE SO STUPID.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE DONE A
BETTER JOB OF MANAGING HIM IF YOU WERE HIS OWN AGENT.
THAT IS,
FOR A WRAPPER, I'M DAN IN CHICAGO, I BANNED IN ALL THE
CITIES, MY IMAGE IS BANNED, THAT'S HOW TOUGH I AM.
I NEED,
HE COULDN'T, IF I'M HIM, I'M ECSTATIC OVER THIS.
I DO
POLLSTERS EVERYWHERE OF THE
OUTLAW, CHIEF KEEF.
YES, I AGREE.
WHY OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ALLOWED TO VIOLATE OUR
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION?
WHAT HE DID IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ISN'T IT ñ
YOU CAN'T SAY, I DON'T LIKE YOUR ATTITUDE AND I FIND
YOU AN UNACCEPTABLE ROLE MODEL ñ
SO HE'S BANNING HIS MUSIC?
IF HE ACTUALLY DID SOME VIOLENCE YOU CAN ARREST HIM, BUT
HE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY
ANYTHING EXCEPT STOP THE KILLINGS.
I WONDER IF THEY'RE
MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT
HIM.