--- description: 19-year-old rapper Chief Keef took to Twitter on Tuesday to say he's out for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's job title: Rapper Chief Keef Tweets He's Running For Mayor of Chicago image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rapper Chief Keef Wants To Become Mayor of Chicago by [Priyanka Aribindi](/author/priyanka-aribindi/) ## Priyanka Aribindi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 6:20 PM CUT by [Priyanka Aribindi](/author/priyanka-aribindi/) ## Priyanka Aribindi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 6:20 PM CUT Could Chicago be getting a new mayor? Controversial rapper Chief Keef took to Twitter on Tuesday to say he’s out for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s job. “Vote for me!!!! … Yall gonna love me in the Office,” the 19-year-old tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/ChiefKeef/status/625772353784426497) > [](https://twitter.com/ChiefKeef/status/625850468154142722) He followed up the tweets with an Instagram post, captioned “Sosa 4 Mayor.” The social media posts are all part of the teenage rapper’s beef with Emanuel, whose office canceled a benefit concert that Chief Keef had been due to headline in July out of concerns for public safety, [NBC](http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chief-Keef-Tweets-Hes-Running-for-Mayor-318780081.html "undefined") reports. The rapper, who has a long history of [run-ins](http://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/chief-keef-rap-sheet-the-arrest-record-of-the-notorious-chicago-emcee "undefined") with the law, had planned to perform via hologram as he is unable to appear in person in Chicago, where there is an [outstanding warrant](http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chief-Keef-Tweets-Hes-Running-for-Mayor-318780081.html "undefined") for his arrest on charges related to child support. On Monday, Keef [encouraged](https://twitter.com/ChiefKeef/status/625758926940717056 "undefined") his Twitter followers to call Emanuel and “tell him to stay the f— off the people’s music,” providing them with a phone number to the city directory. Keef may have to wait a while for his mayoral dreams to become reality, however. Emanuel was sworn in for his second term in May after winning a runoff mayoral election with 56 percent of the vote, and the next election is due in 2019. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3975233/chief-keef-chicago-mayor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3975233/chief-keef-chicago-mayor/"},"headline":"Rapper Chief Keef Wants To Become Mayor of Chicago","datePublished":"2015-07-28T18:20:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:39:55.641Z","description":"But don't get your hopes up just yet","url":"https://time.com/3975233/chief-keef-chicago-mayor/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Priyanka Aribindi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/priyanka-aribindi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3975233/chief-keef-chicago-mayor/","name":"Rapper Chief Keef Wants To Become Mayor of Chicago"}}]}] ```