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# Rapper Chief Keef Wants To Become Mayor of Chicago

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[Priyanka Aribindi](https://time.com/author/priyanka-aribindi/)


## Priyanka Aribindi


Jul 28, 2015 6:20 PM UTC

by 

[Priyanka Aribindi](https://time.com/author/priyanka-aribindi/)


## Priyanka Aribindi


Jul 28, 2015 6:20 PM UTC

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) 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) 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) for his arrest on charges related to child support. On Monday, Keef [encouraged](https://twitter.com/ChiefKeef/status/625758926940717056) 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.

Rapper Chief Keef Tweets He's Running For Mayor of Chicago

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