Chief Keef was trying to flip over a new leaf by organizing a memorial charity concert following the death of Glo Gang partner Capo as well as a one-year-old who was killed in connection to the event, however a "meddling priest" caused the event to be postponed, according to the emcee.
"The meddling, attention seeking Father Pfleger, who bullied the owner of the downtown theater to back out of his contract, will not succeed," promoter Alki David said in an email to The ChicagoTribune. "He is exploiting this tragedy and taking money away from the victims and solid charities who are doing good work in Chicago."
Some background: The Father in question is Michael Pfleger, a Catholic priest at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago's south side. He called out Keef for the event this week, declaring online that "instead of having a concert...why doesn't he man up and acknowledge it's time to stop this violence and apologize for his part in it!" Although not disagreeing with his allegations against Keef and the drill-rap scene, we have to point out that the concert, although free, would take up a collection with all proceeds going to the family of Dillan Harris—the child killed when he the car fleeing the murder of Capo struck his stroller—for funeral costs.
Basically...no one wins.
Keef was scheduled to appear at the concert by way of a hologram deck in Los Angeles, as he's been unable to return to Chicago because of outstanding warrants against him. The show was to be held at the Redmoon Theater, and Pfleger denied to the Tribune that he had reached out to the venue in any attempt to cancel the show. Redmoon's representative confirmed his claims, and noted the venue hadn't understood "the full nature of the event." Whether that refers to the social matters or the technical requirements of Keef's performance remains to be seen.
No word has been given suggesting when, or if, the memorial concert will go forward on a different date.
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