Infectious singles from Keef, either from his Finally Rich album or his various mixtapes, promote guns and violence and were a staple of the rising Chicago “Drill” scene. However, the hits have recently slowed and the insane amount of criminal charges or affiliated incidents, such as the shooting of a suburban Chicago home, are pilling up. Is this enough to let us know that it’s time to stop the love for Sosa?

The aforementioned shooting, which placed the victim in an ICU, was the latest blemish to an already spotty record. And while Chief Keef wasn’t the shooter, he incriminated himself by posing with weapons, adding to his plummeting reputation.

In turn, in what can be believed to be a PR tactic, Sosa has pulled from his pockets to support another shooting victim that died in Chicago. After rapping about killing and posing with guns, one of the “hardest” guys in the street is showing compassion for a life that’s gone. To quote another rapper here: “We don’t believe you, you need more people.”

Taking a second to think back through Chief Keef‘s famed history: he was crafting a project that he stated on Instagram “#ImFinnaRaiseTheMurderRateUp”, he encourages the Windy City’s “Chiraq” nickname and won’t hide his gang involvement.

When you examine hip hop as a whole, there are multiple cases of artists who are proclaiming to shoot first and then providing memorial funds, scream Chiraq and then aiming to aid the community. Does that make them exempt from the same contradiction? Of course not. However, the actions of Keef are more frequent than most–arrests don’t go unreported or missing from newspapers, telecasts and other media outlets and numerous crimes are linked back to the rapper marking him as the mascot of criminal mischief.

Do we really believe that Chief Keef’s motives with paying for the funeral? Share with us your thoughts in the comments section.