{"id":175513,"date":"2018-06-09T18:42:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T01:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=175513"},"modified":"2018-06-09T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T03:35:47","slug":"chief-keef-was-shot-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2018\/06\/09\/chief-keef-was-shot-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Rapper Chief Keef Was Almost Shot in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/chief-keef_650-430b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157307\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/chief-keef_650-430b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/chief-keef_650-430b.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/chief-keef_650-430b-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Damn! Rapper Chief Keef was shot at while in New York City last week. He didn&#8217;t get hit and he&#8217;s fine, but two gunmen shot at him. The bullet hit some signage at the W Hotel in Times SQ, where the rapper was staying. Chief Keep is on FilmOn Music. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what the gangs for peace movement is about. Imagine how many innocents could have died in that gunfire,\u201d Chief Keef told ShockYa.com. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/06\/02\/chief-keef-shot-at-w-hotel-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Law enforcement sources tell us &#8230; Keef was shot at around 6 AM outside the W Hotel in Times Square. We&#8217;re told a shell casing was discovered and police are looking for 2 black males wearing black hoodies who fled the scene.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, the 22-year-old Chief Keef is having a very public beef with Tekashi69 on social media. The two threatened to kill each other, but it&#8217;s believed this incident didn&#8217;t have anything to do with the beef. Tekashi69 was in LA at the time of the attempted shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/06\/02\/chief-keef-shot-at-w-hotel-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rr0TtBVPGA\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damn! Rapper Chief Keef was shot at while in New York City last week. He didn&#8217;t get hit and he&#8217;s fine, but two gunmen shot at him. The bullet hit some signage at the W Hotel in Times SQ, where the rapper was staying. 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