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Chicago drill artists

10 published Chicago drill artists, led by Chief Keef, Lil Durk and King Von.

At a glance

10 published Chicago drill artists; 121 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists2 tier 1 · 1 tier 2 · 7 tier 3
10
Release groups
304
Studio albums
124
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
121
Timeline events
141
Monthly listenerssum across artists
53.3M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
10.7 years
Full biographies
6
Biography words
19,645

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2010s (5 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
2000s1
2010s5
4 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most Chicago drill artists. United States leads with 10.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with Chicago drill. The most shared is Chicago hip-hop, with 10 artists in both.

Covers from Chicago drill

121 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Chief Keef has the most release groups (157); Chief Keef the longest career (17 years).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Chief Keef157
Lil Durk54
G Herbo42
King Von25
Lil Reese16

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Chief Keef17
G Herbo14
Lil Durk13
Lil Reese10
Fredo Santana5

Most decorated

No artists with awards recorded.

Most famous Chicago drill artists

Chief Keef

Chief Keef

United States · Person · born 1995

hip-hop, Midwest hip-hop, trap music, gangsta rap, SoundCloud rap, punk rap, mumble rap, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

15.7M listeners · 40 wikis

Lil Durk

Lil Durk

United States · Person · born 1992

hardcore hip-hop, Midwest hip-hop, trap music, gangsta rap, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

19.2M listeners · 28 wikis

King Von

King Von

United States · Person · born 1994

hip-hop, hardcore hip-hop, Midwest hip-hop, trap music, gangsta rap, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

11.9M listeners · 35 wikis

G Herbo

G Herbo

United States · Person · born 1995

hardcore hip-hop, Midwest hip-hop, trap music, gangsta rap, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

6.5M listeners · 13 wikis

Fredo Santana

United States · Person · born 1990

hip-hop, Midwest hip-hop, trap music, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

16 wikis

Lil Reese

Lil Reese

United States · Person · born 1993

Midwest hip-hop, trap music, gangsta rap, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

11 wikis

Young Chop

Young Chop

United States · Person · born 1993

hip-hop, trap music, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

9 wikis

Lil Bibby

Lil Bibby

United States · Person · born 1994

contemporary R&B, hardcore hip-hop, Midwest hip-hop, trap music, gangsta rap, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

6 wikis

King Louie

United States · Person · born 1987

hip-hop, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

5 wikis

Montana of 300

United States · Person · born 1989

hip-hop, hardcore hip-hop, trap music, gangsta rap, drill, Chicago hip-hop, Chicago drill

2 wikis

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