It doesn't feel like I'm doing work. How’d you get into digital illustrations? Chief Keef plans to up his game and have even more of an impact with his next album Bang 3, posting on Instagram: “If I’m Lien I Can Get Killed right Now this Shit Is So fuckin hardcore #ThatOldSosa #bang3 Niggas Better Be Scared [sic].” He further posted, “Bang 2 And Almighty So On ITunes Right Now But Bang 3 No Lie Y’all Really Don’t know How crazy Im goin #ImFinnaRaiseTheMurder RateUp [sic].” He will no doubt try to make good on his promises and use Drill music as his platform to do so. I've been drawing my whole life, but it was really back in high school when I got this iPad Mini that came out at the time, and I would take pictures of like what I was drawing and I'd scan it to my iPad and just go from there. And I was already kinda doing this art shit for a little bit and I was making cover art for a couple people here and there, so I was like, Well shit, I wonder if I can make a little bread off this shit. They all count because the power really starts right there in your community. The first one is Gift Shop and the other is Glasshouse. If you were to look at my Instagram feed, they'd look like collectibles. Shondale “Tooka” Gregory was a 15 year old Gangster Disciples gang member from the South Side of Chicago. "At least I made it," Madison said with a laugh. I'm just putting it in a way you wouldn't expect it. We sold like manga and shit too. It was kinda funny because it was almost like people would tell me that I skipped a step. And I was like, "Yeah, let's do it. It felt like an actual collaboration. It's like a little doodle on my iPad and I just send it on the internet. The only times I'd sold physicals was, you know, stuff I made physically. The third reason Drill grew so quickly is because of the tight-knit community in Chicago’s Drill scene. Nah, not at all. Mildred Madison has been active in her community, education and politics since her children began school in the 1950s in Cleveland, she said. It's so portable. His work isn’t just limited to those artists though. Cause I was using like, some like knockoff stylus for the iPad at the time since high school. He called in from his home in Tulsa, and we talked about literally everything. Also, it's one of my more different ones and it was one of my most interactive ones with the artist. Moreover, it was held responsible for the death of the rapper Lil Jojo in December of last year, hours after a video of Jojo harassing Lil Reese from 3hunna was uploaded to YouTube. Sam Schoenecker is a writer from the Colorado Springs area. Madison ran for state representative in 1968. It's all trial and error. Yeah, I did everything on the iPad. Her name is Vienna and she needs a stem cell transplant. Before the doodles, if anything, I felt more pressure because I felt like I always had to put out new content. Julian Madison said his mother taught him to respect women and vote. That was my first and last job so it was a really colorful job and I was surrounded by that shit all the time. "I think it's important to do that.". I want my Twitter account or my Instagram feed to feel like you're watching some show. (CNN)When a Michigan 94-year-old didn't receive her absentee ballot, she took her civic duty to the next level. So and so wants this and that." I can keep working on my other personal stuff and really take my time on it. Drill is at most seven-years-old, but due to many factors, it has risen to the forefront of popular culture in almost no time. After God Level, I did the one for him, Mustard and YG. CNN reached out to the Detroit Department of Elections for comment but has not heard back. Then I'd scan it, go in Photoshop, and render it. "I said I had better go back to Detroit and make sure that I vote," Madison told CNN Monday. What did the process for the Watch My Back cover look like? The then 16-year-old Keef considered this a coup, and his Internet fame grew into a tangible billboard hit. And if anything, it buys me way more time to work on my more serious projects. Tags: Analysis, Chief Keef, Crime, Keith Cozart, Music, Sam Schoenecker, The Murderer's Melody. Let's go." How does that interact with you and making a living out of this? That was supposed to be the final cover but I showed him and he was like, "Nah, it's fire without the words on it." Madison has a long history in activism and politics and she's still at it, even in her 90s. Copyright © 2018 US Represented. I paint clothes and I still do traditional shit. But make sure that you vote.". He’s recreating moments of virality with a style reminiscent of the elementary school drawings your parents stuck on the refrigerator. Drill has become a useful tool for a desperate and violent culture. He’s also done covers for Los Angeles rap titans 03 Greedo and Drakeo the Ruler too. "It's not just for the president but start voting locally, statewide, county wide and also on the federal level. So senior year was when I was really like, Well, I fuck with both of these things. With that cover art, it's actually super different from anything else I've made and still is to this day. A list of fundraisers you can support right now. My first job ever was at this comic book slash video game slash music store we'd always be buying new stuff from people selling, so we'd get rare comics and shit. Eventually, you know, I got the iPad and then people would be like, "Did you do this on a tablet?" You put out a lot of stuff for free. It's all daily life shit I'll just be looking at like, "Damn, I like that," and if I naturally like something I'll knock it out. The drive was about 330 miles each way -- and they did it all in one day. I've never picked up one of those little instruction books for drawing and shit either. I've never had the patience. There is a saying at the military academies that is…, The nonprofit organization CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) allows children…, Getting booed by a class of thirteen-year-old girls only required…. We do this shit early down south.” This tweet came just hours before his next tweet, which read, “With my niggas when it’s time to start taking life’s [sic].” With followers like Edwards, Drill is almost guaranteed success in a crime-ridden community, as seen by its fast rise from obscurity. The 21-year-old illustrator turned his hobby into something bigger than he ever imagined. On his Instagram, Kodone puts a charming spin on recent rap history with his colorful and vibrant doodles. I had like two people give me $40. Then I did the one for him and Shoreline Mafia. So that's a reason I love the doodles so much. The 3hunna crew serves as a prime example of the tight-knit group that is building in the South Side. She went on to run for office many times, winning seats on the Cleveland Board of Education, the Ohio Board of Education and the Cleveland City Council. I'm an acrylic painter too. Keef, whose … I always work at my own pace. More than anything else, Drill is the product of concentrated gang violence and murder in the South Side of Chicago. I agree with Michelle Obama when she said go early, stand in line if you have to, take your lunch, your breakfast or lunch or whatever, do that. Kodone World. https://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh3r71A0ut1dE3K4X4 But the reason I think the iPad is so revolutionary, and I really feel like it's gonna be the future and more accepted in the art community, is that I feel like it really speeds up the process. This deal also led to the added benefit of Keef founding an Interscope side label that specializes in the Chicago hip-hop scene. That's a thing that everyone would always ask me. Written, recorded, and filmed all while Keef was under house arrest, “Bang” spread like wildfire online the moment it was uploaded to websites like YouTube and WorldStarHipHop. If you tried to explain to the curators at the MoMA or The Louvre why a 21-year-old from Tulsa, Oklahoma making digital drawings of some of Chief Keef’s funniest moments deserved his own exhibition, they wouldn’t be able to wrap their heads around it. All of these collaborations have led him to develop a brand that’s spread across Rap Twitter. I'm capturing all these moments as they're coming in. "That was something that was engrained in all of us and to be politically active and to vote.". You've been talking about how Kodonism is split into two brands, can you talk about that? No sociologist could describe the circumstances that led to a doodled version of the legendary Instagram live video of Future planking on $200,000 getting 40k likes. I don't see it as "Damn I need to do this, Damn I need to do that." Do you feel pressured to focus on your doodles because of the reaction and demand online? Listen to The FADER's weekly playlist of songs you need in your life. After that, I was just doing a lot of his cover art from there and eventually it led to him being like, "Yo, let's get the God Level cover in. You worked at a comic book shop for a while too. I try to keep them all in that style because I want them to feel like they're part of a little world, like a cartoon show. And I'd be like, "Yeah, sorta." You remember when Chief Keef said he was 3hunna years old? Mildred Madison traveled home to Detroit so she could vote early in person with her son's help. Gift Shop is all just clothes based off of previous artworks that were really popular with the people. I feel like just being around all those characters and all these movies and shit always kept me inspired, just seeing a bunch of colorful shit. I'm really glad I have something now that I can keep in touch with people and still have fun with. At one of the meetings, she met a mother who said they were going to start a League of Women Voters unit in their area "because they don't have that many black women in this league," Madison said.