The Chief Keef documentary is still coming, and now it has a target. Speaking at ComplexCon on October 10, Lyrical Lemonade founder Cole Bennett said he wants the film out in 2027. He was clear that the team is in no rush, and that they are taking their time to get it right.
“It’s one of those stories where it’s already written,” Bennett said. The job now is telling it the right way.
What the Film Covers
The project was first announced in October 2024 as a partnership between Lyrical Lemonade and Kenya Barris’ production company, Khalabo Ink Society, with Bennett directing. It follows Keef’s full story:
- His rise as a teenager out of Chicago and his role in founding drill
- The decade he spent unable to perform in his own city
- His return to Chicago, capped by his historic Summer Smash set in 2024
- The bigger picture around him, including Chicago’s segregated neighborhoods and gang violence
There is no title or distributor yet, and it could end up as a feature or a series. Back in 2024, Bennett said the team was documenting Keef’s story “in its entirety.”
Why Cole Bennett Is the Right Director
Bennett is from Plano, Illinois, and started Lyrical Lemonade as a blog in high school, shooting Chicago rappers on a camera his mom gave him. From there he directed some of the most watched rap videos of the last decade, including Ski Mask the Slump God’s “Catch Me Outside,” Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” (over 1 billion YouTube views) and Eminem’s “Godzilla.” He earned a 2026 BET Awards nomination for Video Director of the Year and has been open about wanting to make feature films.
He and Keef go way back, too. Keef headlined Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash again this year, and in a WBEZ interview Bennett described visiting Keef’s Los Angeles home and finding screen printers, DTG printers and 3D printers, a side of Keef most people never see.
The Doc That Never Happened
This is not the first time a Keef documentary has been announced. Apple Music revealed The Story of Sosa back in 2017, and it was scrapped. That history is part of why Bennett’s slow and steady approach makes sense. Keef’s story has been told in pieces for over a decade, and this is the first time it is being handled by someone who came up in the same Chicago scene.
The Takeaway
No trailer, no title and no date beyond “2027” yet, but the film is alive and Bennett is treating it like the most important thing he has made. We will be watching.