''It's Bigger Than Him''
1:30PM ET January 23rd, 2013
Contributor : Chris G.
A Rocky Williform Company

Superproducer Swizz Beatz became the latest star to weigh in on controversial teen rapper Chief Keef. The hitmaker says that people are making the young Chicagoan the face of the city's problems with youth violence when there is much more contributing to what's going on than just Keef.

"I think it's bigger than him. Chief Keef is just a name people can relate to because he's in the entertainment business. But, I think the real reason is the youth, period, with nowhere to go, no plans, and they're just resorting to living however they want to live," he said. "You go to a different country and they don't have no support, no food, it's the same thing. It's just that we're knowing about it more because there's a celebrity name involved, but I wouldn't even put that on him. This has been going on for years. They shut down the whole Cabrini-Green a long time ago. This been happening. But the key thing is how is it going to stop happening? Is it arts? Is it music? That's the thing to figure out."