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Young Chop
Birth name Tyree Lamar Pittman
Born (1993-11-14) November 14, 1993 (age 30)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
Years active 2010–present
Labels
Associated acts

Tyree Lamar Pittman (born November 14, 1993), better known by his stage name Young Chop, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. In 2012, he gained widespread recognition within the American hip hop community for producing Chief Keef's hits "I Don't Like", "Love Sosa", and "3Hunna". He released his first studio album Precious in 2013, established his own label, Chop Squad Records, and released the album Still the following year. Young Chop, with Chief Keef, the late Fredo Santana, and others, belong to the Chicago collective called GBE, making drill music in which they generally rap about ..., weapons, and their lifestyles.

Life and career

Pittman grew up in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Pittman started making beats when he was 11 years old with the help of his cousin. He met Chief Keef on Facebook and went on to produce many of his songs. Pittman is part of a production team collective called BandKamp which also includes producer and CEO BandKamp, Paris Beuller and intern WaldooBeatz, Chief Keef's Back From The Dead was officially the first mixtape he produced. Pittman recently started his own independent label called Chop Squad. He has also started a website called SoundKitWiz.com, an online retail music production website where producers and engineers can purchase audio engineering and music production related products. His producer tag is "Young Chop On the Beat", spoken by his 4 year old nephew.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Precious (2013)
  • Still (2014)
  • Fat Gang or No Gang (2015)
  • Finally Rich Too (2015)
  • King Chop (2016)
  • Coppotelli (2016)
  • King Chop 2 (2018)
  • Don't Sleep (2019)
  • Comfortable (2019)
  • Young Godfather (2020)
  • Intro x Young Godfather (2020)
  • Under Surveillance (2021)
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