Young Chop

Young Chop
Birth name Tyree Pittman
Born (1993-11-14) November 14, 1993
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres Hip hop, Trap, Drill[1][2][3][4]
Occupation(s) Record producer, rapper, entrepreneur
Instruments FL Studio, Logic Pro
Years active 2011–present
Labels Chop Squad, Empire Distribution
Associated acts Chief Keef, Lil Durk, Lil Reese , Fredo Santana, Lil Bibby, SD, Gucci Mane
Website www.chopsquadworldwide.com

Tyree Pittman (born November 14, 1993), better known by his stage name Young Chop or Young Chop On Da Beat, is an American record producer, rapper and entrepreneur from Chicago, Illinois. 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 called Chop Squad Records, and released Still the following year.

On September 25, 2015, with fellow rapper King 100 James, Chop released his album Fat Gang or No Gang, which would be the debut album of him and James' duo known as "Fat Gang." [5] Chop also confirmed he would be making a sequel mixtape to Chief Keef's debut album Finally Rich, which would be released on his twenty-second birthday, November 14, 2013.

Biography

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.[6] He was childhood friends with noted Chicago artist Chief Keef and went on to produce many of his songs.[7] Chop 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.[8] Chop recently started his own independent label called Chop Squad.[9] 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.[9]

Discography

Studio albums

Production discography

2012

Chief Keef - Back From The Dead
Ambition

GSM Squad

SD - Life Of A Savage
King Louie - Showtime
19 "LKK"
Lil Reese - Don't Like
Gucci Mane - I'm Up
Bo Deal - The Chicago Code 3
Ace Hood - Body Bag 2

GOOD Music - Cruel Summer

Frenchie - Concrete Jungle 2

Soulja Boy - Juice II

Fredo Santana - It's A Scary Site

Lil Durk - Life Ain't No Joke

SD - Life Of A Savage 2

Kid Ink - Rocketshipshawty

Soulja Boy - Young & Flexin

Big Sean - Detroit

Birdman - Bigga Than Life

Red Café - American Psycho

French Montana - Mac & Cheese 3

Lil Mouse - Mouse Trap

King Louie - Drilluminati

$wagg - BNF

Chief Keef - Finally Rich

Trap Pat - Killuminati

2013

Pusha T - Wrath of Caine

Ace Hood - Starvation 2

Fredo Santana - Fredo Kruger

French Montana - Excuse My French

Travi$ Scott - Owl Pharaoh

Trinidad James - 10 Pc. Mild

Ace Hood - Trials & Tribulations

Big Sean - Hall of Fame

Juicy J - Stay Trippy

DJ Khaled - Suffering from Success

Booba - Futur 2.0

Lil Durk - Signed To The Streets

Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood

Starlito & Don Trip - Step Brothers 2

Lil Bibby - Free Crack

Lil Reese - Supa Savage

2014

2 Chainz - FreeBase

Puff Daddy - Non-album song

Lil Durk - Signed To The Streets 2

Gucci Mane - Trap House 4

Ty Dolla Sign - Beach House EP

Rich The Kid - Feels Good To Be Rich

2015

Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife

Ill-boyz ent.

SD - Life Of Savage 4

Lil Durk - Single

Lil Reese - Single

2016

Lil Durk - "Lil Durk 2X"

Lil Durk - "They Forgot"

References

  • Fat-gang King100James Signed KaliMist to Fatgang [10]
  1. "Hip-Hop in 2013… for Dummies (Part 2: The Producers)". Fact. April 19, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  2. Battan, Carrie (December 28, 2012). "One Nation Under Drill". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  3. Cho, Jaeki (February 7, 2013). "Young Chop Talks Lex Luger, Chief Keef, and Studio Habits". XXL. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  4. Turner, David. "French Montana, 'Excuse My French' (Maybach Music/Bad Boy/Interscope)". SPIN. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  5. September 25th #chopsquadrecords
  6. Off the Record: Young Chop YouTube.com
  7. Reddit.com
  8. Chop Squad Tm88 Globalgrind.com
  9. 1 2 Sherron, Shabazz (July 23, 2014). "Young Chop Says, "I Don't Even Know What Drill Music Is"". HipHopDX. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. RELATABLERAHIM (2016-03-03), King100James sign's KaliMist to Fatgang#OTF#GLO#Fatgang#DIOE, retrieved 2016-03-04
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