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, entrepreneur
Instruments FL Studio, Logic Pro
Years active 2011–present
Labels Chop Squad
Associated acts Chief Keef, Lil Durk, SD , Fredo Santana, Lil Reese, Lil Bibby, Gucci Mane, Metro Boomin
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 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, 2015.

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
Lil Reese - Don't Like
Gucci Mane - I'm Up
Bo Deal - The Chicago Code 3
Ace Hood - Body Bag 2
Drewz Porter
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
Cassie - RockaByeBaby
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
Freddie Gibbs - Anybody Killa
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

2015

Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife
ILL-BOYZ ENT.
SD - Life Of Savage 4
Lil Durk - Single

References

  1. xs ssu2f qe civicrummies-part-2-the-producers/14/ "Hip-Hop in 2013… for Dummies (Part 2: The Producers)" Check |url= value (help). 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.
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