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Amin Mohamed[1] (Somali: Aamin Maxamed, born: February 21, 1996)[1], better known online as Chunkz, is an English-Somali[2] YouTuber and former musician.[3][4][5] He is a member of the Beta Squad.[6]
Early life[]
Chunkz was born on February 21, 1996 in Neasden/ Wembley Northwest London and grew up there.[1] His parents immigrated from Somaliland in the 1980s.[7] He is the youngest of four siblings.[7] Chunkz is cousins with Darkest Man and Star Player with the latter being in his first ever video on YouTube.[8]
In 2003, when Chunkz was 7 years old, he jumped into the deep end of a swimming pool and almost drowned until he was resuscitated by his uncle.[9]
When Chunkz was 13, he and his friends was playing FIFA. One of his friends got jealous and stabbed Chunkz in his knee.[1]
He studied financial mathematics at London Metropolitan University before dropping out in 2016 to focus on YouTube.[10] He also worked at Cineworld when he met Aj Shabeel, he quit Cineworld 2017.[11]
YouTube career[]
Chunkz started his YouTube channel on July 23, 2015 and uploaded his first video titled “Victim of the week: Chunkz v Abdallah.”[12]
Since then he has been uploading various pranks, challenges, reaction, comedy videos and vlogs; they also included his friend Sharky and Darkest Man.[13] He formed a duo with Yung Filly and contributed to YouTube channels.[14]
In 2019, Chunkz became part of the collaborative YouTube group known as the Beta Squad, which also includes the YouTubers known as Sharky, Aj Shabeel, KingKennyTv, and Niko Omilana.[6] Chunkz and Yung Filly also starred in the Footasylum YouTube series known as Does the Shoe Fit?.[15]
In late 2022, Beta Squad returned to uploading videos each week, after taking a hiatus of a few years.[16]
Chunkz started a podcast with Yung Filly in 2023 called The Chunkz and Filly Show.[17]
Chunkz got married to Samira in July 2024.[18]
Music career[]
Chunkz played the role of Asznee in the 2017 music video "Man's Not Hot" by Big Shaq.[3] In March 2018, he worked along with Michael Dapaah, helped launch a voice app built for the Google Assistant for the train ticket retailer Trainline to ease rail journey planning.[19]
In March 2020, Chunkz released his first rap single and music video "Clean Up" with Yung Filly.[20] In October 2020, He and Yung Filly followed it intitial track by dropping their new single and music video titled "Hold".[21]
In May 2021, Chunkz announced he was retiring from music due to his religion.[22]
Other work[]
In September 2020, Chunkz was announced as the co-host of the Sky Sports Saturday morning show #SaturdaySocial. That month, he was also announced as a co-host for the extreme sports competition The Aphetor Games, which stars next-gen content creators. In December 2020, he hosted the 2020 MOBO Awards with Maya Jama.[23]
Charity work[]
Since 2020, Chunkz participated annual charity football events, including Soccer Aid[3] and Sidemen Charity Matches.[24]
On February 23, 2024, Chunkz took part in Match for Hope, a football charity match hosted at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Qatar, where he captained team Chunkz versus team AboFlah. The match ended with Team Chunkz’s 7-5 victory over Team AboFlah. They managed to raise more than $8.8 million to support Qatar’s Education Above All Foundation.[25]
Trivia[]
- Chunkz is a Muslim.[26]
- He supports Arsenal F.C.[27] He appeared in the Amazon Original sports docuseries All or Nothing: Arsenal, which documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their 2021–22 season.[28] His favourite Arsenal footballer is Thierry Henry.[7]
- Chunkz has won the MOBO award twice, once with Yung Filly.[23][29]
- Chunkz favourite actors are Denzel Washington and Damon Wayans.[7]
- Chunkz favourite movie is School of Rock.[30]
- His favourite footballer is Ronaldo.[11]
- Chunkz revealed his origin YouTube name was going to be "What's For Dinner".[11]
- Chunkz has acrophobia.[31]
- He won the International Somaliland Award for the best entertainer.[10]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 BEST FRIEND TEST: AJ vs Darkest
- ↑ Chunkz: ‘I paved the way for myself as a YouTuber’
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Who is Chunkz in Soccer Aid 2020?
- ↑ IT'S TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE BLACK CULTURE'S INFLUENCE ON FOOTBALL
- ↑ Chunkz & Yung Filly Proved They Were Generational Talents At Soccer Aid 2020
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 INTRODUCING... Beta Squad
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 BEST FRIEND TEST: FILLY vs HARRY PINERO
- ↑ Darkest Man got ROBBED | Chunkz & Filly Show | Episode 2
- ↑ MUKBANG: BETA SQUAD EDITION
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chunkz: ‘I paved the way for myself as a YouTuber’
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Best Friend Test FINAL! Filly vs Darkest
- ↑ Victim of the week: Chunkz v Abdallah
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@Chunkz/about
- ↑ CHUNKZ & FILLY! | EP 333 | ShxtsNGigs Podcast
- ↑ Does the Shoe Fit?
- ↑ We Pretended To Work At The Grocery Store (Fake Employee Prank)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@chunkzfillyshow
- ↑ https://x.com/IsitRIL/status/1815368144443015337
- ↑ Big Shaq And Trainline Join Forces For The World’s First Voicebot Duet
- ↑ https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2020/03/music/tracks-chunkz-yung-filly-clean-up/
- ↑ CHUNKZ AND YUNGFILLY DROP EAGERLY ANTICIPATED MUSIC VIDEO FOR THEIR NEW TRACK 'HOLD'
- ↑ CHUNKZ ANNOUNCES HE’S QUITTING MUSIC FOR GOOD
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 MOBOs 2020: 'More important than ever to showcase black culture'
- ↑ https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/players/1407426/chunkz
- ↑ Qatar to host Match for Hope charity match featuring famous content creators and football legends
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Chunkz/status/236973137181421569
- ↑ Watch Chunkz take the Ultimate Gooner Quiz!
- ↑ Official trailer for Arsenal’s All or Nothing series on Amazon Prime shows Mikel Arteta revealing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has lost captaincy and players appearing to clash in training session
- ↑ Nines and Mahalia top winners at 2020 Mobo awards
- ↑ BEST FRIEND TEST 2: BETA SQUAD EDITION
- ↑ BEST FRIEND TEST: BETA SQUAD EDITION
