Amin Mohamed (Somali: Aamin Maxamed, [ɑːmɪnmæħæmed]; born 21 February 1996), better known as Chunkz, is a British YouTuber, host, entertainer, and former musician.[3][4][5] He is a member of the YouTube group Beta Squad. As of April 2024[update], his YouTube channel had over 3.4 million subscribers and 271 million video views.[1]
Early life and personal life
Amin Mohamed[6][7] was born on 21 February 1996,[8] in northwest London.[9] He is the youngest of five siblings. He is a second generation British Somali, as his parents immigrated from Somaliland in the 1980s.[6] Before his career on YouTube, he worked at Cineworld, a British cinema chain, and met fellow Beta Squad member Aj Shabeel there.[10] He studied financial mathematics at the London Metropolitan University for a year before dropping out in 2016 to focus on YouTube.[6][10]
Mohamed registered the Chunkz account on 23 July 2015. His early YouTube videos included vlogs, challenges, pranks, and more; they also included his friend Sharky and his cousin, Darkest Man.[14] In an interview in October 2019, he cited British YouTuber KSI as his inspiration to started making content on YouTube.[10] In 2017, he quit his job at Cineworld to become a full-time YouTuber.[10]
He formed a duo with Yung Filly and contributed to YouTube channels.[15] Mohamed and Yung Filly also starred in the Footasylum YouTube series known as Does the Shoe Fit.[16]
In 2018, Mohamed won the International Somaliland Award for the best entertainer.[6]
In 2019, Mohamed created and joined the Beta Squad, a British YouTube collective group, along with fellow British YouTubers Niko Omilana, AJ Shabeel, Sharky, and KingKennyTV. In February 2019, it was also announced that the group would be living together in a £4 million mansion in a secret location in London, where they will create daily content for platforms including YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat.[17][18] The group also created a shared channel called "Beta Squad" and would upload their collaborative content there.[17][18][3][10]
Mohamed started his music career in 2018 with his first song, "Vibranium", a tropicalhouse and dance song featuring Neji.[20]
In March 2020, Mohamed released his first rap single, "Clean Up," with Yung Filly.[21] In October 2020, Mohamed and Yung Filly followed the initial track by dropping their new single and music video, which was titled "Hold".[22][23]
In May 2021, Mohamed announced that he was retiring from music since he believed that it was incompatible with his religious beliefs.[6][11]
Other ventures
Mohamed played the role of Asznee in Big Shaq's 2017 music video, "Man's Not Hot."[3] In March 2018, Mohamed, along with Michael Dapaah, helped launch a voice app for the Google Assistant for the train ticket retailer Trainline, which focuses on rail journey planning.[24]
Mohamed appeared in the 2020 comedy-horror movie, Are We Dead Yet?, written and directed by Fredi Nwaka.[25][26] In September 2020, Mohamed was announced as the co-host of the Sky Sports Saturday morning show, Saturday Social.[27] During that month, he was also announced as a co-host for the extreme sports competition, The Aphetor Games, which stars content creators.[28][29] In December 2020, he hosted the 2020 MOBO Awards with Maya Jama.[30]
On 23 February 2024, Mohamed 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, an Arabic-speaking YouTuber. 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.[34][35][36]
