# Chunkz (Amin Mohamed)

> Chunkz (born 1996): British-Somali YouTuber and presenter, member of Beta Squad.

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## Who is he?

Amin Mohamed, known as Chunkz, is a British YouTuber, influencer, presenter and entertainer born in north-west [London](/en/diaspora/london/) on 21 February 1996 ([Wikipedia, Chunkz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunkz)). He is a second-generation British Somali whose parents came from [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) in the 1980s (same source). Somaliland declared independence in 1991; Israel recognised it on 26 December 2025; most states and the AU regard it as part of Somalia. See [British Somalis in public life](/en/diaspora/british-somalis-in-public-life/).

## YouTube

He started his channel in 2015 and went full-time in 2017 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunkz)). In 2019 he co-founded Beta Squad, a London YouTube group whose videos have featured Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and KSI (same source). His own channel had more than 3.6 million subscribers (same source). He won the International Somali Award for Best Entertainer in 2018 (same source).

## Other work

He released songs from 2018, including singles with Yung Filly, and in May 2021 said he was stopping music because it did not fit his religious beliefs ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunkz)). He appeared in Big Shaq's 2017 video "Man's Not Hot" and co-hosted the Sky Sports show *Saturday Social* from 2020 (same source).

## In short

A London-born British-Somali entertainer who built one of the UK's biggest YouTube audiences.

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