Young Chop

Young Chop names the top three beats he’s ever produced, and says that Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like” is his favorite. He explained that it means so much to him because it was the first record that got him global attention. Coming in second is “Love Sosa,” followed by Lil Reese’s “Us,” which he said “is never going anywhere.” When asked about working on French Montana’s “Ocho Cinco,” Young Chop said when he got the track back, the line “Told that b*tch give me head. Ocho Cinco,” was the funniest thing he’d ever heard. He said while the song didn’t do anything on the charts, it still goes nuts in the club.

Young Chop opens up about why he named his mixtape “Precious,” saying that he was just messing with people who said he looked like Gabourey Sidibe. When asked about most people getting mad at comments like that, Chop said it doesn’t bother him because he’s not about beef or drama. Adding to the conversation, the Chicago super producer said that he’s never understood rapper beef, because there’s too much money out there for people to be beefing. He also shares that most big time people engage in fake beef and are “characters.”

Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Young Chop for an exclusive interview! Young Chop talks about fans being a little scared to approach him, producing hit records, meeting Chief Keef, remembers selling a wack beat for 15 grand, gives advice to upcoming producers, thinks Pusha T dissed him, “Precious” mixtape & much more!

Young Chop is loud and squiggly, with a generous laugh. The teenage producer behind “I Don’t Like,” “Love Sosa” and “Hate Bein Sober” (plus since-retracted tweets challenging Keef and Kanye West, who roguely remixed “Don’t Like”) stopped by FADER offices last week, where he waved at the interns like a victorious politician and squirmed around on our couch. From his perch, he talked about the importance of a good laugh in the studio, lapping up hometown attention and the grime and melody that makes his beats feel new.

There is perhaps no other producer around with as much buzz surrounding him as Chicago’s Young Chop, whose record “I Don’t Like” with similarly sweltering artist Chief Keef is currently seeing the likes of Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean and Jadakiss hopping on board the remix. LRG recently hit the studio with the 18-year-old phenom producer where he discussed how he got his start, some of the biggest records already under his belt and his signature sound. Part 2 after the jump.