Chip

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe (born 26 November 1990), better known by his stage name Chip (previously Chipmunk), is a British rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, North London.

In the past 14 years he has collaborated with the likes of Skepta, T.I., Meek Mill, Young Adz and many others.

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe was born on 26 November 1990 in Tottenham, and is the son of Jamaican immigrant parents.

Fyffe's parents later separated.

Fyffe received the nickname "Chipmunk" from a friend (who was later stabbed to death) on account of him being "short and chubby with big teeth".

Fyffe began rapping after hearing Wiley and Dizzee Rascal on pirate radio when he was a child, later inspiring him to rent studios out for £20 to record music with his friends when he was just thirteen years old.

Jahmaal attended Highgate Wood Secondary School in Crouch End, before transferring to Gladesmore Community School, citing that there were problems for him at Highgate Wood.

After completing secondary school education, he underwent his A-Levels at Haringey Sixth Form Centre, achieving a B in Drama, C in Sociology and D in Critical Thinking.

Chip has been an Arsenal fan since childhood.

Prior to a music career, Chip originally aspired to be a footballer.

In 2006, at the age of sixteen, he uploaded the song "Who Are You?"

which received a lot of underground success and has reached over 3,000,000 views on YouTube.

Chipmunk first gained mainstream recognition when Wiley brought him to Tim Westwood's radio show in 2007 along with Ice Kid and they performed a freestyle.

Chipmunk signed a record deal with Jive Records of Sony Music UK.

He has successfully released eleven top-ten hits on the UK Singles Chart, of which "Oopsy Daisy" debuted at #1.

In 2008, Chipmunk was nominated for best newcomer at the MOBO Awards, winning two awards: Best UK Newcomer and Best Hip-Hop act.

At the 2008 Mobo Awards, Chipmunk won the Best Newcomer Award while being signed to an independent label, Alwayz Recordings.

Soon after, in late-2008, just before his eighteenth birthday, Chipmunk signed a high-figure record deal with Columbia Records, Sony Music and began recording his debut album.

In 2009, he released his debut album, I Am Chipmunk, featuring four songs which peaked in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, including the chart-topping "Oopsy Daisy".

He released his debut album, I Am Chipmunk in 2009, which charted at #2 on the UK Albums Chart.

He also won Best Hip-Hop Act at the MOBO Awards 2009.

He also won an award with Emeli Sandé for Best British Single for their song "Diamond Rings".

The same year Chipmunk won an Mp3 Award at Mp3 Music Awards 2009 for his single, "Diamond Rings", which was published and promoted by MTV Network.

On 2 March 2009, he released his first single from the album, "Chip Diddy Chip".

The single charted at #21 on the UK Singles Charts and was written by himself.

The music video for the track featured Tim Westwood and Dappy of N-Dubz, and was filmed at his old secondary school, Gladesmore Community School.

In 2011, Chipmunk released his follow-up album, the American hip hop-influenced Transition.

It included the single "Champion" featuring Chris Brown, which peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart.

His second album, Transition was released on 18 April 2011.

Chip moved to Atlanta in 2012 and signed to TI's Grand Hustle Records label.

On Christmas Day, Chip released "London Boy", featuring the likes of Meek Mill, Skepta, Movado plus more.

Following his return to London, Chip embarked on a year-long rap beef which solidified his slogan "Chip Can't Run out of Bars".

Following this, he has since released six projects, with his most recent being Insomnia, alongside Skepta and Young Adz.

On 13 January 2012, he announced via Twitter that he had permanently abbreviated his name from "Chipmunk" to "Chip".

Chipmunk announced his signing to American rapper T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records in March 2012 after leaving Sony following the closing of Jive.

At the start of 2015, Chipmunk announced his two-part Believe & Achieve EP project – with EPisode 1 to be released independently on Monday 4 May via his own label Cash Motto.

The EP features productions from New Machine (Plan B) and Chris Loco (Labrinth) as well as collaborations with Irish troubadour Maverick Sabre and grime legends D Double E, Jammer, Stormzy, Kano, Wretch 32 and Shalo.

Chipmunk runs a company called Cash Motto, formerly Cash Motivation, which he uses to release his music and clothing.

The company has also released numerous singles by Chipmunk's friend and frequent collaborator Shalo.

In 2016, he won Best Grime Act at the MOBO Awards 2016.