Youtuber Chunkz surprises Greater Manchester school kids

High school kids from Manchester were treated to a surprise appearance by Youtube sensation Chunkz. The content creator was part of a panel advising young people on different avenues of employment in the future held on Thursday (April 18).

Real name Amin Mohamed, Chunkz is a British Youtuber, presenter and former musician. He came to prominence thanks to his comedic Youtube videos that have seen him rack up 3.4 million subscribers and 271 million views.

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He is also part of the Youtube supergroup, Beta Squad, which consists of Chunkz and other popular content creators, Niko Omilana, Aj Shabeel, Sharky and KingKennyTv. In recent years he has also been a popular addition to the England squad for annual charity football match held at Old Trafford, Soccer Aid.

The event was put together by streetwear giant JD Sports and saw up to 3,000 students attend a convention where they were given hands on experience of the various roles available at the company. Held at the Manchester Central Convention Complex, students from Greater Manchester spoke to a variety of teams across studio, buying, own brand, marketing, retail, visual merchandising and many more.

After a few minutes and networking, they were invited into the auditorium of the building where they got a chance to meet one of their internet heroes via a QnA session. Chunkz was joined on stage with JD's global managing director Mike Armstrong and Nicola Kowalczuk director of people.

Speaking to the MEN at the event, he said: "For me this is giving back. Being able to give advice to kids that want to be able to express their skills in a different way and not go down the conventional route of school. To show other options being available to you, you don't have to go down that route and that's cool if you want to go to school, uni and get a job, that's cool.

"It's also about being expressive, taking a risk and having fun. I'm an example of just going out on a limb and trying something different and if it could work for me it could work for anybody.