Celb Hot Gossip: Chipmunk's education dream

Friday, June 17, 2011

Chipmunk's education dream

17 June 2011

Rate this article

Chipmunk would love to open a secondary school to give people from disadvantaged backgrounds opportunities to do well in life.

Chipmunk wants to open a secondary school.

The 20-year-old British rapper wishes everyone in the UK had the same opportunities so would like to find some way of using education to help those from disadvantaged backgrounds do better.

He told BANG Showbiz: "Something close to my heart is giving people who came from the same background as me more opportunities.

"I've always said I want my own secondary school, I haven't quite thought of how I can do it because people who come from where I come from have minimal resources and unfortunately, not everyone makes the most out of it. I just want everyone to have the same opportunities."

Opening a school is not the only way Chipmunk - whose real name is Jahmaal Noel Fyffe - wants to encourage young people.

The 'Chip Diddy Chip' hitmaker recently headed a hunt to find the UK's next Rhyme Master in a competition in association with Britain's National Literary Trust.

He urged entrants not to self aggrandise, and remain true to their roots, whatever they may be.

Chipmunk said: "Always be yourself, talk about what's true to your life, because whether small or large there is someone that will relates and the worst thing you can do is make people fall in love with the character you're portraying to be so just be yourself, go for it."