Young Chizz was born on May 9th, in Jamaica Queens, New York. His father wasn't around much of his childhood, so he was mostly raised by his mother and grandmothers in the high crime area of Jamaica Queens. He attended Louis D Brandeis High School in Manhattan, where he met his partner "Fame the Great", with whom he later formed the hip hop duo, "Fame & Chizz". Young Chizz later left that school to attend Jamaica High School in Jamaica Queens, NY.

Young Chizz turned to rap at a very young age to escape the violence, poverty, and drugs that were surrounding his neighborhood. In 1998, before “Fame & Chizz” was formed, Young Chizz, Fame, and a few other friends joined together to form a group they called Dark Agez, at which time he acquired the name "Young Chizz", which became his stage name. Things didn't start to pick up until Fame & Chizz decided to step out together as a duo. With the help of a few close friends (Kevin Butler, Kevin Sancho, Antione Howard and Michael Larcher), they formed an independent recording label and called it B.Q.E. Entertainment, which stood for Brooklyn, Queens Entrepreneurs, as some of the founders were from the borough of Brooklyn and some were from the borough of Queens. The summer of that year, Fame & Chizz released their first mixtape, titled "Sleep When I'm Dead", which was hosted by the one and only, DJ Kool Kid. Two Years later, they released their second mixtape, "The Renovation", which was inspired by their belief that the music game needed to be renovated with new talent and better music. This mixtape, along with their single, "Can You Feel It", landed them on a college tour, with DefJam artist Young Jeezy, as well as Young Money artist, Lil Wayne, for 3 months. Following the tour was a plethora of radio play and interviews from various magazines and internet blogs. The following year, Fame & Chizz were called to go back on tour once again with Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and a new artist by the name of Lil Boosie. This time around, Fame & Chizz had the opportunity to, not only open up for these major artists, but also to headline at several venues. The following year, Fame & Chizz created the smash single, "Jump on It", which was a remake of the renowned Sugar Hill Gang song. It went to the #1 spot on numerous radio stations around the world and made it to the top 100 charts on iTunes in several countries.

Then, Chizz became seriously ill; he decided to take a break from