JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.100.2/js/materialize.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/0.100.2/css/materialize.min.css">
<script src="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/78.jpg"></script>
<script src="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/78.jpg"></script>
<script src="https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/79.jpg"></script>
<div class="edit--assignee">
</div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('.edit--assignee').material_chip({
    autocompleteOptions: {
      data: {
        'Kyle Robinson': 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/78.jpg',
        'Rebecca Smith': 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/78.jpg',
        'Aaron Lloyd': 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/79.jpg'
      },
      limit: Infinity,
      minLength: 1
    }
  });

  $('.chips').on('chip.add', function(e, chip) {
    console.log(chip.tag.slice(" "), "chip")
    var data = {
      'Kyle Robinson': 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/78.jpg',
      'Rebecca Smith': 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/women/78.jpg',
      'Aaron Lloyd': 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/79.jpg'
    }
    var key = chip.tag;
    $(this).children('.chip').last().append('<img src="' + data[key] + '">');
  });

});