IShowSpeed Bio | Wiki
IShowSpeed (Full name: Darren Watkins Jr) is an American YouTuber, media personality, social media celebrity, and businessman. Darren is widely known as Speed who has gained popularity for the NBA 2K gameplays and tutorials he posts to his iShowSpeed YouTube channel.
His videos have earned him over 12 million subscribers on the platform. Darren launched his YouTube channel in March 2016. One of his most popular YouTube videos is titled “I MADE A HOMEMADE ZEN AND USED IT ON MY POSTSCORER IN NBA2K21! THIS RUBBERBAND METHOD TUTORIAL.”
IShowSpeed Age
Darren was born on January 21, 2005, in Cincinnati, OH, United States. He is 17 years old.
IShowSpeed Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx. 1.67 m).
IShowSpeed Family
He was born Darren Watkins in Cincinnati, OH. Darren spent his entire childhood in his hometown and has two little siblings. He holds an American nationality and belongs to the black ethnicity. He has not shared much information bout his family with the public.
IShowSpeed Girlfriend
Darren is currently in a relationship with Ermony Renee. She is known as Dream to Darren’s viewers. Ermony is an Ohio native who graduated from Walnut Hills High School. The two met in her UDF, and they were fast friends. They started dating in 2021.
IShowSpeed Daughter
Previously, Darren faced rumors about him being gay. However, he denied these claims by revealing to the public that he has a daughter. There is no word on who his baby mama is. His daughter has appeared on his YouTube channel.
IShowSpeed Education
He had a passion for gaming since his childhood. Darren had a slow start in his initial days as a YouTuber, however, as of now, there are over 8.81 million subscribers on his channel. He also loves playing football and currently is in his sophomore year in high school.
In his videos, he often shared his views on going to school and considered that school drains a lot of time. Because of this reason, he is even dropping out of school to focus full-time on his now-successful YouTube channel.
IShowSpeed YouTube
He launched his YouTube channel in March 2016. Darren is known for his extravagant, peculiar, hot-headed, and ostentatious personality on his variety of gaming and entertainment live streams. He has gained over 1 million subscribers in a matter of days in 2021, making him one of the youngest creators with the fastest-growing channels of that year.
Darren got the chance during the pandemic to start his journey on YouTube. In April 2020, he uploaded videos related to NBA 2K20 and 2k21 that helped him in gaining a good amount of viewership. To stay in the YouTube business, he did live streams and played Fortnite, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and more. By mid-2020, Darren got over 100k subscribers and as time went by, he turned into an internet sensation.
IShowSpeed TikTok
He became more famous when his fanbase started publishing clips about him on TikTok, with the majority of them becoming internet memes. Like his interactions with Outfit7’s Talking Ben, being considered Darren’s most popular one, as well as making the game the most downloaded app at that time he streamed his first gameplay on Talking Ben.
Darren is famous on other social media platforms as well like Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and more. He has 2.4 million followers on Instagram and 6.2 million followers on TikTok. Till now he has 25.4 million likes on his videos on TikTok. He is famous for his live streams and he has collaborated with many other famous Twitch streamers such as Adin Ross, which has led to controversy.
IShowSpeed Shake
Darren also launched his album by the name ‘What Else IShowSpeed’ to gain more attention from the viewers. His song, Shake, got controversial because of inappropriate song lyrics. Another controversy that Darren faced was at the time when he collaborated with Adin on a live stream.
IShowSpeed Arrested
While streaming on August 8, 2022, Darren’s house was swatted by a group of police officials from Cincinnati. This was after an anonymous report that labeled him as a threat was received by the police. The YouTuber, who did not have any idea about what was happening said in disbelief: “Oh my god, bro! I swear I didn’t do anything. I didn’t do s**t. Oh my god!”
The whole act was captured by the person behind the camera and the whole ordeal was recorded till he was asked to stop. After this surfaced online, Darren received a lot of support from his younger audience who hoped that the YouTuber is doing fine.
IShowSpeed Twitch
His Twitch account was reportedly disabled due to certain aggressive reports. Regarding Darren’s YouTube account, he started it on March 22, 2016. He had 8.8 million subscribers as of June 2022, and his channel had 604 million views. On his YouTube channel, he mainly produces gaming videos. He used to stream on Twitch as well before he got banned from the platform for breaking community guidelines.
IShowSpeed Merch
Darren built his own website to sell clothing. He is also advertising different styles of clothes and selling them at affordable rates so that people can buy them easily.
IShowSpeed Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Darren’s estimated net worth is $1 million.
What Is IShowSpeed Real Name
He was born Darren Watkins in Cincinnati, OH. Darren spent his entire childhood in his hometown and has two little siblings. He holds an American nationality and belongs to the black ethnicity.