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This is the picture the man puts as his face to the internet. I feel its an honest depiction. Behold, Darren Watkins Jr.
It is said that the Youtube Algorithm is a fickle and capricious god. Granting and taking away fame and wealth on the whims of the code and the tranny Californians who implement it. For every channel that breaks it into the big time, there are thousands and thousands that never do. It was in this environment that in 2018 a young African American boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, by the name of Darren Watkins began to stream on Youtube and Twitch a fortnite game he was playing. It averaged 2 concurrent viewers.
Almost 2 years later in 2020, it was averaging just 10 concurrent views. But then, a miracle. For you see, in 2020 the Martyred Floyd died for the enrichment of all oppressed persons, and the Youtube and Twitch Algorithm was altered. Priority was given towards content creators from marginalized backgrounds. By 2021, the youtube channel was growing by 1,000 subscribers weekly, usually watching NBA 2k and Fortnite streams. At which point, Watkins antics began to attract the attention of tik-tok, which began uploading memes and clips to the social media site. From there, it was straight virality to the moon with Watkins main channel holding 10.2 million subscribers.
So who is Darren Watkins, this upstanding guy that Youtube decided to put at the top of the gaming genre? In a word, he’s insane. His bit part is just a little too realistic, and while the youtube algorithm definitely blessed him in the wake of silicon valleys efforts of social justice, his growth since that point has been pure internet virality. Because the guy is absolutely fascinating. Somehow, I don’t think this is quite what google had in mind when it said it wanted to amplify black voices. But this is what they got.
The Ash Kaashh controversy and Twitch ban.
So how did Darren come to the attention of tik tok? Easy. He threatened to rape a prominent tik tok “influencer” on a livestream. You know, perfectly normal behavior. Early in his rise, Darren was invited into a group livestream on twitch related to e-dating. The livestream occurred on a stream hosted by adin ross, another NBA 2k streamer on December 13, 2021. The ostensible purpose of the stream was as a “dating show”. On twitch. With gaming streamers. And tik-tok e-thots. What was supposed to be a rather wholesome outing in modern zoomer hookup culture took a turn when Darren decided to aggressively proposition Ash Kaashh using the “If we were the last two people on earth line”. (A) After she said no, dead eyes into the camera he say's “Who gonna stop me?” Followed by several more times saying the exact same thing louder and angrier. Adin Ross, increasingly nervous attempted to move things along
At this point dear reader, I urge you to make sure you pay careful attention to the eyes of everyone who interacts with Darren, and Darren himself because I have found when delving into this that the eyes often convey way more then anything else happening.
Youtube link
Not to be outdone, towards the end of the stream Darren begins a bizarre striptease, much to the shock of literally everyone watching.
Youtube Link
In response to all this, he was “indefinitely banned” from Twitch on the grounds of literally threatening to rape a woman and engaging in a strip show. At the same time. (A)
It was because of this ban on Twitch that Darren moved primarily to youtube, which proved to be a far more permissive platform for his antics. It also proved to be a huge boon for his social media metrics as Ash Kaashh is apparently fairly well known on Tik-Tok, and Darren gained a dedicated following of hate watchers who would clip all his antics, thus amplifying his internet presence. The lesson he learned from this was there was no consequences for acting out. There was however, still debate on if he was legitimately like this, or just acting.
The Valorant Ban
I would argue that its this incident that really solidifies my own personal suspicions for how Darren views 50% of the human population, but I will leave it up to you all to agree or disagree. Fresh off the heels of getting banned from twitch for threatening sexual violence, Darren once again found himself in hot water. This time for absolutely losing his shit at a gamer with ovaries.
You see, after getting ambush killed, he began arguing with some gamers with prostates over whether he was a noob or not and if he should just calm down. But it was when the ovary holder chimed in with “you don’t know how to play the game because you suck ass” that the fireworks really started.
Remember, watch the eyes.
Youtube Link
Needless to say, the mods for Valorant were not amused with “What, is a bitch talking to me? Is a fucking female talking to me? Get off the fucking game and do yo husbands dishes bitch!” He was swiftly banned permanently from all productions made by Riot Games, and caught up in yet another social media firestorm big enough to draw the attention of Keemstar.
Bounding into Comics did a whole writeup of this incident. (A)
The Pikachu Incident
This was the incident that drew my own attention, and it’s the one that solidified in my head that he’s not doing a bit part at all. There really is not much to say here. The man decided to set a firework off in his bedroom live on stream.
The Fire Department would show up a few minutes later. Great response time!
The Full Livestream of the incident
In the subsequent follow up video trying to explain why he did something so idiotic, he went into an unhinged rant. It is at this point I must point out that the backdrop of his streams consistently show the shit heap of a bedroom he is living in. Even his attempts at using a curtained backdrop are consistently half assed and half the time he takes the curtain down anyway. Even Ralph puts more effort into hiding the hovel he is streaming in.
Full Stream
Also, for the love of christ look at his desktop.
Thanks to @Book Thief For posting the Pikachu video in the funy pictures thread.
Music Career, and Youtube Community Guideline strike
It goes without saying that infamy is just another word for fame, and with millions of subscribers it was inevitable that Darren would start his own hip hop career. His most popular video, with over 116 MILLION views as of publication is “Shake”, which is essentially a hip hop rip off of “Hit The Road Jack” by Ray Charles.
Other great hits include "God is Good", "Bounce that A$$", "Ronaldo" and "F.U.C".
Ripping off other artists would be a recurring theme for pretty much every music video he puts out. For example, on top of plagiarizing Ray Charles, the song "Ronaldo" plagiarizes Kiesza's "Take U There". I suspect there has been copyright blowback from the record labels who own these properties. This is the one thing Youtube cannot abide. Whether or not it was the blatant ripping of copyrighted music, or the fact that the man is an unhinged chariciture of a black man, the powers that be at google issued a Community Guideline strike on July 22, 2022. This caused Darren to issue a statement that he may be having to leave to youtube “soon”.
Personal Life
Darren, as of the publishing of this OP is assumed to 17 ½ years old, though he has frequently held himself out to be 19 years old in order to be allowed onto streams that would otherwise bar him from participating for being underage. His age is based on a statement he made in December, 2021 that said he was “16, turning 17 in a minute”. Since he’s come out and said his birthday is January 21, it is assumed this was the reveal.
Youtube link
He also has a girlfriend that he brings on stream on occasion. In one deleted stream, the girlfriend claims a bruise on her neck came “from getting hit”. Leading to several minutes of back pedaling and then, le gasp, her brother barges into the room. Speed panickily says “I’m a minor” and the girlfriend says “I was just playing!”. Real? Not Real? Sometimes its hard to say. But I want to believe.
Youtube link
On occasion an infant has also been brought onto the stream that Speed claims is “his daughter”. There is some question as to whether or not its actually his, or if his girlfriend had her before she hooked up with Darren.
Youtube Link
Random Speed moments
His dog poops on him
Speed tries to solve a basic word puzzle
Speed tries to sing one of his shitty songs after winning and pulls his pc onto his head
Speed celebrating his subscriber count
Speed Fucked his mother
Social Media
Youtube Channels
TikTok
Twitter
Twitch (lol, B&)
Instagram
It is said that the Youtube Algorithm is a fickle and capricious god. Granting and taking away fame and wealth on the whims of the code and the tranny Californians who implement it. For every channel that breaks it into the big time, there are thousands and thousands that never do. It was in this environment that in 2018 a young African American boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, by the name of Darren Watkins began to stream on Youtube and Twitch a fortnite game he was playing. It averaged 2 concurrent viewers.
Almost 2 years later in 2020, it was averaging just 10 concurrent views. But then, a miracle. For you see, in 2020 the Martyred Floyd died for the enrichment of all oppressed persons, and the Youtube and Twitch Algorithm was altered. Priority was given towards content creators from marginalized backgrounds. By 2021, the youtube channel was growing by 1,000 subscribers weekly, usually watching NBA 2k and Fortnite streams. At which point, Watkins antics began to attract the attention of tik-tok, which began uploading memes and clips to the social media site. From there, it was straight virality to the moon with Watkins main channel holding 10.2 million subscribers.
So who is Darren Watkins, this upstanding guy that Youtube decided to put at the top of the gaming genre? In a word, he’s insane. His bit part is just a little too realistic, and while the youtube algorithm definitely blessed him in the wake of silicon valleys efforts of social justice, his growth since that point has been pure internet virality. Because the guy is absolutely fascinating. Somehow, I don’t think this is quite what google had in mind when it said it wanted to amplify black voices. But this is what they got.
The Ash Kaashh controversy and Twitch ban.
So how did Darren come to the attention of tik tok? Easy. He threatened to rape a prominent tik tok “influencer” on a livestream. You know, perfectly normal behavior. Early in his rise, Darren was invited into a group livestream on twitch related to e-dating. The livestream occurred on a stream hosted by adin ross, another NBA 2k streamer on December 13, 2021. The ostensible purpose of the stream was as a “dating show”. On twitch. With gaming streamers. And tik-tok e-thots. What was supposed to be a rather wholesome outing in modern zoomer hookup culture took a turn when Darren decided to aggressively proposition Ash Kaashh using the “If we were the last two people on earth line”. (A) After she said no, dead eyes into the camera he say's “Who gonna stop me?” Followed by several more times saying the exact same thing louder and angrier. Adin Ross, increasingly nervous attempted to move things along
At this point dear reader, I urge you to make sure you pay careful attention to the eyes of everyone who interacts with Darren, and Darren himself because I have found when delving into this that the eyes often convey way more then anything else happening.
Youtube link
Not to be outdone, towards the end of the stream Darren begins a bizarre striptease, much to the shock of literally everyone watching.
Youtube Link
In response to all this, he was “indefinitely banned” from Twitch on the grounds of literally threatening to rape a woman and engaging in a strip show. At the same time. (A)
It was because of this ban on Twitch that Darren moved primarily to youtube, which proved to be a far more permissive platform for his antics. It also proved to be a huge boon for his social media metrics as Ash Kaashh is apparently fairly well known on Tik-Tok, and Darren gained a dedicated following of hate watchers who would clip all his antics, thus amplifying his internet presence. The lesson he learned from this was there was no consequences for acting out. There was however, still debate on if he was legitimately like this, or just acting.
The Valorant Ban
I would argue that its this incident that really solidifies my own personal suspicions for how Darren views 50% of the human population, but I will leave it up to you all to agree or disagree. Fresh off the heels of getting banned from twitch for threatening sexual violence, Darren once again found himself in hot water. This time for absolutely losing his shit at a gamer with ovaries.
You see, after getting ambush killed, he began arguing with some gamers with prostates over whether he was a noob or not and if he should just calm down. But it was when the ovary holder chimed in with “you don’t know how to play the game because you suck ass” that the fireworks really started.
Remember, watch the eyes.
Youtube Link
Needless to say, the mods for Valorant were not amused with “What, is a bitch talking to me? Is a fucking female talking to me? Get off the fucking game and do yo husbands dishes bitch!” He was swiftly banned permanently from all productions made by Riot Games, and caught up in yet another social media firestorm big enough to draw the attention of Keemstar.
Bounding into Comics did a whole writeup of this incident. (A)
The Pikachu Incident
This was the incident that drew my own attention, and it’s the one that solidified in my head that he’s not doing a bit part at all. There really is not much to say here. The man decided to set a firework off in his bedroom live on stream.
The Fire Department would show up a few minutes later. Great response time!
The Full Livestream of the incident
In the subsequent follow up video trying to explain why he did something so idiotic, he went into an unhinged rant. It is at this point I must point out that the backdrop of his streams consistently show the shit heap of a bedroom he is living in. Even his attempts at using a curtained backdrop are consistently half assed and half the time he takes the curtain down anyway. Even Ralph puts more effort into hiding the hovel he is streaming in.
Full Stream
Also, for the love of christ look at his desktop.
Thanks to @Book Thief For posting the Pikachu video in the funy pictures thread.
Music Career, and Youtube Community Guideline strike
It goes without saying that infamy is just another word for fame, and with millions of subscribers it was inevitable that Darren would start his own hip hop career. His most popular video, with over 116 MILLION views as of publication is “Shake”, which is essentially a hip hop rip off of “Hit The Road Jack” by Ray Charles.
Other great hits include "God is Good", "Bounce that A$$", "Ronaldo" and "F.U.C".
Ripping off other artists would be a recurring theme for pretty much every music video he puts out. For example, on top of plagiarizing Ray Charles, the song "Ronaldo" plagiarizes Kiesza's "Take U There". I suspect there has been copyright blowback from the record labels who own these properties. This is the one thing Youtube cannot abide. Whether or not it was the blatant ripping of copyrighted music, or the fact that the man is an unhinged chariciture of a black man, the powers that be at google issued a Community Guideline strike on July 22, 2022. This caused Darren to issue a statement that he may be having to leave to youtube “soon”.
Personal Life
Darren, as of the publishing of this OP is assumed to 17 ½ years old, though he has frequently held himself out to be 19 years old in order to be allowed onto streams that would otherwise bar him from participating for being underage. His age is based on a statement he made in December, 2021 that said he was “16, turning 17 in a minute”. Since he’s come out and said his birthday is January 21, it is assumed this was the reveal.
Youtube link
He also has a girlfriend that he brings on stream on occasion. In one deleted stream, the girlfriend claims a bruise on her neck came “from getting hit”. Leading to several minutes of back pedaling and then, le gasp, her brother barges into the room. Speed panickily says “I’m a minor” and the girlfriend says “I was just playing!”. Real? Not Real? Sometimes its hard to say. But I want to believe.
Youtube link
On occasion an infant has also been brought onto the stream that Speed claims is “his daughter”. There is some question as to whether or not its actually his, or if his girlfriend had her before she hooked up with Darren.
Youtube Link
Random Speed moments
His dog poops on him
Speed tries to solve a basic word puzzle
Speed tries to sing one of his shitty songs after winning and pulls his pc onto his head
Speed celebrating his subscriber count
Speed Fucked his mother
Social Media
Youtube Channels
TikTok
Twitch (lol, B&)
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. Watching him lose all semblance of sanity and screaming like a maniac and his chat shitposting on everything was straight-up cancerous.
