Darren Jason Watkins Jr., better known as IShowSpeed, is an American gamer, YouTuber, content creator, rapper, and social media influencer who is worldwide recognized for sharing graming, lifestyle, travel, adventure, and challenges videos on an eponymous YouTube channel. He is also known for popular songs like Dooty Booty, Shake, World Cup, Come My Way, and others.Â
On January 21, 2005, Speed was born and grew up alongside his siblings in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He graduated from Purcell Marian High School and obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison before attending Ohio Digital Learning School.
While studying at school, Speed discovered his passion for playing video games and immediately decided to pursue a career in gaming.Â
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In 2016, Speed started his YouTube journey by primarily live-streaming numerous video games, including Fortnite, NBA 2K, Valorant, Riot, Minecraft, and others. Gradually, he gained recognition on the platform for his exceptional gaming skills and aberrant running commentary and behavior.Â
He currently has over 25.6 million subscribers, and the most popular video on his channel is “Shake (Official Music Video), which has recorded over 208 million views to date. Besides this, Speed has two more channels, “Live Speedy” and “Speedy Boykins,” with millions of subscribers, where he mostly shares travel, pranks, challenges, interaction, and lifestyle videos.
Above all, Speed is a rising rapper and made his singing debut in 2021, releasing his first song, “Dooty Booty.” Apart from this, he has released several chart-topping songs such as Shake, God is Good, Ronaldo, Word Cup, Dogs, Portuginies, Come My Way, Monkey, Amar de, and others.Â
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Speed was born to a musician father, Darren J. Watkins and his mother’s name is currently not known. He has a younger brother named Dian/Jerome and a sister, whose name is unknown.Â