IShowSpeed's net worth
IShowSpeed, or Darren Watkins Jr. to his friends, is this
crazy popular YouTuber, streamer, and rapper. People say he's worth around $30
million. He's blown up online with his super energetic and kinda wild gaming
streams.
He started doing his thing back in 2018 as a young gamer,
but things really took off around 2021 and 2022. He's known for playing games
like FIFA, Fortnite, and NBA 2K, but it's really his personality that grabs
people. He's loud, unpredictable, and has this crazy sense of humor that
younger fans just eat up. All his catchphrases and those viral moments have
made him a star all over social media.
But he does more than just gaming. Speed's also dropped some
music, like Shake and World Cup, and those have gotten millions of views. He
hangs out with other famous people and does crazy stuff in real life, which
kinda makes him famous both online and in the real world. Okay, he's had some
trouble with stuff he's said and done, but he's still gone from being a regular
teenager to this huge internet celebrity with millions of fans. It shows how
Gen Z does fame now: just be real, be loud, and create stuff that everyone
wants to share.
$10 Million Mansion Really
Back in November of 2023, IShowSpeed put up a video called
“$10,000,000 House Tour!” People were all over the place saying it was in
Cincinatti or Orlando. Turns out, that pad is actually down in Davie, Florida.
And get this, it's not worth $10 million. More like $2.3 million. Looks like
Speed is renting. Records show that place went for almost $1 million back in
2013, and they were asking $15,000 a month for rent right before Speed did his
video.
How He Got Started
Darren Watkins Jr. was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on January
21, 2005.
Live Streaming Life
Even though he joined YouTube in 2016, Watkins started
streaming on Twitch as IShowSpeed around 2017. At first, not many people
watched him play NBA 2K and Fortnite. Still, he kept at it, and by 2021, he had
over 100,000 subscribers. Speed got super popular when he kinda lost it on
stream a few times, saying crazy stuff about other players and even the games
he was playing. Twitch banned him a lot, but all that attention just got him
even more fans. By 2022, he had around 10 million people watching. He also got
famous for playing Talking Ben the Dog on his phone, which helped the game get
really popular. In 2022, he even won an award for being a breakout streamer.
Uh Oh, Trouble
Speed's gotten into hot water a bunch of times for being
kinda wild and saying some really dumb and offensive stuff. In 2021, he
supposedly harassed someone on a Twitch dating show, and Twitch banned him for
it. The next year, he got booted from the game Valorant after someone recorded
him saying sexist stuff to a girl who was playing. Cops even showed up at his
house while he was streaming and put him in handcuffs. Then, he apparently
ended up in jail. Soon after, during a charity soccer game, he got mad and hit
the ref with his shirt!
Near the end of 2022, Sky Sports said they were done working
with Speed when some old videos of him saying sexist stuff resurfaced. He also
got called out for pushing some kind of cryptocurrency scam. If that wasn't
enough, he was at the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and acted like a jerk toward a
Chinese fan.
Music Man
Speed also raps. He put out his first song, Dooty Booty, on
YouTube in 2021. It got popular on TikTok. Then he dropped Shake, and the video
for that one has over 160 million views. In 2022, he put out God is Good,
Ronaldo (Sewey), and World Cup, and that last one blew up. In 2023, he made a
song with Kai Cenat called Dogs.
His Life
Back in 2021, Speed started dating Ermony Renee. She's also
from Cincinnati.
| Screen Name | IShowSpeed |
|---|---|
| First Name | Darren |
| Family Name | Watkins Jr. |
| Native Name | Darren Jason Watkins Jr. |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthday | January 21, 2005 |
| Age | 20 |
| Father | Darren Watkins Sr. |
| Mother | Mrs. Watkins |
| Siblings | 2 (Younger siblings) |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Height | 5'9" (175 cm) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lbs) |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Brand Ambassador | Prime, Nike, Rumble |
| Advertisements | Prime, Nike, eSports Brands |
| Religion | Christian |
| Net Worth | $30 Million |
| Country | United States |
| Profession | Influencer, Tv Personality |
| Nationality | United States |
| Social Media |
Instagram: 42M Followers
Facebook Page: 125M Followers Twitter (X): 3.7M Followers TikTok: 43.7M Followers YouTube: 45.6M Subscribers Thread: 2M Followers |
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