IShowSpeed

IShowSpeed, or whose full name is Darren Watkins, is an American YouTube star, gamer, and TikTok star.

He is famous for having amazing skills in playing games that he often shares on his YouTube account.

Career

IShowSpeed started his career by creating a Twitch account. He often streams while playing games. However, his Twitch account was banned due to many reports of violence.

In 2016, he started a YouTube channel and always shared gaming videos. He plays several games, such as NBA 2K gameplays, WWE 2K, and Fortnite.

When he is playing games, he displays funny expressions combined with humorous remarks that many people like.

In 2022, he shared a video called Nothing but Positivity, which managed to get a lot of views in a matter of hours.

Since then, he has become known as a YouTube star with interesting gaming content and has gained a lot of fans.

Profile

Full Name: Darren Watkins
Stage Name: IShowSpeed
Nickname: IShowSpeed, Darren
Birthday: January 21, 2005
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Nationality: American
Religion: Christianity
Profession: YouTube Star, Gamer, TikTok Star
Education: –
Hobby: Traveling, Playing Game
Facebook: IShowSpeed Official
Twitter: @iShowSpeed
Instagram: @ishowspeed
TikTok: @ishowspeed
YouTube: Live Speedy

Height, Wight, & Physical Appearance

Height: 175 cm (5’9”)
Weight: 61 kg (134 lbs)
Blood Type: –
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Body Measurements: –
Shoe Size: 7 (US)

Family

Father: –
Mother: –
Brother: –
Sister: –

Girlfriend & Dating History

Ermony Renee

Darren is someone who is open about his personal life, especially about his romantic relationships. He dated a girl named Ermony Renee. However, the relationship did not last long.

Then, he hasn’t dated again and he has turned into a private person who doesn’t want his personal information to be known to the public.

Net Worth

His wealth is estimated at $500 thousand to $1 million. The wealth is earned from sponsorships and advertisements.

Controversies

Sexually Harassing Ash Kash in Adin Ross’ Show

He joined Adin Ross’ e-dating livestream show in Twitch in December 2021. Here, he exchanged interactions with a participant named Ash Kash.

The interaction became intense and the viewers perceived his stetements as a threat of rape. He’s dropped from the list of contestants just as the game ended.

However, soon he joined a Discord call and began to made slandered Ash by making sexually harassing comments towards her.

He banished again from the call while Adin Ross made an apology on his behalf to Ash.

This chain of occurences resulted in him banned from Twitch, which he confirmed via Twitter, citing “sexual coercion or intimidation” for the reason.

Making Mysoginist Remark During Livestream

The internet is shocked by an old Snippet of him livestreaming Valorant game in April 2022. The reason is because he demanded a female player to quit the game and do dishes of her husband.

This wasn’t received well, even by Valorant’s producer, Sara Dadafshar, who banned him permanently from the game and the rest of Riot Games.

At that time, Lester Chen, YouTube global head of gaming content responded to the snippet stating that he’s working on it.

IShowSpeed posted an apology later, admitted that what he did was wrong and detailed that other players had made racist comments toward him that day.

Making His Game Character Performed Sexual Act

During a livestream in July 2022, he livestreamed Minecraft to more than 90 thousand viewers and made his character performing sexual acts in ‘Jenny’s Mod’.

At first, he censored the moment but uncensored it accidentally.

This resulted in him receiving a community guidelines strike and banned for a week on YouTube. The strike was confirmed by himself along with a claim that he wouldn’t be coming back to the platform.

Promoting Cryptocurrency Scam

While coming around to the UK and doing promotional livestreaming in November 2022, he was accused of promoting Paradox Metaverse, which was a questionable cryptocurrency project.

A lot of his viewers labeled the business model of this organization as too shady.

Racist Behavior Toward a Chinese Spectator of the 2022 FIFA World Cup

He made another controversy in December 2022. It centered around his racist behavior aimed at a Chinese spectator during FIFA World Cup Qarar 2022.

In a snippet of his livestream that circulates on social media, he approached the man and questioned him the reason that he wore an Argentina top.

The man stated that he doesn’t speak English while looking obviously confused. iShowSpeed countered by uttering Japanese greeting “Konnichiwa” numerous times and questionable sounds.

Public believed that that was done to mock Mandarin and Cantonese and regarded the behavior as racist.

Facts

IShowSpeed is a tall and dark-skinned man.
He is a big lover of sports, such as football and basketball.
Not only Twitch, he was also banned on Twitter, but he created a new account.
He loves traveling to amazing places with his family.
Information about his family, parents and siblings is not provided.
He has a sister and a brother, but they are unnamed.
Darren is of mixed ethnicity.
He is an animal lover, especially cute dogs, and cats.
His abusive behavior got his Twitch account banned.
He is a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
He decided to get a Cristiano Ronaldo tattoo on his arm on January 12, 2023
He has tattoos on his body, especially on his arms.

Music Video Appearances

Let’s Go (2022) – Tion Wayne featuring Aitch

Awards

2022 Streamy Awards – Breakout Streamer

Nominations

2022 Streamy Awards – Streamer of The Year

Quotes

“Am I gay, Ben… AM I?!”

“Yo what the fuck?”

“Deadass bro?”

“HOUAGH! AAHHhgagagagagagaa!”

“LICK DAT CLIT!!”

“SPEED GANG!”

“DUBS IN THE CHAT!”

“NOTI GANG!”

“You old c*nt! I will fuck you up! Imma beat yo ass!”

“…And you wonder why I’m gay.”

“OK, we friends now?”

“I JUST want to be friends, That’s all I wanna be! I wanna be friends.”

“SHAKE THAT ASS, SHAKE THAT ASS!” (in Shake)

“DO YOU LOVE GOD?” (to Talking Ben)

“Did you just hang up the phone on me?”

“WHO GONNA STOP ME?” (to Ask.Kaash)

“GIVE IT TO ME! GIVE IT TO ME! GIVE IT TO ME!”

“Johnny ate a booger! It taste like sugar.”

“ROAR, NEXT LEVEL, I’M A LION NOW, LET’S FUCKING GO!” (Darren about to hit 1M subs)

“? GOD IS GOOD, GOD IS GREAT, GOD IS GOOOO, OOOOO- ? OUUUUURAUUUUUUUGH”[54] (one of Darren’s most iconic quotes)

“ARF ARF ARF!” (Darren barking aggressively when he gets jump-scared or meets someone he doesn’t like on Omegle)

“My name is IShowSpeed and I made history, they call me Speed for a reason, bro.” (Darren moments after hitting 1M subs)

“If we were the last two people on Earth, would you reproduce with me?” (Darren’s survey to Ash.Kaash which lead to his first sexist rant)

“LET’S GOO! I’VE BEEN WAITING TO KILL A BLACK GUY!” (while playing Super Smash Bros)[56]

“GOOD MORNING USA, I GOT A FEELING THAT I’VE SEEN A FUCKING N****R TODAY! (Darren parodying American Dad’s theme song, after getting jumpscared by Spongebob in a horror game)

“NOW YOU GON’ COPY ME?!?!?!?” (Darren getting frustrated at someone copying him)

“Ben. Yes. No. Hohoho.” (Darren impersonating Talking Ben after he loses at Five Nights at Freddy’s 4)

“Ais oh laugh he’s your, he’s your, huuuuuuuuuuuu.” (Darren speaking gibberish after he gets jumpscared)

“Do you support Black Lives Matter?” (another one of Darren’s most iconic questions to Ben)

“AYYYYY!!! GUESS WHO’S BACK!!!” (Darren’s first words from his second stream after being arrested)

“You don’t need a girl bro. As long as you got your hand, vaseline and lotion, you straight man.” (Darren giving life advice while singing Payphone by Maroon 5)