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| Danny "Stinky" Gonzalez | ||||||||||
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| Born | June 12, 1994[1] | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, YouTuber, Musician | |||||||||
| Spouse | Laura Fuechsl (m. 2017) | |||||||||
| YouTube information | ||||||||||
| Also known as | Young Face, Fox Szn, Ned Flames, Dan Dan The Mermaid Man, Danny Is Stinky | |||||||||
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| Years active | 6 | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Comedy, Commentary | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 4.11 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 650 million+[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: November 5, 2020 | ||||||||||
Daniel James Gonzalez (born June 12, 1994), is an American comedy and commentary YouTuber and former Viner, with over 4 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.[3] On Vine, he accumulated 2.9 million followers before the service shut down.
Personal life
He was born on June 12, 1994. Gonzalez went to high school at Wheaton North High School[4] and graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in computer science.[1] He got married on July 1, 2017 to his high school girlfriend, Laura. He currently lives with her in Chicago, Illinois.[5]
History
Gonzalez's first video ("Target headphones like what's up"), where he tried on various headphones in the retail corporation Target, was uploaded to Vine in 2013.[1] Danny also participated in Camp Unplug, a 2016 Vine mini-series, which is where he first met fellow YouTube comedian and frequent collaborator Drew Gooden.[6]
In 2014, while still on Vine, Danny started making YouTube videos. When Vine shut down, Gonzalez had about 2.9 million followers.[7]
His fanbase is known as "Greg", the fastest growing army on the internet (don't look that up). All individuals in this army known as "Greg" have never searched up if they truly are the fastest growing army on the internet because Gonzalez himself has dubbed it to be a test of trust, all those who search up the fastest growing army are to be prohibited from joining "Greg". Gonzalez claims Greg to be "a family, an army, a clan of warriors ready to attack at a moment's notice", a testament to his fanbase's dedication to repelling the haters. Greg is the only fanbase on the internet where all members are 100% blood related, 100% all the time for many generations. Such claims have been proven with Greg members sharing their DNA test results in which the contributors received identical results. Gonzalez is Greg's daddy who holds a family dinner with all of Greg every night. Individuals who turn on his notifications and are acknowledged by Gonzalez are said to be "truly Greg" — the most desired and highest level on the Greg hierarchy. While many benefits come with being part of Greg, they have natural born enemies known as "Craig". Not much is known about the Craig specimen, other than the fact that they feed and live off of Greg dread.
Gonzalez's videos are often commentary on different aspects of Internet culture, criticism of YouTube and general cultural criticism;[8] his 2018 Troom Troom reaction videos popularized the channel.[9] He is known for his criticisms of Jake and Logan Paul[8] and for his commentaries on Musical.ly (later TikTok) stars.[10]
Gonzalez is associated with fellow YouTube comedians Drew Gooden, Kurtis Conner and has a similar style to Cody Ko.[11][12] In 2018, he was a finalist in the 10th Annual Shorty Awards.[13]
In 2019, Gonzalez reacted to "Billionaire's son" Bobby Misner, whose video on YouTube became viral after it was criticised by Gonzalez and others for being out of touch.[14] Later that year, he went on the "We are Two Different People" tour with Gooden (and Conner as the guest star).[15][16] In 2020, he was threatened with legal action by the host of the radio show "Waiting by the Phone" for using her likeness in the thumbnail of his video; however, independent observers said that Gonzalez's criticism falls under fair use laws in the United States.[17]
In 2020, Gonzalez made an attempt to get a song viral on TikTok under the name "Fox Szn" or "Ned Flames". People did start using the song, "Circus" and the attempt was a bit successful, but people figured out that it was Danny rather quickly.[18]
Paul Zimmer controversy
In 2019, Gonzalez made a video about former 24-year-old Musical.ly star Paul Zimmer – who had been the subject of controversy after allegations of scamming his fans – pretending to hand over his social media accounts to a 16-year-old boy called "Troy Becker". "Troy Becker" was actually Paul Zimmer.[19] Gonzalez's video put the story into the mainstream.[20] Documents later obtained by Insider showed that Zimmer's name was a pseudonym; he was born Paul Josef Gutowski and legally changed his name to Troy Becker in 2019, "months after Zimmer had crafted the identity of Troy Becker through YouTube videos, Facebook pages, and a website".[20]
Fun fact, In a song he made to promote his live tour with Drew Gooden, They actually discovered a prophecy about them and were inspired to make a song but couldn’t find anything else that rhymed with ‘lives’ so they actually became viners and youtubers and got married just for this song. They started a grandfather paradox and waited for years building a fanbase and online presence just for this song.
Discography
| Album | Song(s) | Year |
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| Vape Tricks (feat. Aaron Chewning)[21][22] | Vape Tricks (feat. Aaron Chewning)[21][22] | 2016[21][22] |
| Beef With Me | Beef With Me | 2017 |
| Spooky Boy | Spooky Boy | 2017 |
| Dab on the Haters (Young Face) | Dab on the Haters (Young Face) | 2018 |
| Greg (Young Face) | Greg (Young Face) | 2018 |
| Hop out the Whip (Young Face) | Hop out the Whip (Young Face) | 2018 |
| Spooky Guy | Spooky Guy | 2018 |
| Johnny Johnny | Johnny Johnny | 2018 |
| I'm Gonna Kill Santa Claus | I'm Gonna Kill Santa Claus | 2018 |
| Slime | Slime | 2019 |
| This Video Is Over Now | This Video Is Over Now | 2019 |
| Bump This | Invisible | 2019 |
| Rollin' | ||
| Train | ||
| Bad Boy | ||
| The Tea (ft. Alli Fitz) | ||
| Bag Tho | ||
| We Are Not the Same Person | We Are Not the Same Person (ft. Drew Gooden) | 2019 |
| Help Let Me Go | Help Let Me Go | 2019 |
| Spooky Ho | Spooky Ho | 2019 |
| Daddy | Daddy | 2019 |
| Sad and Deep | Sad and Deep | 2019 |
| Yummy | Yummy | 2020 |
| La Croix | La Croix | 2020 |
| My Dad Is Rich | My Dad Is Rich | 2020 |
| Spooky Man | Spooky Man | 2020 |
| Circus | Circus (Released under pseudonym Ned Flames or Fox Szn) | 2020 |
References
- ^ a b c Gonzalez, Danny (28 June 2018). "I Googled Myself And Hated What I Found". YouTube. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ a b "About Danny Gonzalez". YouTube.
- ^ https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/danny100
- ^ Falcon Weekly (6 February 2012). "Stuff Nobody Says at Wheaton North". YouTube. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Gonzalez, Danny (10 July 2018). "Making Bad Music: STOP THAT". YouTube. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Duffin, Michael (11 September 2019). "Triangle Talks: YouTube stars Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden". The Triangle. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Rogers, Katie (28 Oct 2016). "5 Vine Stars Share Why They Loved, and Outgrew, Platform". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 28 Oct 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ a b Wilbur, Brock (9 September 2019). "Drew Gooden and Danny Gonzalez: The John Olivers of YouTube Culture". Paste. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jennings, Rebecca (12 November 2018). "Why YouTube is riddled with bizarre DIY videos". Vox. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Alexander, Julia (17 March 2019). "YouTube creators are using a hilarious tactic to combat copyright policies". The Verge. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "The shift in YouTube comedy". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Sands, Mason (17 January 2019). "Two Years Later, Where Is The Viner Invasion?". Forbes. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "Danny Gonzalez - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com.
- ^ Sung, Morgan (21 February 2019). "'Billionaire's son' Bobby Misner knows YouTube doesn't like him". Mashable. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Guzman, Richard (23 September 2019). "Why these YouTube stars are going from the internet to real life". Orange County Register. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Wynne, Kelly (5 September 2019). "Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden talk tour, comedy and YouTube careers". Newsweek. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Wetsch, Molly (13 April 2020). "Do commentary YouTube videos go too far?". Lincoln High School Statesman. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Gonzalez, Danny. "I Made A Viral TikTok Song". YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Manavis, Sarah (8 January 2020). "The strange case of Paul Zimmer, the influencer who came back as a different person". New Statesman. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ a b Perrett, Connor (14 January 2020). "An influencer accused of scamming his fans disappeared and tried to come back with an entirely new identity". Insider. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Vape Tricks (feat. Aaron Chewning) on Spotify, retrieved 2020-10-17
- ^ a b c "Vape Tricks - [Danny Gonzalez] on YouTube". Youtube. October 16, 2020.
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