D'Angelo Wallace

D'Angelo Wallace (born August 29, 1998) is an American YouTube commentator and Twitch streamer known for his videos of controversial YouTubers and Internet personalities. Insider described Wallace as "a cancellation catalyst, pouring gasoline on outrage directed at internet stars".[1]

D'Angelo Wallace
Personal information
Born (1998-08-29) August 29, 1998
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Channel
LocationSan Antonio, Texas
Years active2019–present (dangelowallace)
2017–present (D'Angelo Wallace)
2020 (Office Husband)
GenreCommentary
Subscribers2 million (dangelowallace)
1.11 million (D'Angelo Wallace)
61.9 thousand (Office Husband)
Total views90 million (dangelowallace)
53 million (D'Angelo Wallace)
317 thousand (Office Husband)

Updated: February 5, 2021

His commentary style is has been compared to other YouTube commentators such as Cody Ko, Danny Gonzalez, Drew Gooden, and Kurtis Conner although his content has often balanced or combined trivial topics associated with YouTube commentary channels with hard-hitting topics such as comments on child sexual abuse.[1]

YouTube Career

Wallace's original channel (mainly talking about art and related topics) began in 2018, and gained 100,000 subscribers in a year.[2]

Wallace started a second channel in 2020 to talk about non-art-related subjects. On this channel, which has since grown larger than the first, Wallace provides social commentary on YouTubers and influencers, as well as pop culture and general entertainment.[1] One of his notable earlier videos included a discussion over the YouTube channel "Spill", a channel which discussed YouTube drama, and as to whether it was run by an individual or a corporation (the channel later said it was run by a corporation).[3]

In July 2020, Wallace was "one of the loudest voices holding [Internet personalities Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson] accountable for their past behavior"[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] and produced videos – first on Star, then Dawson – deconstructing the role each played in the controversy between beauty gurus James Charles and Tati Westbrook.[lower-alpha 3][1] Wallace's criticism of Charles and Star's role in the controversy was praised for its extensive documentation of facts and evidence, and shaped "how millions of YouTube fans now view the three beauty gurus and their drama".[1] Following his video on Dawson (the first video on the subject), Wallace's subscriber count went from 630,000 to 1 million.[1] Now, he has a total of 2.2 million subscribers across his two channels.

His first video to be featured on YouTube's "Trending" tab was a critique of Cuties,[1] a film which he claimed encouraged child exploitation.[4] The film had been the subject of a broader right-wing "culture wars" controversy in the United States.[4]

Currently, Social Blade estimates that Wallace could earn more than $300,000 per year from his two channels.[1] That month, it was also revealed Wallace was nominated for a YouTube Streamy Award. [5]

Notes

  1. Jeffree Star (see Jeffree Star#Controversies) and Shane Dawson had been receiving a lot of criticism online for racist content they had posted in the past. Criticism of the two increased during protests related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
  2. Dawson had also been criticised for his past comments on child sexual abuse, the sexualisation of minors, and bestiality (see Shane Dawson#Controversies).
  3. See James Charles (internet personality)#Tati Westbrook controversy.

References

  1. Tenbarge, Kat (21 October 2020). "The era of A-list YouTube celebrities is over. Now, the people cancelling them are on top". Insider. Insider Inc. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. Reed, Jason (3 April 2019). "YouTuber D'Angelo Wallace is taking down the art world with his ASMR chill". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. Dodgson, Lindsay (21 December 2019). "20 YouTube channels you should really subscribe to in 2020". Insider. Insider Inc. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. Knibbs, Kate (15 September 2020). "How 'Cuties' Got Caught in a Gamergate-Style Internet Clash". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. Ramos, Dino-Ray (21 October 2020). "YouTube Streamy Awards Nominations Unveiled With David Dobrik, Emma Chamberlain And James Charles Leading The Pack". Deadline. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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