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'''Nicolas “Nico” Kenn De Balinthazy'''<ref name=“Petrizzo”/> (born 8 September 1998)<ref name=“1699487910335029281”>{{cite tweet|user=Sneako|number=1699487910335029281|date=6 September 2023|language=en|access-date=9 April 2024|link=https://twitter.com/sneako/status/1699487910335029281|title=DROPPING 9/8, MY 25TH BIRTHDAY, QUALITY CLOTHING}}</ref> better known online as '''Sneako''', is an American [[online streamer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/video-sean-strickland-batters-bloodies-212042656.html?guccounter=1|title=Video: Sean Strickland batters, bloodies streamer Sneako in sparring fight|date=9 February 2024|editor=King, Nolan|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=“De Santiago”>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/fannation/mma/ufc/sean-strickland-spar-another-influencer|title=UFC News: Sean Strickland Called Out By Another Influencer After Sneako Beatdown|editor=De Santiago, Christopher|date=12 February 2024|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> |
'''Nicolas “Nico” Kenn De Balinthazy'''<ref name=“Petrizzo”/> (born 8 September 1998)<ref name=“1699487910335029281”>{{cite tweet|user=Sneako|number=1699487910335029281|date=6 September 2023|language=en|access-date=9 April 2024|link=https://twitter.com/sneako/status/1699487910335029281|title=DROPPING 9/8, MY 25TH BIRTHDAY, QUALITY CLOTHING}}</ref> better known online as '''Sneako''', is an American [[online streamer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/video-sean-strickland-batters-bloodies-212042656.html?guccounter=1|title=Video: Sean Strickland batters, bloodies streamer Sneako in sparring fight|date=9 February 2024|editor=King, Nolan|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=“De Santiago”>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/fannation/mma/ufc/sean-strickland-spar-another-influencer|title=UFC News: Sean Strickland Called Out By Another Influencer After Sneako Beatdown|editor=De Santiago, Christopher|date=12 February 2024|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> |
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Sneako is best known for his [[Live streaming|live streams]] and is considered by some to be part of the "[[manosphere]]", an ideology promoting [[masculinity]], [[misogyny]], and [[opposition to feminism]].<ref>{{harvp|Hodapp|2017|p=xv}}; {{harvp|Lumsden|2019|pp=98–99}}; {{harvp|Jane|2017|p=662}}; {{harvp|Marwick|Lewis|2017|pp=9, 13}}</ref><ref name="Whalen">{{cite web|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/boy-problems-andrew-tate-masculinity-crisis-manosphere/|title=Boy Problems|editor=Whalen, Eamon|date=9 August 2023|publisher=[[Mother Jones]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="“UHigh”">{{cite web|url=https://uhighmidway.com/19241/showcase/falling-into-the-manosphere-pipeline/|title=Falling into the manosphere pipeline|editor=Tan, William; O’Connor, Clare; Cox, Peter; McRoberts, Clare|date=22 February 2023|publisher=U-High Midway (via [[University of Chicago Laboratory Schools]])|accessdate=8 April 2024}}</ref> His commentaries are often deemed controversial and considered to be encouraging [[misogynistic]] views amongst young males.<ref name="“Ritchie”">{{cite web|url= https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/11/6/ritchie-education-men-tate/|title=How Education Is Failing Young Men|editor=Ritchie, Vander O.B.|date=6 November 2023|publisher=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> Sneako had amassed over 1.28 million subscribers on his main channel on ''[[YouTube]]'',<ref name=”SocialBlade”/> before being banned in October, 2022.<ref name=“Feinstein”/> |
Sneako is best known for his [[Live streaming|live streams]] and is considered by some to be part of the "[[manosphere]]", an ideology promoting [[masculinity]], [[misogyny]], and [[opposition to feminism]].<ref>{{harvp|Hodapp|2017|p=xv}}; {{harvp|Lumsden|2019|pp=98–99}}; {{harvp|Jane|2017|p=662}}; {{harvp|Marwick|Lewis|2017|pp=9, 13}}</ref><ref name="Whalen">{{cite web|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/boy-problems-andrew-tate-masculinity-crisis-manosphere/|title=Boy Problems|editor=Whalen, Eamon|date=9 August 2023|publisher=[[Mother Jones]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="“UHigh”">{{cite web|url=https://uhighmidway.com/19241/showcase/falling-into-the-manosphere-pipeline/|title=Falling into the manosphere pipeline|editor=Tan, William; O’Connor, Clare; Cox, Peter; McRoberts, Clare|date=22 February 2023|publisher=U-High Midway (via [[University of Chicago Laboratory Schools]])|accessdate=8 April 2024}}</ref> His commentaries are often deemed controversial and considered to be encouraging [[misogynistic]] views amongst young males.<ref name="“Ritchie”">{{cite web|url= https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/11/6/ritchie-education-men-tate/|title=How Education Is Failing Young Men|editor=Ritchie, Vander O.B.|date=6 November 2023|publisher=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> Sneako had amassed over 1.28 million subscribers on his main channel on ''[[YouTube]]'',<ref name=”SocialBlade”/> before being banned in October, 2022.<ref name="“Feinstein”">{{cite web |date=18 September 2023 |editor=Feinstein, Naomi |title=Kid Yells "All Gays Should Die" During Encounter With Far-Right Streamer at Marlins Game |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/sneakos-child-fans-spout-homophobic-misogynistic-rants-at-marlins-game-17859533 |url-status=live |access-date=9 April 2024 |publisher=[[Miami New Times]] |location=Miami}}</ref> |
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Sneako has since joined ''[[Rumble (company)|Rumble]]''<ref name=“Feinstein”/> and as of October 2023, he was the seventh most-watched channel with 1.37 million hours watched,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://streamscharts.com/news/rumble-october-2023-results-recap|title=Rumble October 2023 results — platform hits new record for monthly watch time|date=2 November 2023|editor=Iyer, Ravi|publisher=Streams Charts|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> maintaining popularity among young male viewers.<ref name=“Feinstein”/> |
Sneako has since joined ''[[Rumble (company)|Rumble]]''<ref name=“Feinstein”/> and as of October 2023, he was the seventh most-watched channel with 1.37 million hours watched,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://streamscharts.com/news/rumble-october-2023-results-recap|title=Rumble October 2023 results — platform hits new record for monthly watch time|date=2 November 2023|editor=Iyer, Ravi|publisher=Streams Charts|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> maintaining popularity among young male viewers.<ref name=“Feinstein”/> |
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Sneako’s content has also been described as supporting [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name="“Feinstein”" /><ref name="“Park”">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/04/07/super-mario-bros-princess-peach/|title=Princess Peach powers up from distressed damsel to wartime general|editor=Park, Gene|date=7 April 2023|publisher=[[Washington Post]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> In 2022, Sneako joined [[Kanye West]]’s [[Kanye West presidential campaigns|2024 presidential campaign]] and has referred to him as his childhood hero.<ref name="“Petrizzo”">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/racist-youtuber-joins-kanye-west-211246958.html|title=Racist YouTuber Joins Kanye West’s Campaign|editor=Petrizzo, Zachary|date=29 November 2022|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Smith">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-calls-milo-yiannopoulos-vindictive-kanye-west-presidential-campaign-exit-1764554|title=Candace Owens Calls Milo Yiannopoulos 'Vindictive' Amid Kanye Campaign Exit|editor=Smith, Ryan|date=5 December 2022|publisher=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> He has also voiced support [[Far-right politics|far-right]] commentator [[Nick Fuentes]]. Speaking at an [[America First Political Action Conference|American First]] rally in July 2023, Sneako said, “[[Nick Fuentes]] is going to the next president of the United States."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-750425|title=White supremacist Nick Fuentes: 'We will make Jews die in the holy war'|editor=Press|date=18 July 2023|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> |
Sneako’s content has also been described as supporting [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name="“Feinstein”" /><ref name="“Park”">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/04/07/super-mario-bros-princess-peach/|title=Princess Peach powers up from distressed damsel to wartime general|editor=Park, Gene|date=7 April 2023|publisher=[[Washington Post]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> In 2022, Sneako joined [[Kanye West]]’s [[Kanye West presidential campaigns|2024 presidential campaign]] and has referred to him as his childhood hero.<ref name="“Petrizzo”">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/racist-youtuber-joins-kanye-west-211246958.html|title=Racist YouTuber Joins Kanye West’s Campaign|editor=Petrizzo, Zachary|date=29 November 2022|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Smith">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-calls-milo-yiannopoulos-vindictive-kanye-west-presidential-campaign-exit-1764554|title=Candace Owens Calls Milo Yiannopoulos 'Vindictive' Amid Kanye Campaign Exit|editor=Smith, Ryan|date=5 December 2022|publisher=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> He has also voiced support [[Far-right politics|far-right]] commentator [[Nick Fuentes]]. Speaking at an [[America First Political Action Conference|American First]] rally in July 2023, Sneako said, “[[Nick Fuentes]] is going to the next president of the United States."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-750425|title=White supremacist Nick Fuentes: 'We will make Jews die in the holy war'|editor=Press|date=18 July 2023|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> |
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== Controversy == |
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In September 2023, Sneako hosted a meet-and-greet at a [[Miami Marlins]] game, where his fans shouted misogynistic and violent [[Homophobia|Homophobic]] comments. As Sneako tried to say, “We love everybody”, one of the other kids shouted: “Fuck the gays.” including, “All Gays Should Die,” and “Fuck the women.” Sneako abruptly responded and said, “What?? No, no, no, wait, wait, we love women, we love women!” The young fan clarified and said: “But not, like, transgenders.”<ref name="Condon">{{cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/19/sneako-streamer-homophobic-fans/|title=Red pill streamer Sneako shocked as homophobic, sexist young fans tell him ‘all gays should die’|editor=Condon, Ali|date=19 September 2023|publisher=[[PinkNews]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=“Feinstein”>{{cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/sneakos-child-fans-spout-homophobic-misogynistic-rants-at-marlins-game-17859533|title=Kid Yells "All Gays Should Die" During Encounter With Far-Right Streamer at Marlins Game|editor=Feinstein, Naomi|date=18 September 2023|url-status=live|publisher=[[Miami New Times]]|location=Miami|access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref> The next morning Sneako defended their comments by saying, “They are children and obviously joking. This is how I was at 12. But If it sounds egregious to you, blame the [pride] flags in their classrooms. Blame the media for emasculating men. It's your fault for forcing an obvious agenda. Not these kids. Boys will be boys.”<ref name="Condon"/><ref name=“Feinstein”/><ref>{{cite news|last=Tindall|first=Brooke|date=20 September 2023|title=No remorse from Sneako after fans call for death to gay people|url=https://qnews.com.au/no-remorse-from-sneako-after-fans-call-for-death-to-gay-people/|url-status=live|work=[[QNews]]|location=Australia|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wiggins|first=Christopher|date=19 September 2023|title=Incel Influencer Sneako’s Young Fans Yell ‘All Gays Should Die’ in Viral Video|url=https://www.advocate.com/media/disturbing-sneako-video-kids-transphobic|url-status=live|work=Advocate|location=USA|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> |
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== Filmography == |
== Filmography == |
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Born | Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy September 8, 1998 New York City, U.S. | |||||||||
Occupation | Online streamer | |||||||||
Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
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YouTube information | ||||||||||
Channel | ||||||||||
Years active | 2013–2022[5] | |||||||||
Subscribers | 1.28 million[5][6] | |||||||||
Total views | 98.08 million[5][6] | |||||||||
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Last updated: September 4, 2022[5] |
Nicolas “Nico” Kenn De Balinthazy[7] (born 8 September 1998)[8] better known online as Sneako, is an American online streamer.[9][10]
Sneako is best known for his live streams and is considered by some to be part of the "manosphere", an ideology promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism.[11][1][2] His commentaries are often deemed controversial and considered to be encouraging misogynistic views amongst young males.[12] Sneako had amassed over 1.28 million subscribers on his main channel on YouTube,[5] before being banned in October, 2022.[4]
Sneako has since joined Rumble[4] and as of October 2023, he was the seventh most-watched channel with 1.37 million hours watched,[13] maintaining popularity among young male viewers.[4]
Early years
Sneako was born in New York City and grew up in an affluent and predominately white neighborhood,[14] graduating from the Foote School in New Haven, Connecticut in 2014.[15] His father is from Haiti and is mixed-race,[14][16] while his mother’s family is from the Philippines.[17] Sneako has visited Haiti just about every year since he was two years old, as most of his family still lives there.[18][16]
In 2018, Balinthazy made the dean’s list at Hofstra University achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 or higher.[19]
Career
Since his debut online, Sneako has posted various content from gaming uploads, IRL streams, and reaction videos.[4] In one particular video, Sneako would ask Black people if it were okay for people who weren’t black to say the N-Word and would offer White people one dollar to say it.[20]
Sneako is a supporter of Andrew Tate and has been seen in videos with him as a regular.[21][20] Sneako has expressed admiration for Tate, crediting him and his brother Tristan for their assistance in his betterment.[22] In 2022, Sneako had live-streamed on Rumble in support for the release of the Tates from prison for the allegations of human trafficking in Romania.[23]
Sneako’s content has also been described as supporting far-right political views.[4][24] In 2022, Sneako joined Kanye West’s 2024 presidential campaign and has referred to him as his childhood hero.[7][25] He has also voiced support far-right commentator Nick Fuentes. Speaking at an American First rally in July 2023, Sneako said, “Nick Fuentes is going to the next president of the United States."[26]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Unsubscribe | YouTuber | [27][28] |
References
- ^ a b Whalen, Eamon, ed. (9 August 2023). "Boy Problems". Mother Jones. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b Tan, William; O’Connor, Clare; Cox, Peter; McRoberts, Clare, ed. (22 February 2023). "Falling into the manosphere pipeline". U-High Midway (via University of Chicago Laboratory Schools). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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- ^ a b "About SNEAKO". YouTube.
- ^ a b Petrizzo, Zachary, ed. (29 November 2022). "Racist YouTuber Joins Kanye West's Campaign". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ @Sneako (September 6, 2023). "DROPPING 9/8, MY 25TH BIRTHDAY, QUALITY CLOTHING" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 April 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ King, Nolan, ed. (9 February 2024). "Video: Sean Strickland batters, bloodies streamer Sneako in sparring fight". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ De Santiago, Christopher, ed. (12 February 2024). "UFC News: Sean Strickland Called Out By Another Influencer After Sneako Beatdown". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Hodapp (2017), p. xv ; Lumsden (2019), pp. 98–99 ; Jane (2017), p. 662 ; Marwick & Lewis (2017), pp. 9, 13
- ^ Ritchie, Vander O.B., ed. (6 November 2023). "How Education Is Failing Young Men". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Iyer, Ravi, ed. (2 November 2023). "Rumble October 2023 results — platform hits new record for monthly watch time". Streams Charts. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b @Sneako (March 30, 2024). "SNEAKO's experience in Haiti" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Press, ed. (23 April 2015). "Young Alums Day". Foote School. p. 47. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ a b @Sneako (August 27, 2014). "@SentinelHDD Yeah my dad grew up in Haiti and the majority of my family lives there" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ @Sneako (April 4, 2015). "Thinking about making a video about how my grandparents from Haiti and the Philippines were both involved in WW2 but from across the world" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ @Sneako (July 17, 2014). "I go to Haiti pretty much every year since I was 2" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ NICOLAS KENN DE BALINTHAZY - Majoring in Video/Television And Film Hofstra University, From New Haven, CT
- ^ a b Miller, Lisa, ed. (14 March 2023). "Tate-Pilled - What a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate's extreme male gospel". New York. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Mance, Henry (ed.). "What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Dahir, Ikran, ed. (30 December 2022). "Andrew Tate's Hustlers University 2.0 Has Made At Least $11 Million In Just One Month". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Press-Reynolds
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Park, Gene, ed. (7 April 2023). "Princess Peach powers up from distressed damsel to wartime general". Washington Post. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Smith, Ryan, ed. (5 December 2022). "Candace Owens Calls Milo Yiannopoulos 'Vindictive' Amid Kanye Campaign Exit". Newsweek. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Press, ed. (18 July 2023). "White supremacist Nick Fuentes: 'We will make Jews die in the holy war'". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Millican, Josh, ed. (23 June 2020). "Trailer: UNSUBSCRIBE (Horror Film That Used Loophole to Become #1 in America) Now Streaming". Dread Central. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Hellerman, Jason, ed. (19 June 2020). "How This $0 Budget Short Film Managed to Hit #1 at the U.S. Box Office". No Film School. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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