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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]]. |
'''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]]. |
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Sneako 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 have been 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 |
Sneako 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 have been 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 |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 was born in [[New York City]] and grew up in an affluent and predominately white neighborhood,<ref name="“1774099223556046870”">{{cite tweet|user=Sneako|number=1774099223556046870|date=30 March 2024|language=en|access-date=8 April 2024|link=https://twitter.com/sneako/status/1774099223556046870|title= |
Sneako was born in [[New York City]] and grew up in an affluent and predominately white neighborhood,<ref name="“1774099223556046870”">{{cite tweet|user=Sneako|number=1774099223556046870|date=30 March 2024|language=en|access-date=8 April 2024|link=https://twitter.com/sneako/status/1774099223556046870|title=SNEAKO's experience in Haiti}}</ref> graduating from the Foote School in [[New Haven, Connecticut]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/footenews/docs/foote_prints_pdf.compressed|title=Young Alums Day|editor=Press|date=23 April 2015|page=47|publisher=Foote School|accessdate=8 April 2024}}</ref> His father is from [[Haiti]] and is [[Mulatto Haitians|mixed-race]],<ref name="“1774099223556046870”" /><ref name="“504733742477611008”">{{cite tweet|user=Sneako|number=504733742477611008|date=27 August 2014|language=en|access-date=8 April 2024|link=https://twitter.com/sneako/status/504733742477611008| title=@SentinelHDD Yeah my dad grew up in Haiti and the majority of my family lives there.}}</ref> while his mother’s family is from the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Sneako |number=584414493054230528|date=4 April 2015|language=en|access-date=8 April 2024|link=https://twitter.com/sneako/status/584414493054230528|title=Thinking about making a video about how my grandparents from Haiti and the Philippines were both involved in WW2 but from across the world}}</ref> Sneako has visited Haiti just about every year since he was two years old, as most of his family still lives there.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Sneako |number=489560542860677120|date=16 July 2014|language=en|access-date=8 April 2024|link=https://twitter.com/sneako/status/489560542860677120|title=I go to Haiti pretty much every year since I was 2}}</ref><ref name="“504733742477611008”" /> |
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== Career == |
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Since his debut online, Sneako has posted various content from gaming uploads, [[Online streamer#IRL steams|IRL streams]], and [[reaction video]]s.<ref name=“Feinstein”/> 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.<ref name=“Miller”/> |
Since his debut online, Sneako has posted various content from gaming uploads, [[Online streamer#IRL steams|IRL streams]], and [[reaction video]]s.<ref name=“Feinstein”/> 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.<ref name=“Miller”/> |
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Sneako is a supporter of [[Andrew Tate]] and has been seen in videos with him as a regular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c9b6516a-ea26-42e4-9760-68f87e0cbf6b|title=What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?|editor=Mance, Henry|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=“Miller”>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-tate-jail-investigation.html|title=Tate-Pilled - What a generation of boys have found in Andrew |
Sneako is a supporter of [[Andrew Tate]] and has been seen in videos with him as a regular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c9b6516a-ea26-42e4-9760-68f87e0cbf6b|title=What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?|editor=Mance, Henry|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=“Miller”>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-tate-jail-investigation.html|title=Tate-Pilled - What a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate's extreme male gospel|editor=Miller, Lisa|date=14 March 2023|publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> Sneako has expressed admiration for Tate, crediting him and his brother Tristan for their assistance in his betterment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ikrd/andrew-tate-hustlers-university|title=Andrew Tate's Hustlers University 2.0 Has Made At Least $11 Million In Just One Month|date=30 December 2022|editor=Dahir, Ikran|publisher=[[BuzzFeed News]]|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> |
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Sneako’s content has also been described as supporting [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name="“Feinstein”" /> 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 |
Sneako’s content has also been described as supporting [[far-right politics|far-right]] political views.<ref name="“Feinstein”" /> 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> 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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In 2023, Sneako defended homophobic and transphobic shouting by fans, including that "all gays should die", stating ""this is how I was at 12. But if it sounds egregious to you, blame the [rainbow emoji] ([[sic]]) flags in their classrooms. Blame the media for emasculating men. It's your fault for forcing an obvious agenda."<ref name="“Feinstein”" /> |
In 2023, Sneako defended homophobic and transphobic shouting by fans, including that "all gays should die", stating ""this is how I was at 12. But if it sounds egregious to you, blame the [rainbow emoji] ([[sic]]) flags in their classrooms. Blame the media for emasculating men. It's your fault for forcing an obvious agenda."<ref name="“Feinstein”" /> |
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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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Years active | 2013–2022[4] | |||||||||
Subscribers | 1.28 million[4][5] | |||||||||
Total views | 98.08 million[4][5] | |||||||||
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Last updated: September 4, 2022[4] |
Nicolas “Nico” Kenn De Balinthazy[6] (born 8 September 1998)[7] better known online as Sneako, is an American online streamer.
Sneako is considered by some to be part of the "manosphere", an ideology promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism.[8][1][2] His commentaries have been deemed controversial and considered to be encouraging misogynistic views amongst young males.[9] Sneako had amassed over 1.28 million subscribers on his main channel on YouTube,[4] before being banned in October, 2022.[3]
Sneako has since joined Rumble[3] and as of October 2023, he was the seventh most-watched channel with 1.37 million hours watched,[10] maintaining popularity among young male viewers.[3]
Early years
Sneako was born in New York City and grew up in an affluent and predominately white neighborhood,[11] graduating from the Foote School in New Haven, Connecticut in 2014.[12] His father is from Haiti and is mixed-race,[11][13] while his mother’s family is from the Philippines.[14] Sneako has visited Haiti just about every year since he was two years old, as most of his family still lives there.[15][13]
Career
Since his debut online, Sneako has posted various content from gaming uploads, IRL streams, and reaction videos.[3] 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.[16]
Sneako is a supporter of Andrew Tate and has been seen in videos with him as a regular.[17][16] Sneako has expressed admiration for Tate, crediting him and his brother Tristan for their assistance in his betterment.[18]
Sneako’s content has also been described as supporting far-right political views.[3] In 2022, Sneako joined Kanye West’s 2024 presidential campaign and has referred to him as his childhood hero.[6] 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."[19]
In 2023, Sneako defended homophobic and transphobic shouting by fans, including that "all gays should die", stating ""this is how I was at 12. But if it sounds egregious to you, blame the [rainbow emoji] (sic) flags in their classrooms. Blame the media for emasculating men. It's your fault for forcing an obvious agenda."[3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Unsubscribe | YouTuber | [20] |
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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: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f g Feinstein, Naomi, ed. (18 September 2023). "Kid Yells "All Gays Should Die" During Encounter With Far-Right Streamer at Marlins Game". Miami: Miami New Times. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Social Blade - Youtube User Analytics / Statistics For Sneako
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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