Sneako | ||||||||||
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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[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]
In March 2024, PinkNews reported that Sneako had claimed that MrBeast (who he formerly collaborated with) was "pushing kids to transgenderism", along with the "baseless claim" that male-bodied individuals were removing their genitalia as a result of MrBeast continuing to support a trans collaborator.[20]
Discography
Singles
As a featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
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US |
US R&B/HH |
AUS |
CAN |
CZH |
FRA |
NZ Heat. |
SCO | |||
"Curry Freestyle" (Lil Pump featuring N3on and Sneako)[21] |
2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Non-album single |
Music videos
As featured artist
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Curry Freestyle" (Lil Pump featuring N3on and Sneako)[22] |
2023 | Unknown |
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Unsubscribe | YouTuber | [23] |
References
- ^ a b Whalen, Eamon (9 August 2023). "Boy Problems". Mother Jones. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b Tan, William; O'Connor, Clare; Cox, Peter; McRoberts, Clare (22 February 2023). "Falling into the manosphere pipeline". U-High Midway. University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Feinstein, Naomi (18 September 2023). "Kid Yells "All Gays Should Die" During Encounter With Far-Right Streamer at Marlins Game". 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 (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. (6 November 2023). "How Education Is Failing Young Men". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Iyer, Ravi (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.
- ^ "Young Alums Day". Foote Prints. The Foote School. 23 April 2015. p. 47. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Issuu.
- ^ 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 (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. "What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Dahir, Ikran (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.
- ^ "White supremacist Nick Fuentes: 'We will make Jews die in the holy war'". Jerusalem Post. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Billson, Chantelle (2024-03-27). "Internet star claims MrBeast 'pushing transgenderism' by supporting Ava Kris Tyson". PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ Album of the Year (AOTY) - Curry Freestyle
- ^ Cole, Alexander, ed. (26 October 2023). "DJ Akademiks Forced To Sit Through Sneako, N3on, & Lil Pump's Ridiculous Song". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Millican, Josh (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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