Darren Jason Watkins Jr. (born: January 21, 2005), better known online as IShowSpeed (also known as simply Speed, or Speedy), is an American YouTuber, football athlete, hip-hop musician, occasional vlogger, and variety live-streamer, currently residing in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Darren is known for his extravagant, eccentric, hot-headed, and ostentatious personality on his variety of gaming and entertainment livestreams. He also became notable for gaining over 1 million subscribers in a matter of days in 2021, making him one of the youngest creators with the fastest-growing channel of that year. With all three of his channels combined, Darren has over 20 million subscribers altogether, making him one of the biggest YouTubers of color.
Darren started to achieve widespread fame when his fanbase started publishing clips of him on TikTok, with many of them becoming internet memes. This includes his interactions with Outfit7's Talking Ben, which are considered some of his most popular endeavors, helping revitalize the app's popularity by making the game one of the most downloaded apps at the time he streamed his first gameplay on Talking Ben.
