Keemstar
Keemstar
Early Life
Daniel Keem was born on March 8, 1982 in Buffalo, New York. He has one brother and one sister. [4]
Career
History
Keem's first appearance on YouTube was in a Halo 3 YouTube video from 2009, where he was recorded through the online multiplayer voice-chat.[3] Capitalizing on the opportunity, Keem began his first YouTube channel as XDJKEEMSTAR featuring videos of him playing Call of Duty and the hilarity of trolling other players.
Initially, Keemstar was receiving device bans so frequently, he needed to get a new Xbox daily to continue to make content.
He also created content on Battle Cam which featured videos of people trash talking each other, 1v1.
Keemstar would bring over large amounts of followers and would be pushed to the front of the queue due follower up votes.
The point of the website was to be negative and extremely rude to the opposing party.
In 2011 the initial DramaAlert channel was created and eventually was consistently getting banned.
Keemstar would create a new channel and bring followers which would then eventually l be banned and the process would start all over again.
In 2016 Keemstar was given a second chance and completely removed from the YouTube band channel list.[20]
In 2019, Keemstar became a verified Brave (web browser) publisher. [15]
In March 2020, Keemstar & FaZe Banks revived Mom's Basement as Spotify Exclusive with the addition of Colossal is Crazy.[31]
Controversies
In 2008, during an argument with a moderator named Alex on the website BattleCam.com, Keem encouraged his viewers to type "Alex is a stupid nigger" in the stream's chat; Keemstar held a livestream during which, Keemstar encouraged his followers to spam Alex with racial slurs, as was the custom on Battle Cam.
Keemstar later apologized for using the racist slur.[7]
In 2016, old videos of Keemstar were re-released out of context that showed a character Keemstar created, “Evil Keemstar”.
These Keemstar Exposed videos eventually led to Keemstar needing to leave the internet due to the incredible levels of hate.
The negative videos encouraged Keemstar’s followers to subscribe to Scarce.
Following this event Keemstar changed tactics from newsroom reporter to the character he is today with a more biased slant and unique tone with which he was able to build a new, devoted following.[20]
In January 2016, Keem posted a tweet directed at TotalBiscuit, a YouTuber who had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer, saying that he couldn't wait to report on his death.[34] Keem later apologized for the tweet.
In January 2019, YouTuber Jake Paul accused Keem of body-shaming Paul's then-girlfriend, Erika Costell, after Keem made a tweet comparing her body to Eugenia Cooney, a YouTuber with an eating disorder.
In June 2019, after YouTuber Desmond ‘Etika’ Amofah committed suicide, several Twitter users blamed Keem for 'egging on' the YouTuber, with much of the criticism founded in an interview earlier that year where Keem said "If you really think about it, then why live?
Just jump off a cliff.
If it’s just a simulation, who cares?" in response to Etika talking about how he believed he lived in a simulation.
Etika also mentioned Keem in his last video titled "I'm sorry", saying, "Keemstar, I wish you the best my nigga".
Keem refuted these claims in a series of Tweets, claiming people were using him as a scapegoat and that nobody was talking about tweets in which he was concerned for him.
He went on to say that he thought Etika's mental health issues were a publicity stunt, due to him seeming fine and wanting to guest star on DramaAlert.
Etika's mother defended Keem afterwards, stating he wasn't to blame for Etika's suicide and that he loved Keem and his show.[33]
Gaming Projects
In 2011 Keemstar was heavily involved with the promotion of FortressCraft, a video game styled after Minecraft.
Keemstar secured the following players for the 2018 Realm Royal tournament without additional compensation: Tyler "Ninja" Belvins, Michael "shroud" Grzesiek, Summit1g, NoahJ456, JoshOGJack "CouRage" Dunlop, Ben "DrLupo" Lupo and many other well-known content creators and Realm Royale players who pulled 110,561 average viewers.
In order to show the developer's appreciation for the work that KEEMSTAR had done in helping to build the competitive scene of Realm Royale, Hi-Rez Studios created a personalized gnome skin that players can use when they are first defeated in a Realm Royale match.
Another skin based on KEEMSTAR was added in-game on July 31, 2018.[22][23][24]
In 2018 Keemstar partnered with UMG for first 100K Creative Destruction Tournament featuring Tfue" Tenney of FaZe Clan, Daequan "daequan" Loco of Team SoloMid, YouTuber Vikram "Vikkstar123" Barn, Twitch streamer Jaryd "Summit1g" Lazar and many other professional Fortnite players and content creators.
UMG Friday Fortnite began in 2019 and was a partnership between UMG and KEEMSTAR.
KEEMSTAR was able to assemble and organize 32 team brackets for seven weeks straight on the UMG platform that routinely sees 64 of the biggest personalities from Twitch and YouTube and professional Fortnite players compete to collect the most kills with a duos teammate over a two-match span in a squads match with their opponent.
Twitch superstars, such as Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, Dr DisRespect, NICKMERCS, and professional Fortnite players, such as Ali "Myth" Kabbani, Hamlinz and Daequan of Team SoloMid and Turner "Tfue" Tenney and Dennis "Cloak" Lepore of FaZe Clan, to YouTube giants, such as Romanatwood, NoahJ456, Vikkstar123, and countless other competitors through the weeks, the KEEMSTAR Friday Fortnite UMG Tournament. has brought together dozens of notable and impressive players in the gaming community together to compete for thousands of dollars on a weekly basis. [27][28][29]
Also in 2019 was Keemstar’s Minecraft Monday.
Keemstar opted to bring in big names who could attract huge viewerships, such as Fortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins.
Blevins alone brought in nearly one million viewers on Twitch for that first week.
On week two, there was another megaton: Keemstar had convinced YouTube king Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg to participate in the event alongside beauty guru James Charles.
There were over 90,000 unique viewers for the tournament.