Mike Castillo (born January 3, 1998) is a musician, YouTube Star and Instagram Star, he has more than 1.2 million followers on his Instagram account. ^[4]

In 2017, he was diagnosed with diffuse large B cell lymphoma and set up a Go Fund Me to cover his chemotherapy treatments. His YouTube channel has gained more than 848 thousand subscribers.^[1]

RunikTV born as Mike Castillo was born on January 3, 1998, in the United States. His parents’ names are not known, but he has featured then in some of his videos. ^[1]

He has two siblings, a younger brother, and an older sister, their names are not known.

He grew up and lived in Louisiana with his family. He is of African descent. He is a Christian. ^[4]

There is no information about his education or background but he is a high school graduate, he graduated from a high school located in Louisiana. ^[3]

He began his online career on February 24, 2015, when he launched his YouTube channel “RunikTV ”; he uploaded his first video titled “Runik Cancer Journey (8-30-2017).” It was uploaded on August 30, 2017.

The video tells the story of his cancer, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and how he took chemotherapy treatment that showed results and how he recovered and he is now cancer-free.

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The channel is known for contents like pranks, challenges, storytimes, DIYs, reaction videos, comedic skits, house tours, and many more entertaining contents.^[4]

One of the most popular video on his channel is titled “Lacing Trey PRANK on Ar’mon & FunnyMike *VERYFUNNY,” it was uploaded on September 14, 2017. This video currently has over 4 million views. ^[1]

Other popular videos are titled “ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND PRANK ON FUNNYMIKE!!

WILD!” with 3.5M views, “I’M PREGNANT BY YOUR FRIEND PRANK!! ON KING W/ NIQUE & FUNNYMIKE” with 2.8M views, and “DRIVE THRU BOONK AND DASH PT2 WITH THE BAD KIDS !! GOTFREEFOOD” with 2.2 million views. ^[4]

He has over 157 million subscribers and more than 187 million views to his channel.

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His last video on this channel is titled 'A New Year, A New Me'.

He has over 543 thousand subscribers and more than 12 million views on his channel.

He has a second channel named “Runik & Hali” which he collaborated with his girlfriend to create, the channel was originally his but when he started dating Hali, he made it into a collaborative channel.

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Their most popular collaboration has been with is the channel 'FunnyMike&Jaliyah.'

The channel was launched on July 2, 2002, it features couples challenges, storytime, and other couple related contents.

After they broke up, he deleted all the videos on the channel and renamed it “Runik Gaming.”

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He now uploads gaming-related videos and his music videos on the channel.

The channel has over 258 thousand subscribers and more than 2 million views.

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He is well known on other social media, he has over 1.3 million followers on his Instagram account. He is also a musician, he has released a few original songs such as 'I Know,' 'Lost Time,' ’Life of a Twisted Fantasy’, ‘I Can't Lie' and many others. He owns a merch store, ‘strangecloudsapparel.com.’ where signature clothing and accessories can be purchased. ^[3]

He was previously in a relationship with fellow YouTube star, Nuenueeee (Hali). They were usually seen on each other’s Instagram account, they even had a collaboration channel together titled “Runik & Hali” ^[1]

In 2017, he was diagnosed with diffuse large B cell lymphoma, and he set up a ‘Go Fund Me” campaign to help him fund his chemotherapy treatments.

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He is currently single and resides in Louisiana. He is friends with comedian and rapper22 Savage. During his free time, he likes to travel and hang out with friends. He has a tattoo on his neck of a lip. ^[4]