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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]].


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Sneako is generally considered 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|author=Whalen, Eamon|date=9 August 2023|website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|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|author=Tan, William |author2=O'Connor, Clare |author3=Cox, Peter |author4=McRoberts, Clare|date=22 February 2023|website=U-High Midway |publisher=[[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|author=Ritchie, Vander O.B.|date=6 November 2023|website=[[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 |author=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 |website=[[Miami New Times]]}}</ref>
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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]].


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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|author=Iyer, Ravi|website=Streams Charts|accessdate=9 April 2024}}</ref> maintaining popularity among young male viewers.<ref name="Feinstein"/>
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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 |url-status=live |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”/>


== Early years ==
== Early years ==
{{Primary sources section|date=April 2024}}

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”/>
Sneako was born in [[New York City]] and grew up in an affluent and predominately white neighborhood,<ref name="Experience">{{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 magazine|url=https://issuu.com/footenews/docs/foote_prints_pdf.compressed|title=Young Alums Day |date=23 April 2015|page=47|magazine=Foote Prints |publisher=The Foote School |accessdate=8 April 2024 |via=Issuu}}</ref> His father is from [[Haiti]] and is [[Mulatto Haitians|mixed-race]],<ref name="Experience" /><ref name="Haiti">{{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="Haiti" />


== Career ==
== Career ==


Sneako made his online debut in 2013 as a YouTuber,<ref name="UHigh"/> and has posted various content from gaming uploads, [[Online streamer#IRL steams|IRL streams]], and [[reaction video]]s.<ref name="Feinstein"/> Sneako initially gained popularity for his unique style of editing and nuanced ''self-awareness'' commentaries, which spoke about life and spirituality before pivoting towards more controversial subjects that involved unfair scrutiny of women and marginalized people until his eventual ban from YouTube.<ref name="UHigh"/><ref name="Cole2">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/733001-sneako-mike-majlak-heroin|title=Sneako Goes After Mike Majlak For Past Heroin Use|editor=Cole, Alexander|date=8 November 2023|website=[[HotNewHipHop]]|accessdate=24 April 2024}}</ref> In one particular video, Sneako would ask Black people if it were okay for people who weren't black to say ''the [[Nigger|N-word]]'' and would offer White people one dollar to say it.<ref name="Miller"/> In a [[TikTok]] video from an account now banned titled, ''A Woman's Worth'', Sneako the interviewer, uses subtle use of [[ad hominem]] remarks with a female interviewee in order to boost his masculine position while seemingly discrediting her femininity when he describes her assertions of ''self-worth'' as "delusional".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.txst.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/ecf2077d-c148-44c7-b339-7ce27b0142d7/content|title=Masculine And Feminine Communication: Through Tiktok: A Rhetorical Analysis|author=Adisa, Larry|year=2023|publisher=[[Texas State University]]|accessdate=24 April 2024}}</ref>
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”/>

As of 2023, Sneako's newer content while more successful in terms of viewership, it has become unrecognizable from his original work, which ignited his streaming career from inception.<ref name="UHigh"/>

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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?|author=Mance, Henry|date=6 April 2023|website=[[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|author=Miller, Lisa|date=14 March 2023|website=[[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|author=Dahir, Ikran|website=[[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 West's Campaign|author=Petrizzo, Zachary|date=29 November 2022|website=[[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' |author=<!-- staff -->|date=18 July 2023|website=[[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 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/27/internet-star-sneako-claims-mrbeast-pushing-transgenderism-by-supporting-kris-tyson/|title=Internet star claims MrBeast 'pushing transgenderism' by supporting Ava Kris Tyson|last=Billson|first=Chantelle|date=27 March 2024|website=[[PinkNews]]|accessdate=10 April 2024|language=en-US}}</ref>
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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 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>


== Discography ==
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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 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>
===Singles===
* "Curry Freestyle" – [[Lil Pump]] featuring N3on and Sneako (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/758245-n3on-curry-freestyle.php|title=N3on - Curry Freestyle - Reviews - Album of The Year}}</ref>


==Music videos==
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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”" />
* "Curry Freestyle" – Lil Pump featuring N3on and Sneako (2023)<ref name="Cole">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/728443-dj-akademiks-n3on-sneako-lil-pump-collab|title=DJ Akademiks Forced To Sit Through Sneako, N3on, & Lil Pump's Ridiculous Song|editor=Cole, Alexander|date=26 October 2023|website=[[HotNewHipHop]]|accessdate=11 April 2024}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==


=== Film ===
=== Film ===
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* ''[[Unsubscribe (film)|Unsubscribe]]'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/331218/trailer-unsubscribe-horror-film-that-used-loophole-to-become-1-in-america-now-streaming/|title=Trailer: ''Unsubscribe'' (Horror Film That Used Loophole to Become #1 in America) Now Streaming|author=Millican, Josh|date=23 June 2020|website=[[Dread Central]]|accessdate=10 April 2024}}</ref>
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|2020
|[[Unsubscribe (film)|''Unsubscribe'']]
|YouTuber
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|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/331218/trailer-unsubscribe-horror-film-that-used-loophole-to-become-1-in-america-now-streaming/|title=Trailer: UNSUBSCRIBE (Horror Film That Used Loophole to Become #1 in America) Now Streaming|editor=Millican, Josh|date=23 June 2020|publisher=[[Dread Central]]|accessdate=10 April 2024}}</ref>
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
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Revision as of 18:12, 28 April 2024

Sneako
Born
Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy[1]

(1998-09-08) September 8, 1998 (age 25)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
Years active2013–present
Movement
YouTube information
ChannelsSneako
Years active2013–2022[4]
Subscribers1.28 million[4]
Total views98.08 million[4]
100,000 subscribers2018[4][5]
1,000,000 subscribers2022[4]
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 generally considered to be part of the "manosphere", an ideology promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism.[8][2][3] 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.[10]

Sneako has since joined Rumble[10] and as of October 2023, he was the seventh most-watched channel with 1.37 million hours watched,[11] maintaining popularity among young male viewers.[10]

Early years

Sneako was born in New York City and grew up in an affluent and predominately white neighborhood,[12] graduating from the Foote School in New Haven, Connecticut in 2014.[13] His father is from Haiti and is mixed-race,[12][14] while his mother’s family is from the Philippines.[15] Sneako has visited Haiti just about every year since he was two years old, as most of his family still lives there.[16][14]

Career

Sneako made his online debut in 2013 as a YouTuber,[3] and has posted various content from gaming uploads, IRL streams, and reaction videos.[10] Sneako initially gained popularity for his unique style of editing and nuanced self-awareness commentaries, which spoke about life and spirituality before pivoting towards more controversial subjects that involved unfair scrutiny of women and marginalized people until his eventual ban from YouTube.[3][17] 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.[18] In a TikTok video from an account now banned titled, A Woman's Worth, Sneako the interviewer, uses subtle use of ad hominem remarks with a female interviewee in order to boost his masculine position while seemingly discrediting her femininity when he describes her assertions of self-worth as "delusional".[19]

As of 2023, Sneako's newer content while more successful in terms of viewership, it has become unrecognizable from his original work, which ignited his streaming career from inception.[3]

Sneako is a supporter of Andrew Tate and has been seen in videos with him as a regular.[20][18] Sneako has expressed admiration for Tate, crediting him and his brother Tristan for their assistance in his betterment.[21]

Sneako’s content has also been described as supporting far-right political views.[10] 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."[22]

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."[10]

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.[23]

Discography

Singles

  • "Curry Freestyle" – Lil Pump featuring N3on and Sneako (2023)[24]

Music videos

  • "Curry Freestyle" – Lil Pump featuring N3on and Sneako (2023)[25]

Filmography

Film

References

  1. ^ Starr, Michael, ed. (11 April 2024). "Social media streamer Sneako: 'Down with the Jews'". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Whalen, Eamon (9 August 2023). "Boy Problems". Mother Jones. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e 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.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "SNEAKO's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats".
  5. ^ @Sneako (December 31, 2018). "30k to 100k in two days. I've been doing Youtube for six years. You can literally do ANYTHING if you work hard" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b Petrizzo, Zachary (29 November 2022). "Racist YouTuber Joins Kanye West's Campaign". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ^ @Sneako (September 6, 2023). "Dropping 9/8, my 25th birthday, quality clothing" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Hodapp (2017), p. xv; Lumsden (2019), pp. 98–99; Jane (2017), p. 662; Marwick & Lewis (2017), pp. 9, 13
  9. ^ Ritchie, Vander O.B. (6 November 2023). "How Education Is Failing Young Men". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  11. ^ Iyer, Ravi (2 November 2023). "Rumble October 2023 results — platform hits new record for monthly watch time". Streams Charts. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  12. ^ a b @Sneako (March 30, 2024). "SNEAKO's experience in Haiti" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Young Alums Day". Foote Prints. The Foote School. 23 April 2015. p. 47. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Issuu.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ @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.
  16. ^ @Sneako (July 17, 2014). "I go to Haiti pretty much every year since I was 2" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Cole, Alexander, ed. (8 November 2023). "Sneako Goes After Mike Majlak For Past Heroin Use". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Adisa, Larry (2023). "Masculine And Feminine Communication: Through Tiktok: A Rhetorical Analysis". Texas State University. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  20. ^ Mance, Henry (6 April 2023). "What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ "White supremacist Nick Fuentes: 'We will make Jews die in the holy war'". Jerusalem Post. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  23. ^ Billson, Chantelle (27 March 2024). "Internet star claims MrBeast 'pushing transgenderism' by supporting Ava Kris Tyson". PinkNews. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  24. ^ "N3on - Curry Freestyle - Reviews - Album of The Year".
  25. ^ Cole, Alexander, ed. (26 October 2023). "DJ Akademiks Forced To Sit Through Sneako, N3on, & Lil Pump's Ridiculous Song". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  26. ^ 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.

External links


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