they probably have seen YouTube
sensation Danny go, but did youw
he's from right here in Charlot?
I got the chance to speak with m
about his growing fan base and w
he's working to make a difference and
raise awareness with his newfound fame.
And that's the video that's on YouTube. Now
it's on there. You can
see the shot of me kind of
like snaking my way up it.
If you don't recognize Daniel Coleman,
your kids definitely do.
You ready to play?
The Floor is Lava game on YouTu.
He's known as Danny Go.
You ready to have some fun with balloons?
With 220 million views on his channel,
it's now become his fulltime jo.
Come on, let's go.
Born and raised in Charlotte Daniels.
First job out of college.
Kind of a cool part of the
story was working for Lowe's.
He did that for nearly thirteen years.
I ended up shooting like a decor series.
It was a friend of mine,
another friend that was
seeing me do those videos for Lowe's.
He had young kids and so he was
kind of familiar with what was n
YouTube and he was kind of like,
you know, I think you could do s
in the kids space and do really well.
And boy, did he do well.
Floors lava. The one with
two of them Floors lava.
One has like I think 27 million
right now, which is our biggest.
We made a second one like a monh
ago that already has 25 million.
So he'll probably be the new king up there.
How do you wrap your head around like,
Oh no, I don't even 25 million. I know.
It's it's beyond. I can't pictu.
When it was like we were
getting like 500,000 views,
that was almost more like I coud
picture a stadium of 500,000 ki.
Well, it's incredible.
Like I don't even know
what 27 million looks like.
That's wild to me.
And he's doing it all with his
two best friends from childhood.
We just kind of pulled into the Danny
Go team that is the team today d
they tape almost all the videos in his
garage in front of a blue screen. It's kind
of shoestring. I guess you just
have kind of a bond there that,
that. You can't fake.
It's not a huge operation,
but we're having fun and we're
trying to put out a ton of vide.
Daniel says he's more inspired by what
the platform gives him to raise awareness.
I have two sons. Isaac is 11.
Levi is 7. So my son Isaac
was born with a pretty serious
genetic disorder that had kind
of a lot of effects on his body,
like he's missing some bones.
He's had a bone marrow transpla,
He's out a kidney transplant.
So he's had a crazy life.
And he's he's an incredible kid.
He's super tough. Isaac.
His motivation to keep the content coming.
And so, yeah, there's a piece of
me that kind of enjoys growing a
platform with Danny Go because there's
a lot of causes I care about th,
you know, causes that chose me
like be the match for bone marr,
joining the bone marrow registr.
We had to wait a long time to
get a good match for him.
So like, I'm very passionate
about more people joining that
registry and kidney donation or
any kind of organ donation,
like I'm an organ donor.
And we had to wait a long
time for a kidney as well.
Looking back, it's hard for Daniel to
believe how far everything has .
This is a special place,
so this is kind of the very firt
place where we pressed record on
a Danny Go video. We've
become a very musical kids
show. And I just think it's fun.
Like right off the bat we
couldn't do anything but music.
We're in a band together
growing up and we just like
gravitate right back to music.
These childhood friends continue
to turn original music every two
weeks. So yeah, it's just kind of fun to
look back on it cuz it was just complete
experimentation. Not any pressut
all. But it's fun to think abou.
It's become our jobs.
Daniel says he hopes one day the
Danny Go team can go on tour,
maybe start with the school's t.
Until then, they will
just keep making videos.
But if you want more information
Be the Match, an organ donation,
we have all that information
on our website, WCNC Comm.
But it was so fun to chat with
him and they play his videos
at my daughter's school to get
the kids up and moving.
And it was fun to be like,
Oh my gosh,
she's from right here in Charlo.
I
can't even begin to understand e
creativity involved. I know, ri?
Just doesn't work like that.
A new song every two weeks
and they were childhood.
They're so well done and it's
because of you that now JT
and I like to get our Danny.
Go on. I love it. Yeah.
And that a lot of the floors laa
too now is 33 million views cray
doing well Dan And one of my new
favorite songs is the wiggle da.
All right. Can you wiggle fast.
Can you wiggle?
You kind of remind me of
those Danny go videos.
Maybe you can make a cameo.
Well do the wiggle. And.