is this life is this food before I'm Dante's YouTube career would afford him
not only the opportunity to get name-drop by rappers like xxx that the
see on but live stream game time with them as well yeah yo yeah yo whatever
everybody in the chat alright so this is not clickbait ok this is not quick babe
the voice that's you're hearing right now is the one and only legendary
xxx posse on sorry I said are you alright yeah I have we gonna do
something do is I'm about to carry him and let's get in before I'm Dante would
clock in with a combined 2.5 million subscribers across three YouTube
channels 41 thousand followers on soundcloud three hundred eighty two
thousand followers on Instagram and over 150 thousand followers on Twitter at the
time of this recording I be in the lab getting immersed in these verses I'm
right in the light brighter than the light and the mom and I'm working on
like an even a on assignment they copy tale like I'm Simon no walkie talkie I'm
Stan hitting it from the back before I'm Dante would get the Majid symbol from
Dragon Ball Z tattooed on his hands to serve as a reminder that even the
darkest of powers can be used for good with the right mental mindset I'm da
day's been a part of the YouTube family for over a decade now having launched
his original channel I'm Dante gaming back in 2009 where he posted gameplay
videos live streams and commentaries now by 2015 he was branching out to a
full-blown react channel known simply as I'm Dante by expanding upon his role as
Entertainer well I'm Dante he began hosting interviews roasts and even more
reviews only reason why I saw it guess why my girlfriend and I didn't like it I
mean it is for what it was it was just awkward to watch like and that one scene
where he's like hmm it was the success of this channel
and a subsequent relationship with rappers like X that helped expand I'm
Dante's brand and turned him into a YouTube legend knows legion of fans also
known as the bucket tears they might feel like they already know him from the
content he creates but we here before they are famous but we thought it was
time we reached into his past to find out where he came from and how he found
his success then we got in contact with I'm Dante and we asked him a series of
questions so this video it's actually a bit of a collab Brett I can't I can't
express it enough how crazy it is how this started from a garage what's going
on guys it's point Michael cretin back at it again with a brand new before
they're famous that recent drops they include flight reacts which blew up so
if you enjoyed this video be sure to check that out one next well Jake I said
this in a bunch of requests including cash nasty so we'll be working on those
and these videos if they keep doing as well as flight reacts well we might have
to make a new YouTube reaction collection we're thinking about titling
it before they react it what do you think no nothing
alright forget it let's just jump into our exclusive story of I'm Dante's
blow-up so let's roll that intro
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I'm Dante was born Dante Anthony s bridge on September 2nd 1992 in Norfolk
Virginia at Norfolk General Hospital for the first couple years of his life Dante
he actually lived with his grandparents who cared for him in New Jersey until he
was old enough to attend kindergarten knows at this age that his mother Teresa
Etheridge well she would move him and his three sisters mahogany Monet and nya
back to Virginia with her now growing up his favorite hobbies and pastimes they
include writing his own lyrics to rap songs which he would then perform over
the radio I got a mouse in that glow in the dark
I got a weed in it like the sport oh wait oh wait oh wait I got a pillow cuz
my back be hurting in his damn chair oh and of course playing video games every
chance you got cats D wire exactly when I say not to be forward ready green wire
in three two one go it was biggest influences at the time were a series of
three actors Will Smith Chris Tucker and Jim Carrey know Dante believes that his
sense of humor it comes from Chris Tucker I got that for the longest time
growing up bro you know you look like Chris Tucker
especially when like Chris Tiger was doing movies and all his movies it was
coming out like the rush hours and stuff like that like yeah god is alive well a
sense of exhibition and performance well that comes from my man Jim Carrey ya
know like Jim he was voted the class clown and this sense of humor it not
only got him into trouble a lot of the time but it also got him dubbed the most
likely person to be on Comedy Central in his senior year but it was his
relationship with Will Smith that really opens up a door into Dante's mindset
because he always wished that Will Smith had been his real-life dad something
that I hey you know what you ain't gonna do no no you know ain't like I'm still
five years old you know ain't like imma be sittin up every night asking my mom
when's daddy coming home you know who needs him looks like The Fresh Prince
we'll Dante he didn't really ever get a chance to know his father now he doesn't
even remember his name he was never really a factor in his family's life he
got locked up early and when he was released well he would only visit on
weekends now around the time that Dante was in middle school his father he just
stopped coming around all together now thankfully for Dante well his mom was
still around to pick up the slack she worked her ass off as a nurse during the
day and as a single mother at night now where her hard work and perseverance
would ensure that she would always be able to provide for her family and she
kept them as safe as possible despite the effort his mom was putting in every
day well da day he was understandably adversely affected by not having a
father figure in his life now he was in a bad place mentally speaking now even
though it's never a child's fault when something like this happens he blamed
himself and wished he could understand what he did to make his father disappear
now living his life with this heavy baggage constantly pulling him down well
it was difficult and he acted out at school as a result no Dante he attended
lads down in Virginia Beach from elementary school up until high school
well they're his favorite class it might surprise you was actually math because
he always was ahead of the rest of the class and he was taking part in advanced
lessons now when he finally graduated high school Dante he found himself in a
bit of a crossroads in his heart she knew that he wanted to give being a
comedian and a rapper a shot but his mom she wanted him to think realistically
there she convinced him to give College a go so Dante he attended a local
community college and he majored in criminal justice now at the time he
aspired to be a cop fire later a doctor anything that the world
would always be in need of now despite sticking with it for quite a while well
Dante he ended up dropping out after a few semesters just a few credits shy of
having an associate's degree now Dante his first job out of school well it was
that Wendy's where he worked the grill no it was during this time that he first
started dabbling with YouTube now his next job it was as a janitor at a local
hospital and then as a sales associate at Sherwin Williams which is a painting
company now while working at this company we'll Dante he came to the
absolute lowest point now he hated his life and everything about it
he felt useless and he felt unloved his home life wasn't right and his
self-esteem was bottoming out after years of being bullied at school now
that pain and depression he carried with him followed him into work every day and
working these jobs that he had no passion for well it only made things
worse now at that time Dante he decided to end
it all yeah he tried to take his own life after posting this picture to his
Instagram yeah shit just got very very real
now that was supposed to be the last picture he ever took thankfully not only
for himself but his legion of fans it was not no after taking such drastic
action well Dante he sat down and he talked things out with his mom though
she wanted to see him doing something that would make him happy and agreed
that he could have one year to chase his dreams as long as he was working on the
side though he didn't make it then he would enroll back at college and finish
his degree that will drive him to work a few days later he sat in the parking lot
and he thought to himself I'm not doing this anymore you only live once he then
decided to go all in on his dreams of quitting his day job and focus on
YouTube full-time for the first time in his life will Dante he had a clear goal
and purpose he chose I'm Dante is this YouTube handle because and stick with me
here well that's his name so yeah no hidden meaning here or anything like
that actually when I started my channel it
was mr. mccredle Michael and it was like 2009 why was I trying to be so
professional I don't know there from that point on it's been a pretty steady
climb to the top for Dante now his gaming videos they caught on and he
found such success that he was able to branch out to create a new channel that
focused more on his personality than just his gaming skills he formed
relationship with rappers like xxxx ecstasy on who through their support
behind his come up and then they started engaging with his other passions such as
actually creating his own music and if the story isn't making you feel good
just yet well he was also able to find love as well no Dante he met his girl
Danielle before he made it big as a youtuber and she stuck with him through
thick and thin that's the best grab a girl on the come-up or before the
come-up know they've been together for over nine years now and as you can see
from that clip well they were even planning to get married next month
before coronavirus reared its ugly head but the world for everyone god damn you
coronavirus can we have anything nice at least let my boy Dante get married I
mean the kid deserves that well I think that's where we're gonna wrap up this
video here because this is before they're famous my name is Michael Cretu
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