Tim Chantarangsu (born March 6, 1986) better known as Traphik and Timothy DeLaGhetto, is an Asian-American rapper, comedian, and videographer. Aside from rapping, he produces and acts in many comedy videos which are uploaded to his YouTube channel. He is now one of the cast members on MTV2's Wild 'N Out.
About
Tim's main YouTube channel has over 2.5 million subscribers and over 577 million video views as of August 3, 2014, once being in top 100 most subscribed of all time in the early 2010's. It features original skits, parodies, rants, and a series called Dear DeLaGhetto. His most popular video has over 78 million views. Chantaransgu also has a vlog channel, a music channel and a style channel.
As of September 4, 2014, Chantarangsu has produced over 400 vlogs, and has garnered approximately 860,000 subscribers and over 110 million video views on his vlog channel. The channel consists of collaborations with other musical artists, songs from his albums and mixtapes, and a series called Weekly 16's. His style channel, also known as Tim's Bakery, has over 170,000 subscribers and over 10.8 million video views. The channel is composed of his fit-of-the-day videos, clothing collections and style videos and interviews with fellow sneaker fans called "Kickin' It". One of his newest video ventures includes an animated web series named Powerhouse in which he plays himself.
His channel has been so influential that he was one of the hosts of "YouTube Icon" in 2013.
He appeared in an episode of the popular YouTube Channel Epic Rap Battles of History Rapping as Kim Jong-il against Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
He still does YouTube along with being in a relationship with his girlfriend.
Other Channels
Tim currently has two other channels TheTimothyDeLaGhetto Which he uses for his Vlogs and "Random" videos and TraphikMusik in which he uses to upload his music.
Meaning behind his YouTube User Name
He uses the name TimothyDeLaGhetto2 because in the Season 1 episode 7 "Def Poet's Society" of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will uses the name "Rafeal de la Ghetto" in Which Tim adjusted to make his own. The number "2" was added because his first YouTube account which was just "TimothyDeLaGhetto" was closed.