| DeStorm Power | |
|---|---|
Power in 2011 |
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | DeStorm Power |
| Also known as | DeStorm |
| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Origin | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | YouTube personality, singer, rapper, songwriter, producer, director, beatboxer, ghostwriter |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | unsigned |
| Associated acts | Mystery Guitar Man, User:BboyLexa, Drake, Freddie Wong, Ray William Johnson, Smosh, Kina Grannis, Tay Zonday, Nice Peter |
DeStorm Power (pronounced day·storm) is an American YouTube personality and musician. He is the 44th most subscribed user as well as the 8th most subscribed musician on YouTube.[1] His channel, DeStorm, has more than 200 videos which, together, have been watched more than 140 million times.[2]
Contents |
Power was born in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] After interning and ghostwriting at Atlantic Records, Universal, and various other record labels,[3] Power set out to establish himself as a performer, using YouTube as a platform to share his singing, songwriting, and production skills with the online community.[4] Power's videos are typically comedic, and also often incorporate rapping and beatboxing.[5] Prior to his online success, Power was an accomplished triple jumper and Master personal trainer, and was notably invited to the Olympic Trials.[3]
Power's YouTube channel, registered under the username DeStorm, has over 1,000,000 unique subscribers, and is used primarily for his musical endeavors. It is currently the 8th ranked music channel on YouTube.[6] "What's up World?"—Power's catch phrase—can be heard at the start of every video. Power often composes and performs covers of well known songs or creates content for major brands such as Pepsi, GE, Yahoo and Nintendo. Power also creates original content based upon subscribers' challenges and suggestions, like name dropping various movie titles.[7] Power occasionally collaborates with other popular YouTube personalities and recording artists, such as Mystery Guitar Man, Freddie Wong, Ray William Johnson, Nice Peter, Kina Grannis and User:BboyLexa.[8] Powers also competed in a commercial contest hosted by Heinz Ketchup and was a finalist.[5] Power also appeared on a podcast 'Painkiller Already' on November 19, 2010.
DeStormTV, Power's second YouTube channel is used primarily for blogging, motivational, and behind the scenes videos. As a former personal trainer and Olympic level triple jumper, Power also gives fitness tips to the 200,000+ subscribers of this channel.[3]
| Title | Featuring | Upload Date (YouTube) |
|---|---|---|
| "Refresh the World" | DeStorm Power | August 10, 2010 |
| A video song created for the Pepsi Refresh the World Project, currently being aired on MTV, BET, and VHI. The instrumentation was made using solely the sounds created by Pepsi cans, boxes, etc. | ||
| "AMA's SONG" | DeStorm Power | October 3, 2010 |
| A video song commissioned specially for the 2010 American Music Awards. In this video, Power raps about the year's nominees. | ||
| "Get Crackin' with Wonderful Pistachios Commercial" | DeStorm Power | October 14, 2009 |
| Power's wining submission to the Wonderful Pistachios Get Crackin' contest | ||
| "Tag Your Green!" | DeStorm Power | October 4, 2010 |
| A video song for the General Electric Tag Your Green project promoting environmental responsibility. | ||
| "Airplanes – BoB & Hayley Williams of Paramore (Boyce Avenue & DeStorm cover)" | DeStorm Power, Boyce Avenue | January 14, 2011 |
| An acoustic cover of the song “Airplanes” by B.o.B with Boyce Avenue. | ||
| "Power Hour – Kanye West Parody" | DeStorm Power, Freddie Wong | August 18, 2010 |
| A song and video parody of the song “Power” by Kanye West with Freddie Wong. | ||
| "Making BLING Sexy!" | DeStorm Power, Vassy | August 23, 2010 |
| A song and video collaboration with the Australian R&B singer Vassy. | ||
| "Household Jam Session (MysteryGuitarMan and DeStorm)" | DeStorm Power, Joe Penna | November 24, 2009 |
| A song and video collaboration with Joe Penna, also known as Mystery Guitar Man, using random household objects. | ||
| "Finally Free ft. Talib Kweli" | DeStorm Power, Talib Kweli | November 28, 2011 |
| A rap song with a smooth hook featuring Talib Kweli. | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | American Music Awards | New Media Honoree (Male) | Himself | Won[9] |