Rutzy

N. André WestConfirmed by Spotify bio: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6q3J56PbvmlQwWEsfvp42c (born: ), known as Rutzy and formerly as rutzqwezex and andrewest, is a English YouTuber who mainly uploads meme and music related content.
==History==
===Beginnings===
André created his channel as andrewest on August 26, 2019, and began to post videos in June 2021. His first videos were joke tutorials, for instance on how to walk and open doors, mixed in with short videos about completely random topics. On June 28, 2021, he published "MAOAM STRIPE REVIEW", a 6 minute review of the different flavours of Maoam Stripes (a popular candy in the UK). It remains the longest video on his channel. In November, he made a video disparaging No Nut November, but earlier, at the end of October, he had made a video encouraging people to participate. At the very beginning of 2022, André changed his channel name from andrewest to rutzqwezex.
===Growth===
In 2022, his content began to shift towards slightly longer videos, presenting his takes on plastic pollution and the Will Smith slapping incident. During the spring of 2022, he made several meme-based videos that gained decent traction compared to before. On May 30, 2022, André uploaded "Rutzqwezex's World", an updated version of Yakko's World (1993), where he names 197 sovereign states. It has 51,000 views as of 2024 and was, at one point, his most viewed video. He continued to make short videos about various topics, and his growth slowly increased.
On December 26, 2022, André posted "COMPLETE 2022 Meme Rewind", a remix of glue70's "Casin" set to various memes and notable events of 2022. The video was published to TikTok on December 29, where it gained a lot of traction, garnering 127,000 views.Page for deleted TikTok: https://imgur.com/a/Y1Hmb5E It was taken down the next day,Mentioned in a TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therutzy/video/7182884003890990342 but the YouTube video rapidly gained popularity and currently sits at over 480,000 views, making it his most popular video to date and accounting for around 78% of his total views. By the end of January 2023, he had hit 2,000 subscribers.
===Inactivity and present content===
In early 2023, André changed his channel name to Rutzy, shortened from rutzqwezex, for convenience. He was largely inactive for most of the year and his subscriber growth plateaued. He began to work on a 2023 rewind in December, but due to technical problems, it wasn't released until January 2024.Community posts on YouTube: https://imgur.com/a/4cpaoF1 He now makes short meme videos on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. On August 5, his 18th birthday, he published "PREDATOR SONG", a parody song listing several YouTubers, internet personalities and notable figures outed as or known for being pedophiles.
===Music===
On March 11, 2024, André announced his intention to release an EP. The EP in question, titled "Cool Side of the Pillow", was released on May 3, with the YouTube release being the next day, and consists of four instrumental tracks. During and after this time, he published some joke beats and some short form music memes.
==Trivia==
*André's profile picture is an photo of American trumpeter Ray Anthony with a Snapchat filter over it.
* In late 2021, André was RPing in a Discord server as a caveman named "Grugqwezex", which he changed to "Rutzqwezex" and made his new channel name in January 2022. It was shortened to "Rutzy" in 2023.
==Subscriber Milestones==
*100 subscribers - June 25, 2022
*500 subscribers - January 7, 2023
*1,000 subscribers - January 12, 2023
*2,000 subscribers - January 27, 2023
== References ==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Meme YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2019