SomeBlackGuy

Derrick Pilot (born ), better known online as SomeBlackGuy, is an American commentary YouTuber who also hosts The Snark Tank podcast with Chris Ray Gun and Tom Sweeney. 
==Content==
Derrick's first video was of #Metalgatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sc4KTQrex8&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. Most of his videos were about music and being black, especially his opinions on the Black Lives Matter movementhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06RfSRQLiWs&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, racism in metalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx6NOElc7Zg&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYLTkcCv2KE&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, #OscarsSoWhitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S98uDvjT0Uk&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, cultural appropriationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q0OcWhIDF0&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy and Kanye Westhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEYVR3XyP4s&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. Derrick would also critique the regressive left for shutting down Trump rallieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Mg2KtB6bk&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy and Buzzfeedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUPs9fn6oBs&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. For a short while, he would also host a podcast named Horse & Apehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nMI33upFJw&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, where he would discuss more hot-button issueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuD-NIn0xY0&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy but it ended at the eight episodehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44zaHZ2a0Q&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy and had a gap of a year between the fourth and fifth episodes. He quickly gained subscribers, reaching 10K by May 3, 2016https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE4A2dTWGZw&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy.
He would continue to react to left wing-related content such as Anita Sarkeesianhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEWwZmMKyNw&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, fat shaminghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX1mD0mPa1A&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, women being hard to animatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn-skdimYvw&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, police brutalityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpQDOtI4KzE&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, racist climate changehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJSrUFOWVk&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, diversityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z09wp8IthsQ&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, Queer Kids Stuffhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVNJPvfcgxY&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, saying hello to women being sexual harassmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr3adUoLLaY&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy and Tumblrhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCXZFBi9is&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. Occasionally he would give his thoughts on current events and trending things in pop culture such as the hype for Pokemon Go (which he didn't understand)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ali6dEzkM&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy and the 2016 Orlando Pulsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOfLzvCVkmw&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy tragedy. 3 months later in August 2016 he reached 50K subscribershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVc2_eXfgkY&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy.
He considers himself an antifeministhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up1Rn6JzflE&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, and supported Hugh Mungus against Zarna Joshihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd6A398aBbQ&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. He is also pro-free speechhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owtvE8YwGg4&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, critiquing Riley J. Dennis for her stance on silencing those who oppose youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwoS_7j9B9Y&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. He follows YouTube drama, and gives his own opinions on it like the drama surrounding Daddyofivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zBlq0EDMXE&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, Tana Mongeau saying the n wordhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmfpSAeZuM8&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, JonTron VS Destinyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Ub3_N2xzg&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, Jake Paulhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_sukIakgPM&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy and if PewDiePie is really a Nazihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQfgTWLvkhU&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLxMEoWAg9g&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. He is also critical of Gamergate figures such as Zoe Quinn, and when Alec Holowka took his own life he made a video condemning his detractors.
Even though he is mostly critical of the left wing, he gives a lot of criticism to the alt right and conservative figures like Canadian white nationalist Stefan Molyneuxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGfiKBdLpkA&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. He is critical of conservative religionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMYNHekojos&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RJpW1stdAg&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, and called Kaitlin Bennet "a right wing SJW"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljn3sZ1xeoc&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. He considers Paul Joseph Watson a prude for his opinions on sexualizationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QycL2iTfRBs&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy and tattooshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIWE9cpQ2Rs&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy.
As of 2019, he began focusing more on media like gameshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfstOOIifC8&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, movieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJmbNmA4Oc&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy and streaming on his Twitch channel SomeBlackGaming. In 2021, he released his first music coverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owQpKV01GjE&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy. He has also covered Montero by Lil Nas X.
==Personal Life==
He was born in La Habra, California. He has one older brother. Derrick also has a heart condition known as Mitral Valve Prolapsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poR3OkPJnKk&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy, which he has been hospitalized for several times. In early 2021 he had to leave his house for said health reasonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYvLAibexwc&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy.
==Trivia==
*He used to date VictoriaxRavehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I3zKPlQGHg&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy
*He attended Vidconhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSxikm9Uf3A&ab_channel=SomeBlackGuy
*He claims to be nonpartisan
*He used to work for Amazon
==References==
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Reaction YouTubers
Category:Review YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2014