Dangelowallace

D'Angelo Wallace (born: ) is an American commentary YouTuber who is known for making videos on both traditional celebrity culture and internet pop culture, occasionally covering and reviewing music. 
He is known for his dry humor and his nuanced, analytical approach to discussing events that would normally appear on TMZ. Starting as an illustrator on the site making vlogs within the art community, D'Angelo created a reputation as a commentator who does not pull any punches. 
He currently runs three active channels: D'Angelo Wallace and dangelowallace (in lowercase) are dedicated to placing greater social context behind his topics (although dangelowallace is more laid-back and less tightly edited); whereas his third channel, D'Angelo, is for unscripted videos dedicated to topics that are less consequential. 
== Content==
He first gained fame for his illustration YouTube channel, which he launched in November 2017. He posted drawing tips alongside his illustrations and paintings on the channel.
Insider described Wallace as "a cancellation catalyst, pouring gasoline on outrage directed at internet stars". His commentary style has been compared to other YouTube commentators such as Cody Ko, Danny Gonzalez, Drew Gooden, and Kurtis Conner although his content has often balanced or combined trivia associated with YouTube commentary channels with more hard-hitting topics.
===Documentaries===
D'Angelo has been known for making a lot of "documentary" type of videos. He has made them on multiple different creators such as Jeffree Star, Shane Dawson, Jake Paul, Logan Paul,, Shallon Lester and more. His most popular documentary style video was about Shane's Instagram live stream which occurred right after Tati Westbrook's "BREAKING MY SILENCE ..." video which talks about Shane's behavior in the past.
Wallace also makes content on celebrities and YouTube drama. The YouTube channel, D'Angelo Wallace, was Wallace's main channel for a while.
However, the dangelowallace channel surged in views and subscribers after making the Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star videos even surpassing a million subscribers on July 29, 2020, around five days after the Shane Dawson video was uploaded. Because of this sudden blowup, the dangelowallace channel became Wallace's new main channel.
===Second channel===
Wallace started a second channel in 2020 to talk about non-art-related subjects. On this channel, which has since grown larger than the first, Wallace provides social commentary on YouTubers and influencers, as well as pop culture and general entertainment. One of his notable earlier videos included a discussion over the YouTube channel "Spill", a channel which discussed YouTube drama, and as to whether it was run by an individual or a corporation (the channel later said it was run by a corporation).
===On Cuties===
His first video to be featured on YouTube's "Trending" tab was a critique of Cuties, a film which he claimed encouraged child exploitation. The film had been the subject of a broader right-wing "culture wars" controversy in the United States.
===Dramageddon===
In July 2020, Wallace was "one of the loudest voices holding [Internet personalities Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson] accountable for their past behavior" and produced videos – first on Star, then Dawson – deconstructing the role each played in the controversy between beauty gurus James Charles and Tati Westbrook. 
Wallace's criticism of Charles and Star's role in the controversy, known as Dramageddon, was praised for its extensive documentation of facts and evidence, and shaped "how millions of YouTube fans now view the three beauty gurus and their drama". Following his video on Dawson (the first video on the subject), Wallace's subscriber count went from 630,000 to 1 million. Now, he has a total of 3.28 million subscribers across his two channels.
In April 2021, due to significant developments in the situation regarding James Charles and the beauty guru community, D'Angelo announced on Twitter that he would be deleting the three documentaries out of a sense of maintaining journalistic integrity, stating that while he "went off every piece of information available at the time," nobody could have forseen the new details that would eventually arisen.
===Influencer-19===
He has been critical of the action of some social media influencers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with his video Influencer-19, published on the 1st of February 2021, being highly critical of those who broke public health and safety restrictions enacted because of the pandemic.
== Personal life==
He grew up in San Antonio, Texas. After being homeschooled, D'Angelo started university at the age of 15 and finished it by the age of 19, receiving a degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in 2018. 
==Controversy==
===Feud with Turkey Tom===
In November 2019, D'Angelo posted a tweet accusing YouTuber Turkey Tom of using anti-Semitic remarks/imagery in his video on YouTube sponsors, which attracted antisemitic comments from his audience. 
The remarks in question included jokes made at the expense of Ethan Klein (who is Jewish) and a 20-second skit about the USS Liberty, an American research ship . Tom denied any anti-Semitic material was used in the video.
A few days later, D'Angelo leaked DMs from over the previous year showing Tom repeatedly using the N-word in a derogatory and racist manner, and commenting on how his higher Patreon tiers were for "Jews with deep pockets". 
Though D'Angelo did not initially have a way to verify the DMs, Tom admitted they were genuine. He denied any racism accusations, saying they were edgy jokes, that the DMs were "a year old" (despite some being more recent), and trying to claim that "saying the n word does not make you racist."
Afterwards, as most of this discourse took place over Twitter and their community tabs, D'Angelo posted a video providing an overview and his commentary to his YouTube following regarding what occurred, as well as recommending a video by drama YouTuber Bowblax which thoroughly documented much of what took place.
===Feud with Unnatural Vegan===
Unnatural Vegan made a videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oxiCENHLeM&t=1s&ab_channel=UnnaturalVegan critical of D'Angelo's videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFPRhok7dzY&ab_channel=D%27AngeloWallace on That Vegan Teacher called "D'Angelo Wallace is wrong about That Vegan Teacher". In the videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ac-BlC4ig&ab_channel=ObesetoBeast she compared racism to "Veganphobia", said gay people were hated for their "choices", said being gay was easier than being vegan and said TVT was just trolling. The video was mass disliked, currently sitting at 10K dislikes vs 1K likes. The followup videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rElOuAmEUs&t=11s&ab_channel=UnnaturalVegan she made addressing the situation was equally panned, having as twice as much as dislikes as likes.
D'Angelo himself commented under the video: 
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===Shallon Lester controversy===
D'Angelo Wallace made a videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-4NPyqpTOA&ab_channel=dangelowallace critical of her, highlighting all of her misdeeds. After the video, Shallon blocked him and accused him of posting her address and phone number on Twitter, despite there being virtually no other indications on Twitter (e.g., callouts from followers, account suspension) suggesting that D'Angelo had done so. When she was asked for proof, she refused to produce anything, claiming it was due to legal advice. D'Angelo made a video response to these allegationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys1EjAGzuDk&ab_channel=dangelowallace. In the video, he describes even morehttps://pastebin.com/e4bkTDp4 racist, predatory and illegal behaviour by her.
===Response to Hopeless Peaches===
In MangaKamen's video of YouTubers and trust, he criticized the comment he left under Peaches videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHU_8BS5Rdg&ab_channel=MangaKamen where he said Peach should apologize, which she already did. He also pointed out that due to the fact that he is a big name, people would take his word. 
== Trivia== 
* D'Angelo was nominated for the 2020 Streamy Awards in the commentary category.
*He appeared in the second episode of Emily Artful's Behind the Canvas podcast.
*His favorite Ashnikko song is Daisy.https://64.media.tumblr.com/7e5196acf4281ce7beae503ea31f8d84/c3f8e28dea76fbd4-5d/s640x960/bc8aa4bbff393973dda48f3c4774bed0b30df2bb.jpg
*He is a fan of The Legend of Zelda. He has appeared on camera cosplaying as Link in his Royal Guard outfit for three videos.
*In 2021 he deleted his videos on the James Charles and Tati Westbrook drama, due to the fact that some of James Charles' victims were the same age as his younger siblings and the matter hit too close to home, and that the situation had significantly evolved since the videos were posted.
==Subscriber Milestones==
===dangelowallace===
===D'Angelo Wallace===
==Gallery==
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Dangelogaurd.jpg|D'Angelo cosplaying as Link in the Royal Guard uniform in 2021.
==References==
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2017
Category:One million subscribers
Category:Two million subscribers