Matthew Hayes

Hayes in 2024

**Matthew Hayes** (born June 8, 2000), better known by his online persona **RenegadeHayes** (stylized **Renegade Hayes**) is an American gamer, musician, technology enthusiast and aspiring content creator, singer-songwriter and streamer. Primarily called the **Renegade** by his online friends, he is the founder and chief executive officer of the mass media and entertainment company Renegade Hayes Corporation, and has full control of the company's operations. He is also the leader of Team Renegade (his fanbase), and will operate the Renegade Content Creation Network (RCCN) through Renegade Hayes' RCCN Inc. unit and its RCCN Studios sub-division.

Born in a city 60 miles northwest of Boston, Massachusetts, he came up with the name Renegade Hayes while playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Renegade Roundup battle mode, and simply combined the word 'renegade' and his future last name. He currently resides in a small town in New Hampshire, with plans to move out of the state in the spring and return to his old stomping grounds.

In music, Hayes will release mainly pop and rock music under his own name, while his alter ego DJ Simbz is focused heavily on EDM and hip hop, and his musical ensemble The RH Sound Team (Renegade Hayes' musical arm) is focuses on various genres, especially including film score. On December 1, 2023, Hayes released his debut LP and holiday album Sounds of the Season, Vol. 1 through the RH Sound Team.

Hayes manages four channels - RCCN, RCCN Two, RCCN Xtras and Renegade Hayes. He wants to predominantly do gaming and technology content on the RCCN as those are his primary interests, while he wants to branch out to animation, comedy, cooking, films, game shows and sports. He would prefer to do documentaries on RCCN Two, news-related videos on Xtras and vlogs on the Renegade Hayes channel.

## **Trivia**

* As he was born in 2000, Hayes is part of Generation Z.
* Hayes is primarily of British, French and Scandinavian descent, with a little bit of African.
* Hayes is autistic. He sometimes has trouble answering questions due to his condition.
* Hayes is a huge fan of the National Football League; his all-time favorite players are Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Justin Jefferson, Mike Evans, Davante Adams, Christian McCaffrey and Travis Kelce. He originally was a big fan of Tom Brady during most of his Patriots tenure, but turned against him after he continued playing into his 40s. He has a lot of favorite teams in the NFL, but his primary favorite teams from each conference are the Buffalo Bills (because of Allen), Cincinnati Bengals (because of Burrow), Kansas City Chiefs (because of Mahomes and Kelce) and New England Patriots (because he's from New England) in the AFC, and the San Francisco 49ers (because of McCaffrey), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (originally because of their defense and current uniforms, now because of Evans) and Philadelphia Eagles (because of Hurts and offensive linemen Jason Kelce, Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson) in the NFC. He also manages a fantasy football team in his family league, and wrapped up his sixth season with a fourth-place finish. He watches a lot of NFL Network, including RedZone, during the regular season.
* Hayes is a superhero fan. His favorite DC superheroes are Batman and the Flash, and his favorite Marvel heroes are Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Rocket Raccoon.
* Hayes' favorite video game characters are Yoshi from the Mario and Yoshi franchises, and Red from Angry Birds.
* Hayes’ dream cars, if he ever decides to drive in real life, are a red Lexus RX 350L AWD SUV as his primary vehicle during the fall, winter and spring, a red Cadillac Escalade V-Series as his primary family vehicle, and a red Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring as a summer vehicle. He would like to start off with a blue Nissan Altima or Honda Civic but he currently prefers having others transport him due to his fear of crashing the car and getting mad at dumb drivers on the road. He only likes driving in video games that involve vehicles, such as Euro Truck Simulator 2, GMod and GTA 5.
* Hayes' favorite music genres are EDM, hip-hop, pop, R&B and rock, although he does like classical, film score, jazz, Latin and reggae.
* Hayes personally prefers a Mac over a PC for video editing and music production with Apple Final Cut Pro, NewBlue Titler Pro and Logic Pro with Wondershare Filmora as a backup, and Windows exclusive for gaming and livestreaming, so he would like to get a powerful enough Apple silicon Mac and gaming PC for his studio, in addition to a MacBook and Dell laptop for use outside the studio, mainly on the road, to be on par with other tech YouTubers.
* Hayes used an iPhone 11 Pro as his main smartphone from March 2020 to May 2023. He replaced it with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra on May 27.
* On August 31, 2022, Hayes tested positive for COVID-19. He fully recovered on September 10 that same year.
* On July 14, 2023, Hayes underwent surgery to remove one of his wisdom teeth. It was the first surgical procedure in his lifetime.
* Although his series The Animals features edited versions of the anthropomorphic animals from his favorite movies and video games, Hayes does ***not*** consider himself to be a furry.
* Hayes is a huge game show fan when football is not on TV. His all-time favorite game show is the Price is Right, hosted by his all-time favorite comedian Drew Carey.
* Hayes has a few dreams involving his imaginary friends Rocket, Simba, Yoshi and Red. He once had a dream that he almost drowned in a flooded Los Angeles until Yoshi and Rocket saved him and brought him back home to New England via helicopter.

## **Discography**

### **The RH Sound Team**

* *The Christmas EP* (2023)
* *Sounds of the Season, Vol. 1 (2023)*