CINCINNATI, OHIO: In a recent livestream, IShowSpeed gave a shout-out to his father, Darren Watkins Sr's YouTube channel, named 'DaddySpeed', introducing it to his dedicated community of followers.
His father's channel gained 100k subscribers within a matter of seconds, showing his true influence of Speed in the online space.
Notably, the shout-out comes after a little misunderstanding between the two related to Speed's recent flashing incident.
IShowSpeed helps his father reach 100K subscribers on YouTube
In a recent livestream, IShowSpeed was seen connecting with his father, Watkins, over a call. During their interaction, he promoted his father's YouTube channel, 'DaddySpeed', which already had over 90k subscribers.
Speed promised that he would help him reach 100k subscribers as he said, "I mean, what, what can I do? My dad to my dad, his channel is DaddySpeed," aiming at his followers.
"You're at 98.2k, 98.6k, 98.9k.You at 99.3k. Dad, you about to hit 100k. You are 99.9k Dad... 100k," exclaimed Speed as he kept an eye on the number of subscribers on his father's YouTube channel.
Speed stated, "You get it, I swear, I swear," before adding, "You did it, Dad!" His father expressed, "Oh man, we did it," for reaching 100k in just a few seconds.
Fans react to IShowSpeed's shout-out for his father
When a clip from IShowSpeed's stream was posted on X (formerly Twitter), fans flocked to compliment the streamer.
One fan said, "W son W dad, so inspirational," with another adding, "Influence is crazy and his dad is proud of him."
"THAT WAS FIRE!!!!!!" wrote a user, while one more stated, "He’s dad is genuinely happy, W speed," hinting at how Speed's father sounded elated on the call.
"thats crazy, I was watching lol," expressed a follower, who probably watched the moment during the livestream, as another fan remarked, "When you’re big you’re big."
