Introduction
Adin David Ross (born October 11, 2000) is an American internet personality and online streamer. He is known for his collaborations with celebrities and livestreams of the NBA 2K and Grand Theft Auto V video games. He previously streamed on Twitch where he was permanently banned in 2023. The same year, he signed a deal with Kick.
Early life
Adin David Ross was born to Jewish parents on October 11, 2000, in Boca Raton, Florida. He moved to New York City for a brief period of time, but decided to live in Three Rivers, California.
Career
Ross began regularly streaming on Twitch while living with his sister Naomi. He eventually joined an NBA 2K group called Always Excelling and met basketball player Bronny James through it. He gained popularity by playing NBA 2K20 with James and doing wager matches with other streamers and YouTubers.
In December 2022, Ross was in talks to interview Kanye West following his controversial remarks about Jewish people, but decided not to do so after West reportedly told Ross on a phone call: "you Jews aren't going to tell me what I can and can't say".
After influencer Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania on December 29, 2022, five people had been authorized to visit Tate in detention, including Ross, who said he was flying to Romania, but was denied access by the Romanian government. In March 2024, Ross said that Tate had told him he would leave the country soon, resulting in Tate and his brother Tristan being arrested to prevent them from fleeing the country. He later apologized to Tate during a livestream, saying that he "really really fucked up".
In 2023, shortly before his permanent Twitch ban, Ross began streaming on Kick. He generated controversy for livestreaming Super Bowl LVII and opening the Pornhub website while streaming.
On March 4, 2024, Ross dared a 19-year-old man to drive his car into the Burrard Inlet at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody, Canada. After the police were notified, the man was arrested at the scene. The incident received negative attention from those who visit the park.
Ross has hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes on his show.
On August 2024, Ross interviewed former president Donald Trump on his stream on Kick while wearing a Make America Great Again hat expressing his support for him, as well as telling his viewers to vote for Trump on the upcoming November presidential election. The stream had 500,000 concurrent viewers at its peak during the live. During the interview Trump talked about various topics ranging from issues effecting the United States and globally, many individuals from politicians, other world leaders, to people in US pop culture. Towards the end, Ross gifted him a Rolex watch and a Tesla Cybertruck to which he escorted him outside to the driveway where it was parked with Trump’s raised fist photograph during his attempted assassination imprinted on the vehicle. Though it remains unclear if Trump accepted them due to campaign contributions under federal law capped at $3,300. They briefly entered the vehicle and listened to songs together on Trump’s Spotify playlist, including California Dreamin by the Mamas and the Papas. Before exiting and ending the stream off by dancing to the Y.M.C.A (song).
Twitch bans
On April 10, 2021, Ross was banned from Twitch after YouTuber Zias answered a phone call and Ross called Zias a homophobic slur. Ross defended himself from the ban by saying to Twitch staff that he did not say the word and was not in the room at the time. Twitch clarified that based on this information he would be allowed to stream. His followers started trending the hashtag #FreeAdin on Twitter in an attempt to pressure Twitch's decision. His ban was lifted on April 12, 2021.
Over a year later, on April 20, 2022, Ross was banned indefinitely due to the use of "hateful slurs or symbols", owing to Ross's use of a homophobic slur on Twitch streamer YourRAGE's livestream. He was able to resume streaming in June 2022.
Ross was banned from Twitch for the eighth time on February 25, 2023, this time permanently, for "hateful conduct", after he showed his unmoderated Kick live chat on stream, which was flooded with racist and antisemitic messages by viewers.