Introduction
Danny Duncan is an American YouTuber, prankster, and internet personality.
Early life
Duncan was born on July 27, 1992, in Englewood, Florida.
After graduating from high school, Duncan started working at Walgreens. Not liking his job, he started a YouTube channel on March 6, 2014, posting short videos about skateboarding and fixing the sport-related injuries. He was 22 at the time.
YouTube career
His videos and the humor caught attention of actor Jason Lee, who is a skateboarded himself. Lee suggested Duncan to take on acting professionally and build a YouTube fanbase.
Duncan regularly posted short comedy videos ranging from pranking people, to quizzing students –– mostly on the UCLA college campus –– about song lyrics to asking sexually suggestive questions.His channel, DuncanStrength, rose in popularity, and as of today (13 Sept. 2019,) it has over 2.95 million subscribers with over 499 million views. In December 2015, he posted a video "Going Down Stairs On A Hoverboard," which was the first of his works to have reached over a million views.
Falling With 30,000 Pennies, a video he posted in June 2016 is his most viewed video with over 25 million views. The prank video features him pretending to fall down while carrying a box of pennies in a public space.
In 2019, Duncan launch his line of clothing, named Virginity Rocks, in collaboration with Killer Merch –– the same company that handles operations for the numerous well-known celebrities including Jeffree Star, Lil Dicky, Kevin Hart, Eddie Van Halen, Joey Graceffa, Cody Ko and Noel Miller.
The line is available on Zumiez, as well.
Personal life
Duncan is based in Los Angeles, California and was brought up by a single mother in Florida. He has a sister and a half-brother. In August 2017, he bought his sister a new car, and posted the event in a video titled "Surprising My Sister With A New Car!"