DeStorm Power

DeStorm Power
DeStorm Power in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1982-01-30) January 30, 1982 (age 35) Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Origin	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, comedian, athlete, director, beatboxer, ghostwriter, actor
YouTube information
Years active	2006–present
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Associated acts	Snoop Dogg, Taye Diggs, Talib Kweli, MysteryGuitarMan, Freddie Wong, Ray William Johnson, Smosh, Kina Grannis, Tay Zonday, Nice Peter, The Annoying Orange, PSY, Alphacat, Boyce Avenue, Christina Grimmie

DeStorm Power (/dæjstɔːrm/ DAY-storm; born January 30, 1982) is an American YouTube personality, musician, viner and comedian. His channel, DeStorm Power, has over 1.8 million subscribers and over 250 million views.

DeStorm comes from Baltimore where he lived with his mother and seven siblings.

After interning and ghostwriting at Atlantic Records, Universal, and various other record labels, Power set out to establish himself as a performer, using YouTube as a platform to share his singing, songwriting, and production skills with the online community. Power's videos are typically comedic, and also often incorporate rapping and beatboxing. He was an accomplished triple jumper and Master personal trainer, and was notably invited to the Olympic Trials. Power appeared as Mr. T in the first season of Epic Rap Battles of History as well as rap artist Kanye West (symbolizing the Ghost of Christmas Present) in the YouTube series' third season and Shaka Zulu in the fourth. He is also the founder of the Multi Channel Network Forefront.TV which focuses on urban lifestyle and music. He also has a son, Tayvion Power. His mother died in 2008 of stomach cancer.