Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. is currently one of the top-rated live streamers on YouTube. He has been providing his viewers with some of the most exciting streams focused on Gaming, reaction, conversations, and IRL streaming. But he does have the tendency to fall into controversies and people remember him widely for them. Recently, IShowSpeed gifted a $10,000 TikTok gift and helped an old woman pay her taxes which won his fans’ hearts.
Speed has been organizing some of the most viral streams for some time now. That has helped him garner millions of views on his IRL and casual streams. The streamer also crossed the 21 million mark on YouTube and was awarded the Variety Streamer of the Year Award in the Streamy’s which were some of his greatest achievements.
Darren has always wholeheartedly been involved in philanthropic activities. He is always seen to give away a bunch of money to the people in need. Let’s dive in to know how his TikTok live with a granny went down.
IShowSpeed helps an old woman pay her taxes
IShowSpeed included a variety of entertaining content during his latest livestream on YouTube. He also made sure to jump into people’s TikTok live gifting them a ton of TikTok gifts. He decided to speak to a granny he found going live on TikTok and gift her some extreme TikTok Gifts. So he requested and commented to add him to the live and talk to him.
With the help of her granddaughter, she proceeded to add Speed to her TikTok live. Speed immediately declared that he had been thinking about gifting her the biggest gift. Granny was down for the gift but Speed challenged her to bark on live in order to get the gift. The granny was so chill and proceeded to give a small bark for speed.
🚨| WATCH: Speed reduces an old woman to tears after giving her a $10,000 TikTok gift and a $500 CashApp payment to help pay her taxes!
We made the right person famous ❤️ pic.twitter.com/51eaffkXvq
— Speedy HQ (@iShowSpeedHQ) October 23, 2023
Speed was elated and proceeded to gift her a TikTok universe. Darren wanted her to dance to celebrate but the granny ended up just thanking him for the gift and stated that she loved him dearly. The old woman also proceeded to ask that she needed some money in her Cash App and explained that she had to pay almost $1000 in taxes.
But Darren wanted her to answer a question and claimed that he would immediately send money in CashApp. Speed asked her “What is Cristiano Ronaldo’s number on the back of his jersey?”. She was quick to answer “7” and Speed immediately sent her $500 via Cash App. Darren asked the granny to make sure her granddaughter gave her the money so she could pay the taxes.
The old woman stated that she loved him, her granddaughter loved him, and her entire family loved him. She also asked Speed to join her TikTok live more often and proceeded to invite him to her house to have some quality family time.
IShowSpeed helps a single struggling Indian mother
IShowSpeed recently visited India to embrace the country’s culture, meet a ton of Indian fans, and cheer Virat Kohli during the India-Pakistan cricket match. While roaming around the streets of India at night, Speed found a single Indian mother and her family struggling for money. Darren immediately proceeded to hand her over a ton of cash, wanting her to keep it and stay safe.
IShowSpeed giving money to a mother on the streets of India. 🇮🇳 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/3OHgegffjr
— DramaAlert (@DramaAlert) October 19, 2023
The Indian mother burst out in tears and explained that she was in need of the money as her husband had left her some time ago. Speed gave them all hugs and insisted on keeping grinding and staying safe. The online community was extremely happy with Speed’s generosity and stated that they had made the right person famous.
