Timothy DeLaGhetto

Early life

Chantarangsu was born in Billings, Montana, to parents of Thai heritage. He was raised in Long Beach, California, until the age of nine before moving to Paramount, California, where his parents opened the Thai Smile restaurant. He attended Paramount High School and went on to attend California State University, Long Beach but dropped out to pursue an entertainment career.

In 2011, Chantarangsu was fired from his job at a California Pizza Kitchen in Long Beach for tweeting that their new uniforms were "lame". As a child, he developed a business plan modeled after Will Smith, which he called the "Fresh Prince Format"; the plan outlined three career objectives: get a record deal, a television show, and a movie deal.

YouTube

His former stage name, Timothy DeLaGhetto, was inspired by an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Chantarangsu's main YouTube channel had over 4.2 million subscribers and over 926 million video views . It features original skits, parodies, rants, and a series called Dear DeLaGhetto.

, Chantarangsu had produced over 1,100 vlogs, and has garnered approximately 1.26 million subscribers and over 240 million video views on his vlog channel. The channel consists of collaborations with other musical artists, songs from his albums and mixtapes, and a series called Weekly 16's. In 2017, he retired his rap alias "Traphik".

His style channel, also known as The Bakery, has over 234,000 subscribers and over 16 million video views. The channel is composed of his fit-of-the-day videos, clothing collections and style videos and interviews with fellow sneaker fans called "Kickin' It". One of his newest video ventures includes an animated web series named Powerhouse in which he plays himself.

In 2014, Chantarangsu's YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #64.

Chantarangsu has participated in two episodes of Epic Rap Battles of History, as Kim Jong-Il in Season 1 in 2011 and as Sun Tzu in Season 4 in 2015.

Chantarangsu began regularly uploading his dating and relationship podcast, No Chaser, onto his main YouTube channel and other podcasting platforms in February 2019. His regular co-hosts include 97.7 KWIN host Nikki Blades and YouTuber Ricky Shucks.

He co-hosts the food show Send Foodz with fellow YouTuber David So. The show was picked up by Thrillist shortly after its initial debut on Chantarangsu's channel and airs every other Thursday.

In April 2020, Chantarangsu announced that he was retiring the "Timothy DeLaGhetto" moniker and would begin using his birth name professionally.

Discography

Albums

• Rush Hour (2009)

Mixtapes

• The First Mixtape (2006)
• Will Rap for Food (2007)
• MixedApe (2010)
• Cruise Control (2012)
• No Jokes (2014)

Soundtrack

• High School Sucks: The Musical Soundtrack – 2011

Singles

• "Charlie Sheen" (with Jin and Dumbfoundead)
• "Chillin Here in the Atmosphere"
• "Magnetic" (with Tori Kelly)
• "Airplanes & Terminals" (with Andrew Garcia and G Seven)
• "Pillow Pet"

Featured artist

• "Shut It Down" (with Chris Miles)
• "My Fresh" (with Joanlee)
• "Pajama Pants" (with Nick Cannon, Migos, and Future)

Filmography

Additional reading

• 2018 - Interview with Delaghetto about the "Adpocalypse" Heard Well

References

References

1. (August 21, 2018). "The Wedding Day Vlog!".
2. (March 6, 2008). "Dear DeLaGhetto #21 (Birthday Edition!)".
3. Borge, Jonathan. (November 23, 2020). "MTV's Ridiculousness Spinoff Is Guaranteed To Make You Hungry—And Make You Laugh".
4. (February 5, 2010). "Timothy DeLaGhetto on Twitter: fun fact of the day- I was born in Billings, Montana".
5. Flint, Aaron FlintAaron. (2025-08-25). "Honduran Arrested After Slamming Into Billings Police Vehicle".
6. Lee, Steven. (September 18, 2019). "Timothy DeLaGhetto on Long Beach, Wild 'N Out, and California Pizza Kitchen".
7. Smith, Patricia. (May 13, 2013). "Facebook & free speech: what rights do workers and students have to speak their minds online? - Free Online Library".
8. (March 9, 2010). "New Event: Changing Da Game".
9. Truong, Kevin. (January 22, 2015). "Q&A: Timothy DeLaGhetto talks becoming YouTube sensation, mainstream star".
10. Ko, Nalea. (Nov 28, 2011). "Now, This is A Story About Timothy DeLaGhetto".
11. "Retiring "Timothy DeLaGhetto" (Not an April Fool's Joke lol)".
12. [https://www.youtube.com/user/TimothyDeLaGhetto2/about Timothy DeLaGhetto About page - YouTube]
13. {{YouTube. DaN4LrieCjo. "Call Me Maybe" (DIRTY PARODY)
14. (December 30, 2012). "Timothy DeLaGhetto's LIFE in VLOG form". [[YouTube]].
15. (September 2, 2012). "Traphik Musik". [[YouTube]].
16. (September 2, 2012). "Timothy DeLaGhetto's Style Channel". [[YouTube]].
17. (April 25, 2012). "Powerhouse". [[YouTube]].
18. "The NMR Top 100 YouTube Channels: 75-51!".
19. DeLaGhetto, Timothy. (February 27, 2019). "How to Friends w/ Benefits + Is Head Important? - Ep 1".
20. Spangler, Todd. (2019-02-11). "Thrillist Makes First Content Acquisition With Food Show From YouTube's Timothy DeLaGhetto, David So".
21. (24 February 2011). "El Cartel Thai Smile DVD".
22. (19 March 2014). "Telemundo Takes Audiences on a Modern Sci-Fi Adventure With ISA".
23. Lee, Vivian. (April 18, 2016). "Bad Rap, documentary about Asian American rappers, to premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival".
24. (February 4, 2011). "The Timothy De La Ghetto Show on MyxTV".