IShowSpeed revealed on the Club Shay Shay podcast with Shannon Sharpe that he became a millionaire at just 16 years old. The now 21 year old streamer, real name Darren Watkins Jr., said the first thing he did with the money was buy his mom a house back in Ohio. Speed said he gave up on school in his sophomore year and put everything into streaming, going live every single day without caring about anything else. His mother wasn't on board at first. After his earliest viral clip hit 30,000 views, she gave him an ultimatum: quit streaming or leave the house. With just 2,000 subscribers at the time, he chose to leave and moved in with his father in Detroit. He told Sharpe he was never the type to care about chains or designer clothes, and at 16 he didn't even want a car because he didn't like to drive. "I just kind of had money," he said. His net worth is now estimated at anywhere between $15 million and $40 million depending on the source, built entirely from YouTube, brand deals, music and his record breaking global tours #reelheadline #pubity #viral