Tim Chantarangsu (born March 6, 1986), formerly known as Timothy DeLaGhetto (was also previously known by his musical name Traphik), is an American

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personality and rapper. He is best known from the

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comedy show ''

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'' where he was a cast member from 2013 to 2018 and 2020 to 2021. Chantarangsu is also known as the co-host of the food-based web shows ''Basic to Bougie,'' ''Deliciousness'' on

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, and ''Send Foodz'' on

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. His career started on

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where he uploaded comedic videos and original music.

Early life

Chantarangsu was born in

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, to parents of Thai heritage. He was raised in

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, until the age of nine before moving to

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, where his parents opened the Thai Smile restaurant. He attended

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and went on to attend

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but dropped out to pursue an entertainment career. In 2011, Chantarangsu was fired from his job at a

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for tweeting that their new uniforms were "lame". As a child, he developed a business plan modeled after

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, 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 ''

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''. Chantarangsu's main YouTube channel had over 4.2 million subscribers and over 895 million video views .Timothy DeLaGhetto About page - YouTube
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, 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 235 million video views on his vlog channel. The channel consists of collaborations with other musical artists, songs from his albums and

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s, 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

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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

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Top 100 Channels, ranked at #64. Chantarangsu has participated in two episodes of ''

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'', as

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in Season 1 in 2011 and as

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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

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. The show was picked up by

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

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) * "Chillin Here in the Atmosphere" * "Magnetic" (with

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) * "Airplanes & Terminals" (with

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and G Seven) * "Pillow Pet"

Featured artist

* "Shut It Down" (with Chris Miles) * "My Fresh" (with Joanlee) * "Pajama Pants" (with

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, and

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)

Filmography

Additional reading

* 2018
Interview with Delaghetto about the "Adpocalypse"
''Heard Well''

References

External links

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