Evan Fong (born May 31, 1992), known online as VanossGaming (or simply Vanoss), is a Canadian
YouTuber
A YouTuber is a content creator and social media influencer who uploads or creates videos on the online video-sharing website YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006 ...
and musician. As one of the most popular
gaming personalities on YouTube, his videography consists of montage-style videos of him and other creators playing various video games, such as ''
Grand Theft Auto V
''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...
'', ''
Garry's Mod
''Garry's Mod'', commonly clipped as ''GMod'', is a 2006 sandbox game developed by Facepunch Studios and published by Valve. The base game mode of ''Garry's Mod'' has no set objectives and provides the player with a world in which to fre ...
'', and various titles from the ''
Call of Duty
''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter military video game series and media franchise published by Activision, starting in 2003. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-of ...
'' franchise. In 2011, Fong registered his gaming channel "VanossGaming" before signing with
multi-channel network
A multi-channel network (MCN) is an organization that works with video platforms to offer assistance to channel owners in areas such as "product, programming, funding, cross-promotion, partner management, digital rights management, monetizati ...
Machinima
Machinima () is the use of Real-time computing, real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. The word "Machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''machine'' and ''Film, cinema''. According to Guinness World Records, ma ...
early in his career. Fong was regularly the most viewed Machinima channel during his time with the network; "VanossGaming" was also one of the most subscribed channels on YouTube during the 2010s. Fong has since developed into a central figure in the video game commentary subculture.
Aside from YouTube, Fong produces music and performs as a DJ (formally under the name Rynx), specializing in
electric dance music (EDM),
downtempo
Downtempo (or downbeat) is a broad label for electronic music that features an atmospheric sound and slower beats than would typically be found in dance music. Closely related to ambient music but with greater emphasis on rhythm, the style may ...
and
indie electronic
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
genres. Additionally, he has starred in various animated shows including ''
Paranormal Action Squad
''Paranormal Action Squad'' is an adult comedy animated streaming television series from YouTube Premium starring the YouTubers SeaNanners, Mr. Sark, and VanossGaming, while YouTubers TheSyndicateProject and appear in guest starring roles. It ...
'' and ''Alpha Betas''. Fong co-founded the record label and management company Avant Garden Records and the entertainment company 3Blackdot; in 2015, he helped produce 3Blackdot's first video game, ''
Dead Realm
''Dead Realm'' was a horror-style game for the PC. The main gameplay consists of one player taking control of a ghost while the remaining players are humans who must avoid being haunted by the ghost. On August 27, 2020, 3BLACKDOT ended support ...
.'' He has also featured in other media, spanning from a mobile game partnership series to music produced by a co-creator.
Fong was nominated for "Trending Gamer" in
2014
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at
The Game Awards
The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony honoring achievements in the video game industry. Established in 2014, the shows are produced and hosted by game journalist Geoff Keighley. After working on its predecessor, the Spike Video Game Awar ...
and was nominated as the best in "Gaming" at the
8th
Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight.
Eighth may refer to:
* One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole
* Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet)
* Octave, an interval b ...
and
12th Shorty Awards
The 12th Shorty Awards were held on May 3, 2020 via an online live stream event. The event was originally scheduled to be held at 1515 Broadway Theater in New York City, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held virtually. The dig ...
. During the 2010s, he was often among the highest paid gaming YouTubers on the platform and in 2017, was recognized by ''
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...
'' as one of the top gaming influencers. As of March 26, 2025, his gaming YouTube channel has over 25.9 million subscribers and 16.4 billion views.
Early life
Fong was born on May 31, 1992 and raised in
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
,
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
; he is of Korean and Chinese descent.
When Fong was young, he played video games "here and there", which included children's adventure and puzzle titles such as ''
Freddi Fish
''Freddi Fish'' is a series of point and click games from Humongous Entertainment. The series began in 1994. Freddi Fish is an anthropomorphic yellow fish who takes on detective investigations throughout the series. Her best friend, a green fish ...
'' and ''
Pajama Sam''.
Later in his youth, he played ''
Duke Nukem 3D
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a 1996 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by FormGen for MS-DOS. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published ...
'' and said it was the first "violent game" he played; Fong frequently used
cheat codes
Cheating in video games involves a video game player using various methods to create an advantage beyond normal gameplay, usually in order to make the game easier. Cheats may be activated from within the game itself (a cheat code implemented by ...
such as 'God-mode' or 'unlimited ammo' to make the game more enjoyable.
He graduated from
Richmond Hill High School and studied economics at the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
, but he later dropped out in his second year to focus on his YouTube channel as a full-time commitment.
He said that his parents were initially concerned that he was neglecting his studies in favor of producing content for his YouTube channel, admitting that "Even though there's a lot of potential for somebody starting a YouTube channel it's obviously not a guaranteed path."
Fong used to play ice hockey. He started when he was six and played it competitively for many years before he started his YouTube channel.
Fong spent several years playing in the
Ontario Junior Hockey League
The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada. It is under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL).
The league dates back to 1954 where i ...
where he played for four different teams,
Villanova Knights
The Caledon Admirals are a Junior 'A' ice hockey team based in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
History
Henry Carr
The Admirals lineage traces back to the Henry Carr Crusaders. Like the Toronto St ...
(2009–2010),
Vaughan Vipers
The Vaughan Vipers were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
History
In 1991, the expansion Royal York Rangers joined the Central Jr. B league, which became the Ontario ...
(2010–2011),
Dixie Beehives
Dixie Beehives are a pair of defunct junior ice hockey teams from Weston, Ontario, Canada, which is now part of Toronto, Ontario. They played in the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and the Central Junior B Hockey League.
Jr. A Beehive ...
(2011) and
Aurora Tigers
The Aurora Tigers are a Canadian ice hockey team from Aurora, Ontario. They play in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. The team has previously played in the Metro Junior B Hockey League, Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, Canadian Jun ...
(2011–2012).
As a
forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Smal ...
, he played 127 games, scoring 24 goals, whilst racking up 49 assists, and 73 points.
Fong revealed that whilst playing at youth level, he played against future
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
(NHL) players
Tyler Seguin
Tyler Paul Seguin ( ; born January 31, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Growing up in Whitby, Ontario, Seguin began playing hockey in a house leag ...
and
Jeff Skinner
Jeffrey Scott Skinner (born May 16, 1992) is a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), left winger for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Carolina Hurricanes and Buffalo ...
whilst the duo played in the
Greater Toronto Hockey League
The Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), formerly known as the Metro Toronto Hockey League, is a minor level ice hockey organization based in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. The league was founded in 1911 as the Beaches Hockey League by ...
with the Toronto Nationals.
YouTube channel

Fong created the VanossGaming channel on YouTube on September 15, 2011. The name "Vanoss" comes from
VANOS
VANOS is a variable valve timing system used by BMW on various automotive petrol engines since 1992. The name is an abbreviation of the German words for ''variable camshaft timing'' ().
The initial version (retrospectively renamed "single VANOS ...
, a
variable valve timing
Variable valve timing (VVT) is the process of altering the timing of a Poppet valve, valve lift event in an internal combustion engine, and is often used to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions. It is increasingly being used in combina ...
system produced by German automobile company
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th ...
;
Fong's father used the alias "vanoss62" on a
PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). It is the successor to the PlayStation 2, and both are part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. The PS3 was first released on ...
, which his son later adopted for his own.
Fong began to receive mainstream media attention as his channel approached 11 million subscribers in 2015.
Speaking at the time, he suggested that his success could be credited to the fact that "Viewers really like the authentic type of content from regular people just playing games because they can relate to that".
Fong's channel is said to capitalize from the "subculture of young people
hat
A hat is a Headgear, head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory. Hats which incorpor ...
are tuning out of TV" and preferring online content, specifically
video game commentary.
Fong signed with the
multi-channel network
A multi-channel network (MCN) is an organization that works with video platforms to offer assistance to channel owners in areas such as "product, programming, funding, cross-promotion, partner management, digital rights management, monetizati ...
(MCN)
Machinima
Machinima () is the use of Real-time computing, real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. The word "Machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''machine'' and ''Film, cinema''. According to Guinness World Records, ma ...
early in his career and was their most viewed channel in December 2015. On April 30, 2015, Fong announced on
Twitter
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that he had signed with Jetpak (stylized as JETPAK),
an MCN founded by former YouTubers
Adam Montoya
Adam Montoya (born June 12, 1984), better known as SeaNanners, is an American YouTuber.
Career
Early life and work
After graduating from San Diego State University, Montoya did freelance work such as filming weddings. During this time, Adam, ...
and
Tom Cassell
Thomas George Cassell (born 23 June 1993), known online as Syndicate, is an English YouTuber and Twitch streamer. Regarded as one of the earlier known Internet celebrity, gaming personalities, his videography consists of Let's Play videos on ' ...
, along with several former Machinima employees. Fong released a new logo for the VanossGaming brand in November 2015, the "owl themed" design is based on his
Grand Theft Auto Online
''Grand Theft Auto Online'' is an online multiplayer action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 1 October 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, 18 November 2014 for PlayStation 4 and Xbo ...
avatar,
which is also available to play as on ''
Watch Dogs: Legion''.
Fong's content has earned him multiple award nominations, including two
Shorty Awards
The Shorty Awards (also known as "The Shortys") are awards for outstanding and innovative work in digital and social media content by brands, advertising agencies, and creators. The awards, which generally focus on short-term content, honor achiev ...
for Tech and Innovation, under the category of Gaming, losing out to
Rooster Teeth's Let's Play and NoisyButters in 2016 and 2020 respectively.
On March 6, 2015, he appeared on the "YouTube Gaming Evolution" panel at
PAX East
PAX (originally known as Penny Arcade Expo) is a series of gaming culture festivals involving tabletop, arcade, and video gaming. PAX is held annually in Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, and Melbourne. Previously, it was also held in San Anton ...
in
Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
, Massachusetts, alongside panelists W1LDC4T43, Lui Calibre, Mini Ladd, TheBajanCanadian and JeromeASF. He has been recognized as a central figure in the subculture of video game commentary, with publications attributing his massive popularity to his sense of authenticity.
Video content and analysis
The majority of VanossGaming videos take the format of a montage or compilation, featuring various clips from a particular game session, usually featuring other video game commentators.
The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press (CP; , ) is a Canadian national news agency headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Established in 1917 as a vehicle for Canadian newspapers to exchange news and information, The Canadian Press has been a privately-held company, pr ...
described "a typical Vanoss video" as one that features "Vanoss and a group of friends chatting, laughing and making jokes over gameplay from popular titles such as ''
Grand Theft Auto V
''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...
'' or ''
Call of Duty: World at War''."
Among a variety of content, Fong posts ''
Garry's Mod
''Garry's Mod'', commonly clipped as ''GMod'', is a 2006 sandbox game developed by Facepunch Studios and published by Valve. The base game mode of ''Garry's Mod'' has no set objectives and provides the player with a world in which to fre ...
'' exploit videos, often exploring and performing in different landscapes on user-created content servers, his content is an exceptional case in which player productivity can result in substantial monetary remuneration.
According to
City University of Hong Kong
The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is a public research university in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and formally established as the City University of Hong Kong in 1994 ...
scholar Peter Nelson, this form of content, for which Fong pioneered, is a manifestation of modern business development.
Nelson claimed in 2017 that "the spectacle of self-referentiality and pastiche
ithin the game itselfis emblematic of the cultural logic of
late capitalism
The concept of late capitalism (in German: ''Spätkapitalismus''), also known as late-stage capitalism, was first used by the German social scientist Werner Sombart (1863–1941) in 1928, to describe the new capitalist order emerging at that tim ...
".
Fong's YouTube success symbolises a quantifiable outcome in
sandbox game
A sandbox game is a video game with a gameplay element that provides players a great degree of creativity to interact with, usually without any predetermined goal, or with a goal that the players set for themselves. Such games may lack any objec ...
play, it is an example of modern entrepreneurship which capitalises on ''GMod's'' extended depth within the logic of the internet.
Fong never shows his face, but collaborates with other players and creators.
His presence on the social platform is a part of a sophisticated, but lucid, 'food chain'; he is an established gaming genre YouTuber which feeds beginner content creators with his genre and formatting ideas, contributing to 'YouTuber content branches'.
Themes of established creators, such as Fong, Swedish YouTuber
PewDiePie
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (born 24 October 1989), better known as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber, best known for his gaming videos. Kjellberg's popularity on YouTube and extensive media coverage have made him one of the most noted online pe ...
and English creator
KSI
Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji (born 19 June 1993), better known by his online alias KSI, is an English influencer, professional boxer and musician. He is a co-founding member of YouTube group the Sidemen, the CEO of Misfits Boxing a ...
, are distributed across the 'food chain' as exemplars for success, notably with formatting and genres involving humour sketches, parodies, highlights and compilations.
Alongside PewDiePie and
Sky Does Minecraft, Fong's channel was credited for the substantial growth in popularity of gaming content on YouTube during the 2010s; in 2018 the genre was the fourth most popular category on the platform.
Fong's genre appeals mostly to boys and adolescents, with males accounting for over 80% of viewership in 2018.
The format exhibited by Fong and similar creators has been described as a form of improvisational-comedy and as a madcap approach to the original style of video game commentary.
Whilst they have been strong commercial advisories as they produce content within the same genre, PewDiePie's output has key differences to Fong's content.
His footage nearly always feature his online friendship group within a small variety of games, whereas PewDiePie's footage usually features himself alone within a larger variety of games.
When explaining why recording with friends improves his content, Fong in 2015 compared watching a movie by yourself to watching one with friends, saying "I'll laugh a lot more with friends as opposed to just watching by myself", also mentioning that his particular group of coworkers makes his content unique.
Fong's social impact on boys and adolescents was analysed and published in the ''
New Media & Society
''New Media & Society'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the fields of sociology, media, and communication. The journal's editor-in-chief is Steve Jones (University of Illinois at Chicago). It has been in publication since 1999 and is p ...
'' journal in 2018.
Fong's content is mainly "fast, funny moment videos" which compile the highlights of gaming sessions with his friends, eliminating what he calls "downtime" or uninteresting content.
He uploads this format over '
let's play
A Let's Play (LP) is a video (or screenshots accompanied by text) documenting the playthrough of a video game, often including commentary and (in some cases) a camera view of the gamer's face. A Let's Play differs from a video game walkthrough ...
' content because young people have short attention spans and busy lives, the 'montage format' can be a "quick and funny video", which is far more engaging and is "exciting the entire time".
Due to the nature of this format, he can spend almost an entire day searching, compiling and editing his content which in his view is a high quality video, and for larger projects, this process can take almost an entire week.
Popularity and wealth
During 2015 and 2016, VanossGaming was one of the
most subscribed channels on the YouTube.
On June 29, 2015, he was the 18th most subscribed channel on platform, he was also the 6th most-subscribed channel which was not 'branded', ranked behind only
PewDiePie
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (born 24 October 1989), better known as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber, best known for his gaming videos. Kjellberg's popularity on YouTube and extensive media coverage have made him one of the most noted online pe ...
,
HolaSoyGerman,
Smosh
Smosh () is an American YouTube sketch comedy-improv collective, independent production company, and former social networking site founded by Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. In 2002, Padilla created a website named "smosh.com" for making Flas ...
,
JennaMarbles and
nigahiga
Ryan Higa (born June 6, 1990), also known as nigahiga ( ), is an American internet personality. Best known for his comedy videos on YouTube, Higa began making YouTube videos in 2006 and was one of the most popular creators on the platform in i ...
.
The American business magazine ''
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...
'' named Fong as one of the gaming industry's top influencers in 2017.
During that year, Fong earned approximately
US$15.5 million from his YouTube channel, making him the second highest paid YouTuber on the platform behind only
DanTDM
Daniel Robert Middleton (born 8 November 1991), better known as DanTDM (formerly TheDiamondMinecart), is a British YouTuber, gamer, and author. He is primarily known for his Let's Play videos, particularly those featuring ''Minecraft'', ''Robl ...
, who pulled in $16.5 million the same year. In 2022, he had an estimated net worth of $25 million according to
Slice. As of March 26, 2025, the VanossGaming channel has over 16.4 billion views and 25.9 million subscribers.
''Vanoss Crew''
Fong often plays games with friends and collaborators, many of which feature frequently in his content. The "Vanoss Crew" have developed into some of the most recognizable gaming YouTubers on the platform, with the group collaborating on a selection of multiplayer games and producing merchandise that feature the group's logos and catchphrases.
YouTubers that have appeared regularly in Fong's videos include
Nogla, Mini Ladd, Terroriser, H2ODelirious, I AM WILDCAT, BasicallyIDoWrk, Moo, and Fourzer0seven.
Other projects

Fong co-founded the entertainment studio and marketing firm 3Blackdot (stylized as 3BLACKDOT, or 3BD for short) in 2013 with fellow YouTubers
Tom "Syndicate" Cassell and
Adam "SeaNanners" Montoya.
The studio has produced a selection of video games including ''Zombie Killer Squad'', and the firm also matches advertisers with YouTubers through marketing and agency work. The production studio has worked on a variety of films, television programs and literature including co-financing and co-producing the critically acclaimed drama ''
Queen & Slim'' and creating intellectual property for the
''New York Times'' best seller ''
The Proudest Blue''. In 2017, the company was sold to the French online media company
Webedia
Webedia is a company specializing in online media, a subsidiary of the FIMALAC, Fimalac group based in Levallois-Perret, France.
Webedia is active in more than twenty countries including France (AlloCiné, Jeuxvideo.com, MGG (website), MGG, Pur ...
for "several tens of millions of
Euro
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s". The US$87 million valued company was sold again in 2022 to company CEO, Reginald Cash, making it one of the few black-owned media companies in America.
Developed by Section Studios and published by 3Blackdot, Fong, Cassell and Montoya partnered on a video gamed entitled ''
Dead Realm
''Dead Realm'' was a horror-style game for the PC. The main gameplay consists of one player taking control of a ghost while the remaining players are humans who must avoid being haunted by the ghost. On August 27, 2020, 3BLACKDOT ended support ...
'', a horror-style multiplayer PC game released via
Steam
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as an early release on July 30, 2015;
it was later fully released on May 25, 2017. Since the game was released, it has been reviewed over 4000 times on Steam, with a majority of the comments containing 'mixed' reviews.
Whilst promoting the game on their respective YouTube channels, Fong, Cassell and Montoya did not disclose their financial ties with the video game, failing to comply with
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) United States antitrust law, antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. It ...
(FTC) guidelines. Fong was the only promoter who made any attempt in disclosing his ties to 3Blackdot, mentioning in the text description of his first ''Dead Realm'' video: "We will also be releasing new ghost characters, human characters, and maps as time goes on...Thanks for all your support."
According to ''Gamasutra'' (''
Game Developer'' since 2021) with input from an FTC representative, the statement "probably doesn't cut it" as it was not clear, conspicuous or upfront.
On August 27, 2020, three years since its official release, 3Blackdot ended its support of the game, shutting down all of its servers and effectively discontinuing the game.

Between 2016 and 2017, Fong partnered with Spanish game developer
Social Point and his cofounded marketing agency 3Blackdot, to create the three-part animated series ''The Magic Tomato,'' to promote a mobile game developed by Social Point entitled ''Monster Legends.''
It was a series designed to grow outside of the integration which indirectly increased in-game user activity and drive game downloads.
The series featured Fong and co-creators H2ODelirious, Terroriser, I AM WILDCAT, Lui Calibre and sp00n.
By engaging the collective audience of 40+ million at the time, the animated-series and partnership was deemed a success and was later entered into the
9th edition of the
Shorty Awards
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under the gaming category.
Fong featured in an animated series entitled ''
Paranormal Action Squad
''Paranormal Action Squad'' is an adult comedy animated streaming television series from YouTube Premium starring the YouTubers SeaNanners, Mr. Sark, and VanossGaming, while YouTubers TheSyndicateProject and appear in guest starring roles. It ...
,'' written by
Michael Rowe, it aired on YouTube Red (
YouTube Premium
YouTube Premium (formerly Music Key and YouTube Red) is a subscription service offered by the American video platform YouTube. The service provides ad-free access to content across the service, as well as access to premium YouTube Originals ...
since 2018), on November 24.
The eight-episode series follows the 'paranormal enthusiast' duo Paul (voiced by Montoya) and Eddie (Scott "Mr_Sark" Robison), as well as their owl-headed neighbor Vanoss (Fong) as they fight supernatural ghostly creatures.
''Bubbleblabber'' reviewer John Schwarz praised Fong and the cast's voice acting, but felt the show's overall premies was lost during the course of the series.
Fong, along with co-creators Brian "Terroriser" Hanby, Marcel "BasicallyIDoWrk" Cunningham and Tyler "I AM WILDCAT" Wine, produced and starred in an animated series entitled ''Alpha Betas.
'' Premiering on March 13, 2021, on the VanossGaming YouTube channel,
the show was created by Chris Bruno and David Howard Lee with production led by 3Blackdot and Starburns Industries.
The series follows ''Alpha Team,'' a
CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
-backed group of four gamers, Eddie, Tommy, Buck and Mason (voiced by Fong, Wine, Hanby and Cunningham respectively), as they play video games to keep the world in order through the world of gaming.
The series also features
John DiMaggio
John William DiMaggio ( ; born September 4, 1968) is an American actor. His various voice roles include Bender on ''Futurama'', Jake the Dog on ''Adventure Time'', Marcus Fenix in the ''Gears of War'' series, Dr. Drakken on '' Kim Possible'', ...
,
Chris Parnell
Thomas Christopher Parnell ( ; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Parnell found wider success during his tenure as a cast member on ...
and
Stephanie Beatriz
Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress. She is known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox/ NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021), Quiet in the Peacock action-comedy series '' ...
in a variety of supporting roles. Following the premiere, 3Blackdot ran a successful
Kickstarter
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campaign to fund the show, bringing in more than $1.3 million from over 8000 sponsors.
Music career
Fong co-founded the
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
based record label and management company Avant Garden Records with Brittany Crawford and Azad Naficy. Under the pseudonym of Rynx, he joined Avant Garden as an artist specializing in
downtempo
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,
electronic dance music
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(EDM), and
Indie electronic
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genres.
Fong released his first song on August 25, 2017, a
remix
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of "U-Rite" by hip-hop group
They
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(stylized as THEY.). He later released his debut single "Want You" featuring Miranda Glory on December 12.
During 2018, Rynx released a selection of remixes including reworks of the
Alison Wonderland
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song, “Cry”, and
Gallant's "Doesn't Matter". In July, Fong released his second single "I'm Alright" featuring vocalist Jimi Ono; the electronic single was released with a nightclub-school themed music video. The following year, Rynx produced five more singles including "Hold On" featuring They singer Drew Love,
"Read My Mind" featuring
Mainland
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(with an accompanying acoustic single),
"Club Poor" featuring
Tiny Meat Gang,
and "All for You" featuring
Kiesza
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In 2017, she was involved in a car accident in Toronto, suffering severe injuries that required her to ...
.
Rynx was gaining a reputation as an artist who could pit "cutting edge hip-hop ideas against lucid electronics to create something startling, and absolutely new" according to Robin Murray from the British-based music magazine ''
Clash''.
Fong released his debut studio album, ''In Pieces,'' on October 25, 2019
with a follow-up remix version on July 17, 2020.
Following a short hiatus, Fong returned to music production to release music under his real name, and released the single "Spawn!" in January 2025.
Selected videography
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
Guest appearance
Filmography
Awards and nominations
See also
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Internet in Canada
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List of Island Records artists
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