DeStorm Power is an American

United States

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 YouTube

YouTube

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 personality.  He is the 44th most subscribed user as well as the 8th most subscribed musician on YouTube.

History

DeStorm was born in Arlington, Virginia.  After intern

Intern

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ing and ghostwriting

Ghostwriter

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 at Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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, Universal

Universal Records

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, and various other record label

Record label

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s, DeStorm set out to establish himself as a performer, using YouTube as a platform to share his singing

Singing

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, songwriting, and production skills with the online community. Power's videos are typically comedic, and also often incorporate rapping

Rapping

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 and beatboxing

Beatboxing

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.  Prior to his online success, Power was an accomplished triple jump

Triple jump

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er and Master personal trainer

Personal trainer

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, and was notably invited to the Olympic Trials.

DeStorm

DeStorm's YouTube channel, registered under the username DeStorm, has over 1,000,000 unique subscribers, and is used primarily for his musical endeavors.  It is currently the 8th ranked music channel on YouTube."What's up World?"—DeStorm's catch phrase—can be heard at the start of every video. Power often composes and performs covers of well known songs or creates content for major brands such as Pepsi, GE, Yahoo and Nintendo. Power also creates original content based upon subscribers' challenges and suggestions, like name dropping various movie titles

My Life is Like a Movie

"My Life is Like a Movie" is a Hip hop song written and recorded by DeStorm Power. It is about his personal struggles and his rise to fame. Like most in the genre, the song follows standard 4/4 timing. It is currently DeStorm's most successful single to date.-Background:DeStorm wrote this song on...

.  Power occasionally collaborates with other popular YouTube personalities and recording artists, such as  Mystery Guitar Man

Joe Penna

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, Freddie Wong

Freddie Wong

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, Ray William Johnson

Ray William Johnson

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, Nice Peter

Nice Peter

Nice Peter is a self described "Comic/Guitar Hero" best known for the musical comedy on his YouTube channel, . As of November 2011 he is the 39th most subscribed of all time and the 11th most subscribed musician with over 1 million subscribers...

 and Kina Grannis

Kina Grannis

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. Powers also competed in a commercial contest hosted by Heinz Ketchup and was a finalist. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-08-11/local/17932935_1_big-prize-heinz-ketchup-power-s-video

DeStormTV

DeStormTV, DeStorm's second YouTube channel is used primarily for blogging, motivational, and behind the scenes videos.  As a former personal trainer and Olympic level triple jumper, Power also gives fitness tips to the 200,000+ subscribers of this channel. 

Notable Videos & Collaborations

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Awards & Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Outcome
2011	American Music Awards	New Media Honoree (Male)	Himself