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The End Of An Era? DDG Says He’s Quitting YouTube To Focus On His Rap Career (Video)

<div>The end of an era&quest; DDG has shared that he will no longer create YouTube videos and plans to focus on his rap career&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ddg-rubi-rose-halle-bailey-shirt-song-way-too-petty&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">LISTEN&colon; DDG Says He Doesn&&num;8217&semi;t &&num;8216&semi;Want&&num;8217&semi; Rubi Rose After Addressing Her Halle Bailey Shirt Claims In New Song<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">How The Rapper&&num;8217&semi;s Decision Came About<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Earlier this week&comma; DDG took to Twitter to pose a question to his fans&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<div>&&num;8220&semi;youtube or music&quest; i can&&num;8217&semi;t do both no more&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CvIcYDzAgyG&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CvIcYDzAgyG&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Although commenters seemed to be 50&sol;50 on the decision — DDG confirmed in his latest YouTube video that it would be his last&period; Additionally&comma; the 25-year-old creator with 3&period;24 million subscribers wiped his entire channel clean of past vlogs and video content&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More Details Regarding DDG&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;Last YouTube Video&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In the video titled&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;0T-&lowbar;ByuL4os" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">My Last YouTube Video… &ast;&ast;I deleted everything&ast;&ast;<&sol;a>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; the rapper says he is more passionate about music than creating YouTube videos&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<div>  &&num;8220&semi;I was doing Youtube to eat&period; I was doing Youtube to pay my bills and make money&&num;8230&semi; if you told me right now you wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t make a dollar off rapping&comma; I would still do it&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t want no plan B&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><iframe title&equals;"YouTube video player" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;0T-&lowbar;ByuL4os" width&equals;"560"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The 25-year-old&&num;8217&semi;s decision comes on the heels of his latest single&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Famous&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which had some people criticizing his lyrics after he opened up about his insecurities in his relationship with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;halle-bailey-embraces-ddg-breakup-rumors&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;g8j72a&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NzQ0MTIwMDgwLjE2OTA1OTc5MjY&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY5MDU5NzkyNS4xLjAuMTY5MDU5NzkyNS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;">Halle Bailey<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<div>&&num;8220&semi;I been so insecure that I be thinkin&&num;8217&semi; you really be f&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;g n&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;s you in movies with&sol;&sol; But on the internet&comma; I just be coolin&&num;8217&semi; it&comma; but in my head&comma; a n&ast;&ast;&ast;a really losin&&num;8217&semi; it&sol;&sol; Gotta be payin&&num;8217&semi; good &&num;8217&semi;cause you keep doin&&num;8217&semi; it&comma; I might just tweet somethin&&num;8217&semi; just to ruin it&sol;&sol; I got a platform&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m abusin&&num;8217&semi; it&sol;&sol; It&&num;8217&semi;s a couple things about your job I wanna know &sol;&sol; When you shoot your movie&comma; do these n&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;s turn you on&quest; &sol;&sol; When you leave the set&comma; do y&&num;8217&semi;all still text each other phone&quest; &sol;&sol; Just because they filmin&&num;8217&semi; it&comma; it don&&num;8217&semi;t mean that it ain&&num;8217&semi;t wrong&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Many were appalled at the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s lyrics and suggested that Bailey break up with him&period; Additionally&comma; many social media users responded by calling DDG a &&num;8220&semi;failed rapper&period;&&num;8221&semi; However&comma; the 25-year-old reportedly addressed the criticism and explained that the song is just for &&num;8220&semi;entertainment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cuu6VkogWnx&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cuu6VkogWnx&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Rapper Addresses His Previous &&num;8220&semi;Twitter Antics&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>DDG is no stranger to clapping back on Twitter&period; Earlier this year&comma; the rapper reportedly found himself involved in a feud with content creator Solluminati&period; Solluminati fired shots at DDG&comma; claiming his name stood for &&num;8220&semi;Doo Doo Garbage&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>In each social media incident&comma; DDG&&num;8217&semi;s rap career appears to be the punchline&period; However&comma; his recent pivot could be an effort to prove the naysayers wrong&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Earlier this week&comma; the 25-year-old addressed his past behavior&comma; which may also point to some upcoming changes&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<div>&&num;8220&semi;Looking back on my Twitter antics and rants these pass few months ngl I was trippin&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CvP7fmwA&lowbar;4q&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CvP7fmwA&lowbar;4q&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Despite DDG&&num;8217&semi;s current success&comma; he has admitted that quitting youtube is a significant risk and could end his relevancy&period; Last year&comma; he ignited a heated Twitter debate when he said <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ddg-says-youtubers-and-streamers-earn-more-than-rappers-its-not-even-close&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;dz5cuh&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NzQ0MTIwMDgwLjE2OTA1OTc5MjY&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY5MDU5NzkyNS4xLjAuMTY5MDU5NzkyNS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;">YouTubers&sol;streamers<&sol;a> make more money than rappers&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ddg-says-youtubers-and-streamers-earn-more-than-rappers-its-not-even-close&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">DDG Says YouTubers And Streamers Earn More Than Rappers&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s Not Even Close&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<div>However&comma; 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