Quenlin Blackwell

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Quenlin Blackwell
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Born (2001-01-17) January 17, 2001 (age 24)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations
  • Influencer
  • YouTuber
  • Comedian
Years active2015–present
YouTube information
Channels
GenreTalk
Subscribers2.31 million
Total views185 million
TikTok information
Followers11.5 million [1]
Likes727.3 million [1]
Last updated:February 9, 2025

Quenlin Riquera "Quen" Blackwell [2] (born January 17, 2001) is an American influencer, YouTuber and comedian. She first found success on Vine as a teenager in the mid-2010s with comedic videos before shifting to other social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok. She has been nominated for a Streamy Award.

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Life and career

Quenlin Blackwell was born on January 17, 2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio. [3] [4] She began posting videos online at age nine. [5] She attended Allen High School in Allen, Texas. [6] In 2015, when she was 14 years old, Blackwell started posting comedic videos on the video sharing platform Vine, where she gained over 500 thousand followers in the mid-2010s. [7] [8] Her online presence first began to gain traction when she posted a video of herself falling during a cheerleading stunt. [5] When Blackwell was 17 years old, she moved to Los Angeles, California. [9] Following the shutdown of Vine, she became popular on Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. [3] As of 2023, she has over eight million followers on TikTok and over one million subscribers on YouTube. [10]

Blackwell starred in the music video for SG Lewis and Lucky Daye's song "Feed the Fire" in November 2020. [11] In February 2021, Blackwell signed with United Talent Agency. [10] Also in 2021, she was nominated as Breakout Creator at the 11th Streamy Awards and participated in the YouTube Originals reality competition series No. 1 Chicken, hosted by YouTuber FaZe Rug. [12] [13] She was one of the hosts of YouTube's Coachella livestream in April 2022 and modeled for the lingerie brand Savage X Fenty's December 2022 campaign. [14] [15] She appeared alongside other Internet personalities in the music video for "360" by Charli XCX in 2024. [16] That year, she was cast as a guest star in a television pilot created by Rachel Sennott for HBO. [17] Blackwell joined British singer-songwriter Charli XCX on stage at the 2025 67th Annual Grammy Awards in her star-studded performance of Von Dutch/Guess alongside many influencers and celebrities like Alex Consani and Julia Fox. [18]

Personal life

In October 2020, a then-19-year-old Blackwell and the then-41-year-old American record producer Diplo posted videos about living with one another, which fans online decried as Diplo grooming Blackwell, though both denied that they had a relationship beyond being friends. [19] Diplo clarified that Blackwell was renting a property from him and that there was no romantic relationship between the pair. [20]

In May 2024, Quenlin's older brother Jairyn Blackwell passed away in a homicide shooting. He was 30 years old. [21]

References

  1. 1 2 "quenblackwell TikTok Profile". Social Blade. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Quenlin Blackwell - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "The Rise of Quen Blackwell". Sennheiser Newsroom . March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ Trey. "Quenlin Blackwell is in her bad bitch era". Dazed. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  5. 1 2 DuBose Morris, JoliAmour. "Stop Scrolling, it's Quen Blackwell". Office Magazine. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  6. ↑ Pyeatt, Coleman. "Queen Quenlin". The Eagle Angle. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  7. ↑ Leupold, Dennis (November 25, 2022). "Generation V: Quen Blackwell". V . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  8. ↑ Canzona, Carissa (March 1, 2023). "Quenlin Blackwell reflects on internet comedy career during PPC, BAS event". The Pitt News . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  9. ↑ Lil Nas X (January 5, 2023). "Quenlin the Entertainer". Highsnobiety . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  10. 1 2 Chikhoune, Ryma (February 23, 2021). "The Latest Gen Z Internet Star to Sign With Hollywood Agency UTA". WWD . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  11. ↑ Kelly, Dylan (November 19, 2020). "Alton Mason and Quen Blackwell Star in SG Lewis' New Video". Paper . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  12. ↑ Chan, J. Clara (October 20, 2021). "YouTube Streamy Awards: MrBeast Leads With 7 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  13. ↑ Weiss, Geoff (September 10, 2021). "FaZe Rug's New YouTube Original Looks A Lot Like 'Fear Factor' For Influencers". Tubefilter . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  14. ↑ Parkel, Inga (April 23, 2022). "How to tune into the Coachella 2022 live stream". The Independent . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  15. ↑ Kim, YeEun (December 1, 2022). "Latto Fronts Savage X Fenty's December 2022 Campaign". Hypebae . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  16. ↑ Frank, Jason P. (May 10, 2024). "Help! Help! It's an 'It' Girl Explosion!". Vulture . Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  17. ↑ Otterson, Joe. "Leighton Meester, Quenlin Blackwell Join Rachel Sennott's HBO Comedy Pilot (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Charli XCX Made It Rain Underwear During Her 'Brat' Performance at the 2025 Grammys". ELLE. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  19. ↑ Song, Sandra (October 27, 2020). "Diplo Responds to Quenlin Blackwell 'Grooming' Accusations". Paper . Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  20. ↑ Dupre, Elyse. "Diplo, 41, Responds After TikTok's Quenlin Blackwell, 19, Says She's Living With Him". E! Online. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  21. ↑ Gumbert, Damon (May 11, 2024). "Police: 30-year-old man dies after shooting in Springfield Township". WLWT. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
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