Quenlin Blackwell

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Quenlin Blackwell
Born (2001-01-17) January 17, 2001 (age 23)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations
  • Influencer
  • YouTuber
Years active2015–present
YouTube information
Channels
GenreTalk
Subscribers2.03 million
Total views156 million
TikTok information
Followers10 million [1]
Likes660 million [1]
Last updated:August 9, 2024

Quenlin Riquera "Quen" Blackwell [2] (born January 17, 2001) is an American influencer and YouTuber. 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]

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. [18] Diplo clarified that Blackwell was renting a property from him and that there was no romantic relationship between the pair. [19]

In May 2024, Quenlin's older brother Jairyn Blackwell was killed in a homicide shooting at age 30. [20]

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