Is IShowSpeed European? Streamer provides details about his ethnicity test results

YouTube star Darren "IShowSpeed" has provided details about his ethnicity test results, saying that he is 80% African and 20% European. During a livestream on November 10, 2025, the content creator announced that he would release a video revealing which countries were mentioned in his ancestry DNA results.

The 20-year-old stated:

"Chat, if y'all boys don't know, I do have 20% European in me. It may not look like it, but I have 20% European in me. I'm basically, chat, I can't show y'all right now, I'm basically 80% African and 20% European. I'm not telling y'all the exact countries yet, but that's the only thing I'm telling y'all. Right now, chat, y'all just going to have to wait for the video to drop! I'm going to tell y'all the countries. But, chat, that's the only thing that I'mma say. My DNA test results just came back, I am 80% African and 20% European. I'm not saying the countries, chat."

When IShowSpeed saw how his live audience reacted to his statements, he remarked:

"They think I'm capping! I swear to god, I'm not capping. I swear to god. On my life. On my life, I'm not capping! Y'all boys are going to see."

"It's crazy what I am" - IShowSpeed says he "knows where he's from" while talking about getting the results of his ethnicity test

At the six-minute mark of his livestream, titled LOCKED IN, IShowSpeed stated that he "knows where he's from" while discussing his ethnicity test results. The streamer asked his live audience to guess the country mentioned in his DNA test results, and added:

"I do want to tell y'all where I'm from. I want to y'all guess first! Just guess. But, like, it's crazy what I am, though. It's crazy what I am! I got, like, three... I got, like, four things. I got, like, four [unintelligible], it's like, crazy, bro! Like, chat, I know exactly what country I'm from. I know exactly, like, what countries that I have in me. Swear to god! And I was right!"