Tim Chantarangsu, better known as (Timothy DeLaGhetto) and also formerly known as (Traphik) is a Asian-American comedian, rapper, actor, videographer, and internet personality best known for his comedy videos and music on YouTube. As of Season 5, he is one of the recurring cast members on the improv comedy show Wild 'N Out on MTV and MTV2.
Career
Timothy's YouTube channel has over 3,000,000 subscribers and over 700,000,000 total video views as of 2017. It features skits, parodies, rants, vlogs and a series called "Dear DeLaGhetto". He also became one of the new cast members since the revamped fifth season of Wild 'N Out on MTV2. Timothy also hosted his own show, "The Timothy De La Ghetto Show" which aired on MYX TV. DeLaGhetto hosted his own talk show on YouTube, All In. Tim was also known for one of his characters "Chunk Dirty". Timothy voice acted on the animated web series "Powerhouse", in which he voices himself. Timothy was also featured on a song titled "Pajama Pants" by "WNO" creator and host, Nick Cannon, which features rappers Migos and Future. In 2015, Timothy became one of the new cast members on the fifth season of the MTV2 show, Guy Code. He has also had numerous appearances in the MTV2 series, Joking Off and also filmed a stoner comedy film titled "The Pizza Joint". He has appeared on 2 different videos for Nice Peter's Epic Rap Battles Of History. In 2017, he also hosted a web series titled Goin' Raw, that is available on the "Fullscreen" app.
Trivia
- He is currently the only Asian cast member on the show, he wasn't for a while when new cast member, Esther Ku joined the show on Season 6 for a short period of time but she didn't return for Season 7 leaving him back to being the only one.
- He and former cast member, Akaash Singh also joined the Season 5 cast of another MTV2 show, Guy Code back in 2015.
- He is the first cast member to be featured on a song with host, Nick Cannon and the first one to perform during a Musical Guest performance.
- He won the "Favorite Cast Member" poll for the Best of Wild 'N Out 2015 special.
- He has appeared in 9 episodes of Season 5, 13 episodes of Season 6, 12 episodes of Season 7, 14 episodes in Season 8, 11 episodes in Season 9, and will appear in 15 episodes in Season 10.
- He is referred to as "Tim DeLaGhetto" in the opening credits as of Season 8.
- In August 2017, he got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Chia Habte.