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WIXP | |
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 WIXP in 2024 | |
| Born | Jason Montez 18 September 2004 Round Rock, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Hutto High School |
| Occupations |
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YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2015-present |
| Genres |
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| Total views | 117.1K |
Last updated: 16 February 2024 | |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2023-present |
| Boxing career | |
| Other names | WIXP the Warrior |
| Years active | 2021-2021 |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Light middleweight |
| Height | 5 ft 8 (172 cm) |
| Reach | 68 in (172 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 1 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Losses | 1 |
Jason Montez (born September 18, 2004), known as WIXP, is an American YouTuber, Music Artist, and Amateur Boxer.
Early Life[edit]
Montez was born in Round Rock, Texas, and raised in Hutto, Texas. He graduated from Hutto High School[1], where he was a part of both A/V and Graphic Design, he was also a part of the “Hutto Now” Magazine Team as the Senior Designer. He obtained Adobe Certified Professional Certifications in “Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop” and “Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator” as well as a Certificate of Achievement from The Texas Art Education Association for placement in the 2022 Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE)
Career[edit]
Boxing[edit]
Montez had his debut Amateur bout on October 23rd, 2021 at Rock Sports Arena in Round Rock, Texas as a part of "THE 3RD ANNUAL HEART OF TEXAS SHOWDOWN" Amateur Boxing Event, joint-hosted by Macias Boxing Academy and South Texas Amateur Boxing Association[2]. He ultimately ended losing the bout via split decision to a boxer with 5 previous bouts.[3]
Since his debut, there have been bouts rumored that have fell through as well as a canceled San Antonio Golden Gloves 2023 appearance.
Music[edit]
Released Music[edit]
Montez released his debut single "Taking Chances" on May 17th 2023 [4]on all platforms. He later released a Soundcloud exclusive single titled "Patience" on July 31st 2023[5] with a co-feature from Chac, the reasoning for being only available on Soundcloud is unknown but there are rumors about an all platform release in the future.
He later released his most acclaimed single "miss u 2" on November 1st 2023[6], also with a co-feature from Chac. This song was relatively more positively responded to compared to past releases.
Unreleased Music[edit]
Montez has since released numerous teaser/snippets for songs on Instagram stories[7] that haven't been confirmed yet but have been titled the following; "Not Enough", "Surrender", "Old Me", "Losing Control", "Drowned", "Long Time No See/Addiction", "Mercy", "Wasting Time", and "8AM" as well as an album without a confirmed released date, "WIXPWRLD"[8]
YouTube[edit]
2015-2017 (The Beginning)
Montez started to upload videos on to the video sharing platform YouTube starting in 2015 under the name "DaKing Plays". Most videos from this time have since been set as private or deleted. The highlight of this era was the Minecraft: Story Mode edits/livestreams that he uploaded at the time. To this day these videos have amounted over 25k views in total.[9]
2018 (Fortnite and FaZe Apex shoutout)
Starting off the year with a video shout-out from FaZe Apex [10]as well as the massive increase of popularity of Fortnite, he started to upload Fortnite gaming videos featuring challenges[11] as well as Fortnite music videos[12][13][14]. In the last quarter of the year, he took on the rebranding from "DaKing Plays" to "WIXP".
2019-2020 (#FaZe5 and Music Mashups)
This is when he began uploading mashup videos of songs. These videos consisted of a mix of artists on different songs to create remixes of said songs. Most of these mashups consisted of Rap artists like Eminem[15], Tupac,[16] and XXXTENTACION[17], but also consisted of other artists from different genres as well like Billie Eilish[18] and Selena[19]. With the Faze5 Recruitment challenge[20] hosted by FaZe Clan going on, he started to live stream numerous games way more frequently in the time being, mostly Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019), as well as dropping a My Strange Addiction parody skit titled "#FAZE5 | MY STRANGE ADDICTION : FAZE CLAN[21]". He also began to start vlogging in a series that was quickly ended.[22]
2024 (The Return)
After a 3+ year hiatus from YouTube, Montez began uploading again starting on New Year's Day of 2024. The video ended up being a surprise release Vlog with no prior announcement of the video being released. The vlog mostly consisted of a mini interview with local Austin barber Cason Tyson (KingCT)and a haircut transformation.[23]
References[edit]
- ^ 2023 Hutto High School Graduation, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ "The 4th Annual Heart of Texas Showdown". usaboxing.webpoint.us. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ Taking Chances, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Patience (with chac), retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ WIXP (Ft. Chac) – Miss u 2, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ We Are Number One But in Minecraft Story Mode, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ FaZe Apex Shouted me out?! *not clickbait* *emotional*, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Tactical SMG Only, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Frick Da Police (Fortnite Music Video), retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Fortnite N Chill (Fortnite Music Video) #FortniteNChill, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Angel By XxxTentacion (Fortnite Music Video), retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Infinity (888) (Eminem Single), retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ In My Feelings (Feat. Tupac), retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Earfquake (feat. Playboi Carti, Tupac, XXXTENTACION), retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Angel (feat. Billie Eilish), retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ California Love (Feat. Selena), retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Clan, FaZe. "FaZe Clan Wraps A Successful 2020 With #FaZe5 Challenge Drawing Astounding Viewership Numbers & Six New Members". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ #FAZE5 | MY STRANGE ADDICTION : FAZE CLAN, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ VLOG #1 | I needed THIS to start my career + unboxing, retrieved 2024-02-16
- ^ Celebrity Barber transforms me for 2024 w/ Cason Tyson, retrieved 2024-02-16