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Timothy DeLaGhetto

American YouTube personality, rapper, and comedian

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Tim Chantarangsu (born March 6, 1986), formerly known as Timothy DeLaGhetto and Traphik, is an American internet and television personality and rapper. He is best known from the improv comedy show Wild 'N Out, where he was a cast member from 2013 to 2018 and 2020 to 2021.

Chantarangsu is also known as the co-host of the food-based web shows Basic to Bougie and Deliciousness on MTV, and Send Foodz on Thrillist. His career started on YouTube, where he uploaded comedic videos and original music.

01Early life

Chantarangsu was born in Billings, Montana, to parents of Thai heritage. He was raised in Long Beach, California, until the age of nine before moving to Paramount, California, where his parents opened the Thai Smile restaurant. He attended Paramount High School and went on to attend California State University, Long Beach but dropped out to pursue an entertainment career.

In 2009, Chantarangsu was fired from his job at a California Pizza Kitchen in Long Beach for tweeting that their new uniforms were "lame". As a child, he developed a business plan modeled after Will Smith, which he called the "Fresh Prince Format"; the plan outlined three career objectives: get a record deal, a television show, and a movie deal.

02YouTube

His former stage name, Timothy DeLaGhetto, was inspired by an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Chantarangsu's main YouTube channel had over 4.2 million subscribers and over 926 million video views as of October 14, 2025. It features original skits, parodies, rants, and a series called Dear DeLaGhetto.

As of March 31, 2024, Chantarangsu had produced over 1,100 vlogs, and has garnered approximately 1.26 million subscribers and over 240 million video views on his vlog channel. The channel consists of collaborations with other musical artists, songs from his albums and mixtapes, and a series called Weekly 16's. In 2017, he retired his rap alias "Traphik".

His style channel, also known as The Bakery, has over 234,000 subscribers and over 16 million video views. The channel is composed of his fit-of-the-day videos, clothing collections and style videos and interviews with fellow sneaker fans called "Kickin' It". One of his newest video ventures includes an animated web series named Powerhouse in which he plays himself.

In 2014, Chantarangsu's YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #64.

Chantarangsu has participated in two episodes of Epic Rap Battles of History, as Kim Jong-Il in Season 1 in 2011 and as Sun Tzu in Season 4 in 2015.

Chantarangsu began regularly uploading his dating and relationship podcast, No Chaser, onto his main YouTube channel and other podcasting platforms in February 2019. His regular co-hosts include 97.7 KWIN host Nikki Blades and YouTuber Ricky Shucks.

He co-hosts the food show Send Foodz with fellow YouTuber David So. The show was picked up by Thrillist shortly after its initial debut on Chantarangsu's channel and airs every other Thursday.

In April 2020, Chantarangsu announced that he was retiring the "Timothy DeLaGhetto" moniker and would begin using his birth name professionally.

03Discography

Albums

  • Rush Hour (2009)

Mixtapes

  • The First Mixtape (2006)
  • Will Rap for Food (2007)
  • MixedApe (2010)
  • Cruise Control (2012)
  • No Jokes (2014)

Soundtrack

  • High School Sucks: The Musical Soundtrack, 2011

Singles

Featured artist

  • "Shut It Down" (with Chris Miles)
  • "My Fresh" (with Joanlee)
  • "Pajama Pants" (with Nick Cannon, Migos, and Future)

04Filmography

Films
Year Film Role Notes
2006 Thai Smile Tim Main Role
2006 The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift Himself Cameo
2014 Isa Big Boy
2015 The Pizza Joint Thomas Main Role
2016 Bad Rap Himself Interviewee
2016 The Perfect Match Himself
2016 Laid in America MC
2020 Guest House Thadius Baker
2025 High School Sucks: The Musical Ayo
Television
Year Program Role Notes
2011 The Timothy DeLaGhetto Show Himself Host
2013-2018,
2020-2021
Wild 'n Out Himself Cast member
2014 Love That Girl!
2014 Retail Co Star
2014 Million Dollar Maze Runner Himself Host
2015 Guy Code Himself
2019 Apple & Onion Lil' Noodle
2020-2022 Deliciousness Himself Co-panelist with Angela Kinsey and Kel Mitchell
2023 Discontinued Himself
2026 The Varnell Hill Show George
Web
Year Program Role Notes
2011-2012 Powerhouse Tim Main role
2012 Awkward Black Girl Waiter Episode: "The Waiter"
2016 Escape the Night Season 1 The Mobster Main role; YouTube Originals series: 8 episodes
2016 Thai Machine Himself Main role
2017 Goin Raw with Timothy DeLaGhetto Himself Main role; Fullscreen Original series
2014-present JustKiddingNews Himself Main role; Web series: various episodes
2018-present Basic to Bougie Himself Main role; Co-host with Darren Brand
2018-2021 Send Foodz Himself Main role; Co-host with David So
2019 Escape the Night Season 4 The Con Man Main role; YouTube Originals series: 3 episodes

05Additional reading

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