| Intro | American Twitch streamer |
| A.K.A. | Steven Kenneth Bonnell II, Steven Bonnell |
| Is |
Internet personality Online streamer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Internet |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 12 December 1988, Omaha, United States of America |
| Age: | 31 years |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
Steven Kenneth Bonnell II (/bɒˈnɛl/; born December 12, 1988), better known by his online alias Destiny, is an American Twitch streamer, YouTube personality, political commentator, and podcaster. His most streamed games include League of Legends, Starcraft II, Black Ops 4, Terraria, and Apex Legends. He is also well known for his debates with other online personalities in which he discusses politics and other philosophical issues from a progressive point of view.
Career
Before taking off as a streamer, Destiny cycled through many careers including supervising in a restaurant, working in a casino, and carpet cleaning.
Destiny began his career as a livestreamer in January 2011 on the website Justin.tv. He was among the first people to commit to full-time streaming and received some attention as a pioneer of the emerging industry. Since then, he has become involved with the Twitch platform, achieving a top 100 spot for channel views, and remaining over the years as one of the most watched Twitch streamers.
Destiny began his career as a professional Starcraft 2 player, signing eventually with Quantic. Later, Destiny would end up 4th in the 2011 MLG Global North American invitational. Since then, Destiny renowned fame across the platform due to his political debates, and controversial beliefs on certain topics referenced by his community as “hot takes”.
Destiny has since moved deeper into the political sphere debating the likes of Sargon of Akkad, Lauren Southern, Martin Shkreli, Count Dankula, Jesse Lee Peterson, Nick Fuentes and other conservative commentators.
Controversy
Throughout Destiny’s early career, he was well known for his edgy persona and common use of crass language, which he was eventually forced to give up, partially due to Twitch Terms of Service changes, and changes of personal opinion. This led to a few temporary suspensions from the Twitch platform for insensitive language. While Destiny accepted his ban for his use of a slur, he expressed confusion over what Twitch considered a joke, as both he and the target considered it a joke.
Destiny has also been repeatedly banned from Twitter. His first permanent suspension came after he jokingly threatened to bomb his nearest Cox Communications node so the company would fix their poor network service in the area. After this, Twitter did not lift his account’s permanent suspension but did allow him to create a second account. His second permanent suspension, however, does not have a confirmed cause. Since his second suspension, Destiny has created several alternative accounts.
A debate between Destiny and well-known YouTuber JonTron became viral. In this debate, JonTron made multiple claims that many considered racist: that rich black people create more crime than poor white people, expressed concern over Hispanics entering “the gene pool”, and that westerners “have gotten rid of discrimination in our Western countries”, causing developer Playtonic to remove JonTron as a voice actor in their game Yooka-Laylee. Destiny later stated that he did not think that JonTron deserved to be removed from their game while still maintaining his criticisms of JonTron’s statements.