YKD Is Credited as the Inventor of the Term ‘Doink’ for Large Joints
YKD id credited as being the innovator of the word “Doink” for a joint. In 2016, YKD’s video where he tried to find someone to smoke weed with him went viral. In another video a few months later, YKD said, “Who’s down to chill and smoke some loud, feel me? I got loud.” Speaking to Motherboard, Chris Clemenza said that YKD wanted to be famous and to make people laugh. Clemenza says, ” He said he knew it would happen, his whole life. I grew up with him so I know he was always trying to rap and do the same things he was doing before he was famous.” When asked about YKD’s legacy, Clemenza says, “They’re gonna remember him for doinks! He knew how to make everyone laugh and make their day better no matter what it was… He was always so happy and filled with joy, he just knew how to make me laugh.”
A 2017 AV Club feature about YKD ran with the headline, “God Bless This Big Weed Loving Boy.” The piece also mentions that YKD didn’t understand why he had become so famous:
Marsia Allison, who posted that tweet, told Heavy.com in the wake of YKD’s passing, “He was always just a really nice guy and it’s so sad to see someone so young pass away unexpectedly. Definitely gonna miss him.”
Around the same time as the AV Club piece, the Daily Dot wrote that YKD was no dummy and was capitalizing on his fame by selling t-shirts with his respective catchphrases.
Cause of death
Young King David died on May 17, 2018, after being hospitalized for weeks. His childhood friend-turned-manager told sources the internet sensation was admitted to hospital after collapsing a lung. He was on the mend when he developed complications that ultimately claimed his life.
Some of YKD’s other friends were of the opinion that he would still be alive if he had sought medical services sooner. They found that he had contracted an infection several months previously, which he had stubbornly left untreated, resulting in his lungs collapsing. Either way, the death of young King Dave has really shaken his family and friends, as well as the internet users he has reached through his videos.
His family set up a GoFundMe page to collect donations to cover funeral expenses. The remaining profits were then donated to her favorite foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Young King Dave showed intuitive promise as a rapper, mostly publishing on YouTube and Soundcloud with production credit going to Loud Era Records. His lyrics glorified smoking weed (obviously) and fending off his haters.
Fans of Young King Dave offered up humorous tributes and memes on Thursday as news of his death spread online.
Nixons persona gained him an Instagram following of more than 256,000 people, a phenomenon he embraced but claimed he didnt really understand.
“We are deeply saddened by this loss and he will be greatly missed,” Nixons family said on a GoFundMe campaign to cover funeral costs and support his favorite charity, Make a Wish Foundation.
A mini-documentary about Young King Dave delves into his inspiration to become a rapper and what its like to be a social media star in central New Jersey. Nixon explains that he started smoking marijuana when he was 12 years old.
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