As the campaign heated up, Vice President Harris and former President Trump stepped outside the traditional media world and into the world of podcasting and streamers.
Harris appears on the popular podcast Call Her Daddy and has an account on streaming platform Twitch, while Trump has appeared on podcasts with comedian Theo Fung and influencer Logan Paul. I am doing it. Both are aiming to appeal to young voters, but the former president's campaign is particularly targeting young men through alt-media appearances.
NELK Boys, a group of influencers with a history of pranks, hosts the former president on their podcast and is a strong supporter of Trump in the 2024 presidential race. Their accounts on social platform X feature many pro-Trump posts, and members appeared on the stage Attend a rally with the former president.
Here's what you need to know about NELK Boys.
According to Go to 2021 report According to the New York Times, 2010 marked the beginning of the group, featuring Kyle Foggia and three other members, Nick, Elliott, and Lucas Gasparini, who collectively coined the acronym “NELK.” . They are all from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Nick and Elliot left the group early.
Four years later, Forgiado will leave Canada for Los Angeles with fellow NELK member Jesse Sebastiani, the Times reports. NELK's first widely successful video, now The piece, posted in 2015, has been viewed more than 50 million times. Later, other members also joined NELK Boys.
Back in 2020, YouTube temporarily suspended the NELK Boys' account after they allegedly held a large party at a university during the COVID-19 pandemic. revenue has been suspended. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) went after the group that same year, saying it “must be held accountable” for a large event it hosted in Seaside Heights.
The group recently Wandering around numbers on the rightTrump, Candace Owens, and Ben Shapiro. In April 2023, the former president appeared on the “Full Send Podcast” and went after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).
Salim Shirul, a member of NELK Boys like Forgead went up to the rally stage “We need Trump back, and we need the bad guys back,” Foggia told the crowd during a meeting with Trump in Las Vegas last month.
