William WashingtonJames Haynes is an American YouTube and TV personality, rapper, and podcast host. Haynes was a personality on SourceFed, SourceFedNERD, and People Be Like, a Haynes-centric channel from SourceFed where he hosts People Be Like, Deep Dive, and Politics Be Like. On his personal channel, WilliamHaynesTV, he hosts a variety comedy-based videos. Haynes hosted the HeadGum network podcast, She Didn't Text Back, alongside musician-rapper Daren Vongirdner. In July 2017, Haynes premiered as a host on Disney XD's The IGN Show. As a musician, he goes by the name Arsenio Silverstone.
Haynes began creating short "comedy" vlogs and life observations in 2008. Many in response to the Obama v. McCain election. Much of his early material featured self-deprecating humor focusing on being nerdy and not fitting into mainstream society. He often referred to his audience as the "Nerdy Nation" and would end his videos with the catch-phrase "Give peace a chance." In 2012, he participated in "Creators Invade London" by making videos about the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was part of WheezyWaiter's "Team Super Jackal Hawk Tiger Explosion!."
''She Didn't Text Back''
In April 2015, Haynes and Daren Vongirdner started She Didn't Text Back, a podcast discussing relationships, comedy, music and their everyday lives. The two talked about their careers, life events and gave advice to fans who sent emails and Snapchats weekly. They'd also often break out into impromptu freestyles. Haynes also performed poetry slams or improvised vocal visuals. Vongirdner is an aspiring musician going by the name DVG. The two would discuss DVG's musical career along with music in general. They also held several live She Didn't Text Back shows and released the recordings as podcasts. After episode 56, the podcast abruptly stopped uploading and the hosts later went on to say She Didn't Text Back was on an "indefinite hiatus" due to personal reasons. However, She Didn't Text Back made a surprise return on August 28, 2017 for a second season with the original hosts and a heavier focus on their lives. Haynes has worked on several of DVG's music videos, including "Past Due," "Flip A Switch," and "June 5th."
Musical career
On September 22, 2016, Haynes released his debut mixtape, Tunnel Vision, on SoundCloud, iTunes and Spotify. This was an unexpected project that Haynes had been working on over the summer of that year. On February 21, 2017, Haynes released his second mixtape, The Rise, on iTunes, SoundCloud and Spotify. He also spoken on his podcast and on Twitter about his next musical project being released under a new identity of Arsenio and being of a different style to his previous projects.
