Alec Castillo (born: September 28, 1996), better known online as Acai, is an American gaming YouTuber who plays a wide variety of music/rhythm games, although he is primarily known for his videos revolving around Guitar Hero.
About[]
He is a Guitar Hero gamer with his videos being viewed more than 319 million times. He also streams on Twitch and would receive more than 241,000 followers on the live-streaming platform.
He began playing Guitar Hero when the first edition of the game was released in 2005.[citation needed] He then launched his YouTube channel in October 2007, and has been uploading content since then. He began streaming on Twitch in late 2016.[citation needed]
In late May 2023 Alec's YouTube channels were compromised by hackers who commandeered both his main account and the More Acai channel, the former having all of his videos set to private and rebranded into a fake Tesla, Inc. account with a faux live stream of Elon Musk making a purported announcement, and the latter uploading a scam video in the form of a purported Roblox hack script.
Personal life[]
Alec Castillo was born on September 28, 1996.[citation needed] He is from Maine.[citation needed] He began a long distance relationship with a girl named Olivia.[citation needed] They got married in August 2019, and had their first child together on January 17, 2021.[citation needed]
Quotes[]
- "lower your standards watch my videos I'm really good at guitar hero"
Trivia[]
- His original YouTube username was Gamerboy28.
- His most popular streams were of him playing songs from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
- He has uploaded real guitar covers to SoundCloud.
- He has posted guitar covers of songs by The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys.
- He and Olivia have done covers together of Kina Grannis, Fleet Foxes and others.
- He is a father.
- He has sleep apnea.