| “ | Hello everyone! My name is Gabriel Brown or Black Gryph0n... | ” |
―Black Gryph0n's usual intro | ||
Gabriel Brown (born: February 22, 1990),[1] better known online as Black Gryph0n, is an American[2] YouTuber, singer-songwriter, producer, voice actor, animator, and U.S. Navy veteran.[citation needed]
After spending 3 years performing around the world as the lead singer for the 7th Fleet Band Orient Express, he became a voice actor starring in films and series' such as Finding Dory, Geronimo Stilton, and Hazbin Hotel. He was also a session and demo singer on the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic which he is a fan of.
He is a prominent figure in the Brony Community consistently being guest of honour and performing at various conventions alongside his brother, Nathanael Brown (aka Baasik), and Michelle Creber, the voice of Apple Bloom on My Little Pony.
Gabe mainly does original music, but he rose to popularity for his impressions of singers and characters. His most popular video, One Guy 54 Voices", has obtained over 120 million views and over 4 million likes in less than a year since it was uploaded and it continues to rise. He has also released 2 full-length albums: IMmortal and Diamond released in 2014 and 2019 respectively with Baasik.
Career[]
He made his Youtube account in September of 2007 primarily uploading outdoor related content and comedic sketches. After enlisting he still uploaded to his Youtube. His content at this time included sky diving, parkour, some sketches and trips abroad which didn't get that many views. He then became involved in the brony fandom while stationed in Yokusuka where he started to release music and made more My Little Pony related content like the "-Licious" animations and My Little Pony themed songs which boosted his popularity.[3]
After being discharged from the Navy he started participating more in the brony fandom releasing more songs like Proud To Be A Brony. He also started collaborating with Michelle Creber, a voice actor on the show. They met online while he was in Japan and they started to work together and share the same agent. On July of 2014, he released his first album IMmortal alongside Nate or Baasik with tracks loosely based on My Little Pony. It was made available on his channel, Spotify, Bandcamp and other music places.
By around this time, he moved to Vancouver, Canada where he gained permanent residence to become a voice actor to which he found very little success only getting small or uncredited roles and background vocals in songs, while also doing scratch tracks for songs in shows[4]. Afterwards, he eventually moved back to Tucson where he turned his focus on doing YouTube.
He and Michelle Creber continued collaborating and touring, releasing a few albums together including Getting Stronger released in May 2016. It was marketed and released similarly to IMmortal.
Gabe's content up until 2016 was mainly original music with a few vlogs here and there. It was also when he had over 100,000 subscribers. In December he released his first impression video titled "One Guy 22 Voices" and that started his boost in subscribers and views. He started to upload (relatively) more frequently and started releasing more song covers and impression videos which further increased his popularity, reaching 200,000 subscribers the following year. In December of 2018 he finally broke the 1 Million subscriber milestone. He celebrated this with a compilation of his best impressions and shared his history.
He was scheduled to appear on Youtubers react for FBE but was cancelled due to COVID-19.[5] He was also a finalist in the Shorty Awards for Best Youtube Musician.[6] Currently, he still lives in Tucson but has found work in some upcoming projects.
Controversy[]
Grooming Allegations[]
In December 2023, a call-out post against Gabe was made by Twitter user Brony Fandont,[7] accusing him of grooming his girlfriend and later wife, Claire Corlett (voice actress for Sweetie Belle in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic). Gabe was 25 years old and Claire was 14 when they became work colleagues. Katie Nelson, the creator of the game Billie Bust Up! defended Gabe. Katie later released a document called "Black Gryph0n Response" in which the alleged victims, Claire Corlett and Michelle Creber[8] gave testimony that they were not groomed. According to Michelle’s testimony Claire only met Gabe roughly 5 times for work in public settings and that he actively avoided her due to finding her “annoying”. Gabe and Claire lost contact for several years before she contacted him again when she turned 20. In October 2024, Claire threatened Brony Fandont with a lawsuit.[9][10][11]
On February 9, 2025, allegations were posted anonymously by Brony Fandont, saying that in 2013, Gabe sent an alleged victim sexual pictures of himself via Twitter DMs to a 13 year old when he was 23.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] But these were later disproven due to Twitter limitations at the time, as it was not possible to send images in DMs. Katie and James Thomas first defended Gabe on their Discord server around July 2024,[20][21][22][23] On March 5, 2025, Katie released a document defending Gabe's actions.[24] Additionally, there are twitter posts made to debunk these allegations.[25][26][27]
Trivia[]
- He can hum and whistle simultaneously.[28]
- Being trained in the Navy, Gabe is exceptional at handling weapons and is a skilled marksman.[29][30]
- There are marks on his body caused by radiation leaks while based in Japan.[31]
- He was nearly arrested for being suspected of being a part of a smuggling ring when he flew over where a base was.[32]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/blackgryph0n
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/christkids/about
- ↑ 1 Million Sub Special
- ↑ Q&A Livestream, mentioned around 24:06-30:02
- ↑ Gabe gets invited to FBE
- ↑ Gabe gets nominated for Shorty Award
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1739987681944203436
- ↑ https://x.com/colubird/status/1802810799158648832/
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1851716406674690554
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1851716409149264028
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1851716421241442650
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1888392620755374160
- ↑ https://x.com/SophieAScruggs/status/1888696596260647103
- ↑ https://x.com/SophieAScruggs/status/1890910617063616860
- ↑ https://x.com/SophieAScruggs/status/1890912005197873354
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1890902419254481268
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1890903386599407830
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1890903386599407830
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1890903783011398037
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1893191001214234820
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1893191004842242245
- ↑ https://x.com/BronyFandont/status/1893191004842242245
- ↑ https://x.com/StrwbrySunglow1/status/1893804870936781265
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1j4nqyc/billie_bust_up_releases_documentdebunking_the/
- ↑ https://x.com/BucklesLor49215/status/1937327652077248627
- ↑ https://x.com/BucklesLor49215/status/1958384839737884806
- ↑ https://x.com/BucklesLor49215/status/1958981968592330915
- ↑ One Guy 40 Sound Effects
- ↑ Reversify
- ↑ 4 Million Sub Special
- ↑ Q&A Livestream
- ↑ Magic music video, mentioned in the description