Draft:ImDontai

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{{Short description|YouTuber and Twitch Streamer}}

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{{Infobox YouTube personality

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| birth_name = Dontai Anthony Ethridge

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|9|2}}

| spouse = Danielle Ethridge

| children = 1

| channel_name = ImDontai.

| channel_url = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1YZ751mYZkTNFXjGXTklsQ

| channel_name2 = ImStillDontai.

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Dontai Anthony Ethridge (born September 2, 1992) is an American Twitch streamer and musician.

Under the name "ImDontai", Ethridge started uploading to YouTube in April 2015.{{Cite web |title=ImDontai |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1YZ751mYZkTNFXjGXTklsQ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=YouTube |language=en}} His first video was a review of the movie Fifty Shades of Grey. He has another channel created before "ImDontai" called "ImDontai Gaming", which was made in 2009, but his first video wasn't uploaded until December 2016. He also streams on Twitch, and since 2018 has uploaded his twitch streams onto his second YouTube channel, "ImStillDontai".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.twitch.tv/im_dontai |title=Im_Dontai - Twitch |access-date=2024-08-05 |via=www.twitch.tv}}{{Cite web |title=ImStillDontai |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClylk2CQZtH7bSOuNJ66k4A |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=YouTube |language=en}} As of August 2024, both YouTube channels have just under 3 million subscribers

He was mentioned in the song "King's Dead" by Joey Badass and XXXTentacion.{{Citation |title=Joey Bada$$ & XXXTENTACION – King's Dead (Freestyle) |url=https://genius.com/Joey-bada-and-xxxtentacion-kings-dead-freestyle-lyrics |access-date=2024-08-05}} In 2019, he was a featured artist on the song "YouTube Cypher, Vol. 2".{{Citation |title=YouTube Cypher, Vol. 2 (feat. Quadeca, Mac Lethal, ImDontai, Devvon Terrell, Ryan Oakes, Moxas, ScruFaceJean, VI Seconds, Gawne, NemRaps, Lex Bratcher & DkRapArtist) - EP by Crypt on Apple Music |date=2019-07-27 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/youtube-cypher-vol-2-feat-quadeca-mac-lethal-imdontai/1474477631 |access-date=2024-08-05 |language=en-US}}

In June 2023, Ethridge participated in the 5-week State Farm Gamerhood Challenge charity event along with content creators such as Ninja, Jessica Blevins, Ludwig Ahgren, Typical Gamer, Krystalogy, Berleezy, and BlackKrystel.{{Cite web |last=Polhamus |first=Blaine |title=Ninja, Ludwig among streamers participating in State Farm Gamerhood Challenge charity event |date=16 May 2023 |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ninja-ludwig-among-streamers-participating-in-state-farm-gamerhood-challenge-charity-event |access-date=2024-08-05}} Ethridge was partnered up with Berleezy in this event, and donated their profits to Junior Achievement, an organization he stated helped him out with financial problems as well.{{Cite web |last=Cortez |first=Jesseyriche |date=2023-07-08 |title=Gamerhood Challenge Season 2 Finishes In A Colorful Finale |url=https://clutchpoints.com/gamerhood-challenge-season-2-finishes-in-a-colorful-finale |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=ClutchPoints |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Stream Popular Gamers Competing in State Farm Gamerhood |url=https://newsroom.statefarm.com/state-farm-the-gamerhood-2/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Stream Popular Gamers Competing in State Farm Gamerhood |language=en-us}}

Dontai was nominated for a Streamy Award in the 2nd annual Streamer Awards in 2023, for "The Best Variety Streamer" category, but lost the award to xQc.{{Cite web |last=Snavely |first=Adam |title=Streamer Awards 2023: All results and winners for every category |date=12 March 2023 |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/streamer-awards-2023-all-results-and-winners-for-every-category |access-date=2024-08-05}}

Ethridge lives in Virginia with his wife Danielle, who he married in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Tiwari |first=Ruhi |date=2024-04-23 |title=Imdontai and his wife now live in Virginia after welcoming first child |url=https://thesuperslice.com/blog/imdontai-live-now/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Super Slice |language=en-US}} Their first son was born in 2023.