Steven Jason Williams popularly known as Boogie2988 was born on 24th July 1974. His father was a coal miner while his mom was a school teacher. The family lived in Saint Paul, Virginia, US. Bryan and Karla are his siblings and he spent some years with them while growing up before they got separated.
Steven is widely known as Boogie2988 or Francis, a character he created and uses to share the hellish personal narrative of his childhood. The character is seen as obnoxious by several fans.
The gamer has 2 channels. He mainly uses Boogie2988 while he uses the second channel to post his game videos. He got the Trendy Gamer Award in 2016.
Boogie2988 hosts interesting interactive games posts his childhood life stories, societal and trendy news online.
His elder brother, Bryan is the reason and motivation Boogie2988 needed to start his youtube channels and maintain his presence there. This happened after Bryan taught him how to design websites and write codes.
The gamer got interested in the virtual world and the various possibilities and things people could achieve. Boogie’s online presence started in 2006 which was mainly to laugh and talk satirically about the problems he went through as a kid. This is shown by the character Francis he created, the character is fictional and an adult child who has developmental and anger issues.
Boogie’s channels have grown over the years, garnering 4.5 million subscribers with millions of views on his videos and his gaming channel has over 344k subscribers. His contents have grown remarkably. He started with comedy sketches, he now posts news updates, dramas, trendy issues, and even games.
Some people found the storylines of his contents inciting and offensive. But, he has maintained consistently that he is only depicting his past painful life with the hope that others learn from it.
Boogie2988’s Wife and Divorce:
Boogie2988 was previously married to Desiree popularly known as Dez Willaims. They were together for 5 years before proposing to her in 2012 through a YouTube video. They consummated in 2013.
Dez Williams was a helpmeet to her husband. She helped him in the scripting and production of most of his blogs. They were good together before she decided to divorce him in December 2017. This was 4 months after he underwent gastric bypass surgery.
Boogie never wanted to divorce because he knew that Desiree was the love of his life but he had to give in. Their divorce was finalized in February 2018. They still maintain their friendship till date.
Boogie’s mother was abusive towards him and his siblings. She consistently inflicted verbal, psychological, physical and rental abuses on them. Their father was working and a busy man, so they were left at the mercy of their mom.
This abuse led to post-traumatic stress disorder after it has accumulated over the years. Boogie became anxious, depressed, and attempted suicide twice. One time, he jumped out of a vehicle in motion to avoid being blinded by his mom who intended to harm him.
He lost his dad to cancer, his mom followed soon after.
His weight gain and subsequent weight loss:
Boogie2988’s weight gain was attributed to depression, frustration, and blockage of the lymphatic system known as lymphedema that results in the swelling of one or 2 arms or legs, because of his depression, food was his consolation and he got obese.
266 kilograms (587 lbs) was his body mass reading at the time. He could not carry out exercises because of the severe pain he felt on his joints. His health became worse and he had to opt for medical-surgical intervention. It was a gastric bypass surgery in August 2017. this helped remove the fat from his stomach.
He lost about 91 kg (200 lbs) after the stressful procedure. His new weight was recorded as 175 kg (385 lbs). His goal weight according to him is 113 kg (250 lbs) or less.
6 months later, he uploaded a video saying that he felt better and lighter. His height is 5 ft 10 inches (1.78 M) his weight has also improved.
His Net Worth:
Boogie’s net worth is between $900 million to $1.5 million. There Is no concrete estimate.