This rising young talented guy was born Ronald Smith Quincy Hacket III. His birthday is 20th October 1997, and he was born in Antioch California. He is half African American and Filipino. He rose to fame as a video creator and his vines have given him a wide fun base all over the world. His career has grown exponentially by use of social media especially YouTube. He is an actor and also a musician.
Love and private life
His girlfriend is the famous singer Jasmine Villegas (Jasmine V). The have a daughter born February 2016 named Ameera. The two met when shooting the music video for Jasmine V, ‘That’s me right there’. Ronnie Banks was the lead character in the video and they hit it off right there. They dated for some time then broke up. Their relationship then was up and down and the interesting thing is that it was all over the social media. Jasmine and Ronnie Banks are very fond of the social media, twitting and posting their moods on instagram. Inconsiderate of the rough times, on Ronnie’s 18th birthday, Jasmine sealed the deal by posting on instagram that they were together and that she loved him. In November 2015, Jasmine again posted that she was six months pregnant with Ronnie’s child. They got a baby girl in February of 2016.
Though all seems to be working out so lovely, Ronnie Banks had a rough time growing up. His father and mother separated when he was three and he had to grow up with his father. His mother used to visit him on the weekends only but one day she just stopped. He exposed this on his instagram account when he posted a picture of him as a baby being held in her arms. He stated that he loved her and that he had forgiven her. He also thanked her for giving him the opportunity of life.
He also has two husky dogs named Orion and Haiku. He likes to post their pictures a lot.
Career and professional life
Ronnie Banks operates two YouTube channels namely; IamRonnieBanks and RonnieSwanks. In May 2013 he created his first vine which went viral giving him a huge following. Today, the in the top 50 vines, majority are his having more than 50 million views. He also has a sizeable chunk of followers on YouTube. Currently he has 2.2 million followers. Being a showman that he is, Ronnie Banks likes to showcase pictures of his ink. He has sleeve tattoos on both his hands that he flashes around on social media.
He also gave his fans something to love when he appeared on Criminal Minds in 2013. Though he only made one appearance, CBS channel really gave it to their fans.
Songwriter, Rapper, Singer and Actor
He also doubles up as a musician and he did a single with singer Adrian Marcel called ‘Wake Up’. It ranked no. 10 on iTunes. As an actor his vines have gained a religious following all over the world. He has also performed with Derek K at the Scream Jam. His fans call themselves the ‘Bankers’.