You may not have heard of Jimmy Donaldson, 26, better known as MrBeast — the most popular YouTuber in the world, with more than 308 million subscribers. Your teens will know all. But it’s likely you have seen one of his heartwarming viral videos — perhaps his first philanthropic hit — “Giving a Random Homeless Man $10,000.”
Recorded in 2017, it’s painful, awkward, touching on a primal level — you get a lump in your throat. Until recently, Donaldson was like something out of Disney, making the world how you want it to be.
