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Who’s Vinnie Hacker? His Age, Top, Girlfriend, Tattoo Which means
Vinnie is a 21-year-old social media character, entrepreneur, and mannequin, in all probability finest identified for his TikTok account, @vhackerr, on which he’s amassed over 15.6 million followers and over a billion likes. He’s additionally attracted consideration for collaborating with members of the social Hype Home; the time period generally refers to a TikTok account that includes posts from creators collaborating for content material. In his case, Vinnie and others lived in a home close to Los Angeles, California, US, to supply the Netflix actuality sequence “The Hype Life”, beginning in early 2021.
Adolescence
Vincent Cole “Vinnie” Hacker was born on 14 July 2002, in Seattle, Washington State USA. He informed InterviewMagazine that most individuals assume that his final title is faux, prompting him to study that it had German origin. His mom, Maria Hacker, born 14 June 1975 within the US, labored as a 911 dispatcher, whereas his father Nate was an electrician. He defined that his mom usually labored two jobs, and his father steadily labored extra time.
Vinnie’s mom has an Instagram account, maria.hacker.3, created round March 2019, on which she’s accrued near 115,000 followers. On it, she’s shared her ardour for working and her love for the black Labrador Poncho, whom the household adopted in 2019. Vinnie has a youthful brother named Reggie Hacker, born 28 September 2004, additionally in Seattle. Reggie performed basketball and baseball whereas sustaining spectacular educational success and created his TikTok account, @reggieisahacker, in September 2020. Reggie posts related content material to his brother, and his account has virtually 160,000 followers on Instagram.
Early training, supply of profession
Vinnie matriculated from the Catholic all-boys O’Dea Excessive College in Seattle; he’s mentioned that his faith formed his character and way of life. Vinnie performed baseball on the faculty and was so adept at it that he was recruited for the premier youth league referred to as Seattle Choose Baseball Membership. Vinnie mentioned that he edited music movies and sports activities highlights, and made brief movies for others on Instagram and YouTube, however had no want to turn into well-known on social media. Furthermore, he informed Hollywood Masks that he had a fairly good childhood, and that being a baseball participant was his dream, regardless of having ‘a brilliant chill, uncompetitive time at school.’
Vinnie admitted in his VMagazine interview that he solely wished to live-stream video video games, however posted to social media to see if folks would discover him; that disinterest is why he by no means watches his TikTok movies after posting them. Furthermore, nobody in school made enjoyable of what he referred to as ‘thirst entice movies’ as a result of he went to an all-boys faculty, and others did the identical to get feminine consideration, nonetheless, that made Vinnie chorus from posting dancing movies.
Furthermore, in one of many few YouTube movies that Vinnie uploaded, entitled The Reality about Vinnie Hacker, he mentioned that he’d rewatched “JoJo’s Weird Adventures,” a Japanese anime TV sequence, over 50 instances, having began watching anime content material when he was six. Vinnie additionally mentioned in a single TikTok video that he acquired an Xbox console as a present when he was younger, which stays his favourite reward, as he felt that he received a Lamborghini by way of significance. Equally, the day Vinnie had $1,000 in his checking account for the primary time remains to be his favourite, as he grew up comparatively poor, and his dad and mom labored a lot.
Profession
Vinnie moved to Los Angeles two days after he matriculated from highschool to develop his profession, however relocated to Thousand Oaks, California, after about eight months, to distance himself from events and the group.
Vinnie’s TikTok account went viral in 2020, in the course of the rise to recognition of the most-followed personalities resembling Addison Rae, Bryce Corridor, Charli D’Amelio, and Noah Beck. He primarily posted selfie-type movies, lip-synched to viral songs, and mentioned faith, skateboarding, and different sports activities. Nevertheless, what stood out was his chiseled jawline and athletic physique with a dozen tattoos, which he proudly confirmed off.
Vinnie didn’t wait too lengthy to capitalize on his follower progress; he launched his clothes model, Purgatory, in December 2020, centered on limited-time affords of hoodies, sweatpants, hats and T-shirts with designs paying homage to loss of life steel band logos – his model’s official Instagram, purgatoryxla, has over 112,000 followers. He transitioned from digital advertising and gross sales to bodily areas in January 2022, when he arrange his first pop-up store in Los Angeles.
Vinnie’s profession additionally took off as a result of he was a member of the Sway Gaming social home, launched on 17 July 2020 by the gaming department of the TalentX Leisure company referred to as TalentX Gaming. The content material creator group featured six different social media stars, a few of whom have been Bryce Corridor, Quinton Griggs, Noah Beck and Griffin Johnson, all obsessed with video video games. Furthermore, Vinnie joined the collaborative TikTok group College of Variety, which launched in March 2020. A fellow creator, Hadiya “Wowhadiya” Harris, based it, and it had about 30 members who celebrated variety of pores and skin colour, identification, and sexual orientation. Vinnie by no means left as a result of it didn’t require the circumstances {that a} expertise company would demand.
Hype Home
Vinnie grew to become a member of the Hype Home social home in January 2021. This content material creation group featured the platform’s most-followed stars, resembling Avani Gregg, Larray, Chari D’Amelio, and Addison Rae. It was based in December 2019 and signed with the William Morris Endeavor (WME) expertise company in January 2020 to supply a Netflix docu-reality sequence, “The Hype Life,” in regards to the every day lives of social media stars residing in a lavish home in Moorpark, close to Los Angeles. Within the trailer for the sequence, a fellow Hype Home member, Alex Warren, commented that Vinnie is ‘a nerd trapped in a sizzling horny summer time physique’.
As if that wasn’t sufficient to divert consideration from his TikTok account, Vinnie agreed to compete in an influencer boxing event organized by LiveXLive referred to as “Battle of the Platforms.” Vinnie fought the YouTuber Deji Olatunji and gained with a technical knockout (TKO) within the third spherical. In keeping with J-14.com, Vinnie skilled every day motivated by his workforce’s perception in his abilities, and was impressed by boxer Mike Tyson’s quotes. In keeping with NumeroMag, he gained roughly 1.2 million followers on Instagram and about 3.2 million TikTok followers inside seven days of his victory. Vinnie considers the event to be his most vital profession milestone.
📸 | Hype Home (@/thehypehousela) through feed de instagram (@vinniehacker) pic.twitter.com/8QFhKSzAE7
— Vinnie Hacker Latam (@LATINHACKERS_) June 3, 2022
Modeling
Parallel to his TikTok profession and entrepreneurship endeavors, Vinnie had been a business mannequin. He mentioned that he began modeling at roughly 15, however that he attracted little curiosity when he was signed to SMG Mannequin Administration, and it wasn’t his major focus anyway. Vinnie joined IMG Fashions New York on 31 January 2023, in line with IMG Models’ X publish. Afterwards, he primarily modeled clothes and appeared in photoshoots for Inked, Insurgent, and Gen V magazines. He all the time {followed} vogue and described his fashion as ‘relaxed and comfy, however unafraid to look clear for an occasion.’
Rising his model
Vinnie signed with Artistic Artists Company ( CAA) in February 2023, in line with CAA’s LinkedIn publish. CAA wrote that Vinnie was ‘fashion-daring, as he impressed high-end vogue homes resembling AMI Paris, Dior, and Saint Laurent, that he had labored with Chipotle and Amazon, and that his clothes model grew to become a seven-figure enterprise.’ Though Hype Home members, together with the co-founder Thomas Petrou, uploaded clickbait movies resembling Vinnie Left… as early as June 2021 to draw views, Vinnie formally left the Hype Home in early October 2022, explainingd that he ‘wished a spot that he may name his personal.’
Becoming a member of 100 Thieves
In 2022, Vinnie grew to become a member of the 100 Thieves gaming group, based in Los Angeles in November 2017, and initially identified for sponsoring athletes who competed in tournaments for video games resembling League of Legends, Name of Responsibility, and Fortnite. Consequently, Vinnie additionally began streaming extra on Twitch, and competed in tournaments primarily based on video video games resembling VALORANT and Apex Legends. He admitted to Dexerto that video video games stay a big a part of his life.
Vinnie added that he doesn’t exit a lot, and that becoming a member of 100 Thieves allowed him to fulfill buddies with related pursuits and that fame confirmed him who his actual buddies are. Vinnie additionally revealed a enjoyable truth to Dexerto: his mom signed him up for the “Survivor” actuality TV present within the early 2020s with out his data. Though he didn’t seem within the present, Vinnie discovered that he ‘likes to begin a bunch of various issues and convey them collectively.’
Different passions
Vinnie has been dabbling in music since highschool, however selected to not monetize it, treating it as a inventive outlet and a method to inform his story; he now has over 90,000 followers and over 33 playlists on his public Spotify profile. Moreover, he’s launched a number of tracks, notably “emotional highs,” “Cavity,” “Depressed” and “One other Day.”
Vinnie’s favourite music is “Say It Ain’t So” by Weezer, however his go-to exercise music is “Desires and Nightmares” by Meek Mill.
He admitted to NumeroMag that he wished to turn into an actor and was taking performing lessons in 2023.
Vinnie can also be all for automobiles, and has purchased three autos as of November 2023. His first automotive, a 1993 Mazda RX-7 FD, value him $33,000 and was his costliest buy in 2020. He received his second, 2011 BMW 335i a number of months later, and his third, Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, a number of weeks after the BMW.
He would love to fulfill or movie a video with actors Johnny Depp or Jim Carrey.
Rumored girlfriend, singer Olivia Rodrigo
Vinnie allegedly went on a date with singer Olivia Rodrigo in June 2022. They have been noticed on an evening out in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and hugged earlier than saying goodbye. Vinnie reportedly attended Olivia’s live performance that evening and left the afterparty earlier than that hug. Nevertheless, Vinnie’s buddy, TikToker Josh Richards, mentioned that Vinnie and Olivia have been solely good buddies in an episode of his BFFs podcast. A month later, Vinnie informed Fannita Leggett in her Previous Your Bedtime podcast that he doesn’t have a kind, which was met with backlash. Followers speculated that he solely likes white women with blonde hair, in line with Dexerto, which a TikToker Serena Sums, who has darkish brown hair, allegedly seen when he unfollowed her shortly after they began flirting and exchanging photos. In his The Reality about Vinnie Hacker… video, he revealed that he isn’t the best at selecting up alerts {that a} lady is all for him. He says that him ‘being a cocky heartbreaker who will get women rapidly is the funniest factor that he has examine himself.’
Rumored associate Nikita Dragun
Vinnie reportedly had a crush on Nikita Dragun, a fellow Hype Home member, in mid-2021. Rumors started circulating when Nikita uploaded a number of pictures of the 2 in April. He made suggestive feedback in direction of her, implying a sexual relationship, and selected to marry her in the course of the “Fuck, Marry, Kill” sport that he performed with Brianna Chickenfry, Dave Portnoy, and Josh Richards in a BFFs podcast episode in June 2021. Though Nikita deleted the images inside a number of days to keep away from backlash, Vinnie commented on Instagram that he was playful as a result of they have been buddies, and didn’t count on that his wording would recommend in any other case.
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Rumored girlfriend Religion Ordway
Vinnie Hacker allegedly dated fellow social media character Religion Ordway in late 2020. They collaborated in November 2020 for a TikTok video, prompting their viewers to take a position whether or not they have been collectively. Furthermore, a few of his followers discovered Religion’s previous Twitter posts doubtlessly offensive, which individuals speculate led to the top of their relationship. Religion defended herself by writing that she ‘would fly house, stop the job that she loves, and cease seeing somebody she likes as a result of it has precipitated points.’
In keeping with Dexerto, she additionally accused followers of attempting to destroy her psychological well being over a person, and make her appear to be a nasty particular person. Vinnie posted on 19 November to Twitter that ‘he was eradicating all his unfavourable and annoying posts to unfold positivity’, and by no means addressed the relationship rumors afterwards. The one exception is his option to kill Religion in the course of the “Fuck, Marry, Kill” sport talked about above, as a result of she discovered a boyfriend.
Bodily traits
Vinnie Hacker has gentle brown hair and hazel eyes, is 6ft (1.82m) tall, weighs about 165lbs (75kgs), and has an athletic physique; his shoe dimension is 11.5 US (145.5 EU or 11 UK). Vinnie has over a dozen tattoos, totally on his higher physique. He mentioned his behavior in an interview with Inked journal in October 2021, saying that he wished a tattoo since he was 14, and received his first at 18; it depicted Michelangelo’s portray “The Creation of Adam,” in line with Heighline. Vinnie additionally waited a yr to make sure that getting a succubus-looking lady tattooed on his hand was the proper determination, however suggested his followers to attend even longer.
Vinnie has a man with angel wings tattooed on his higher again, a skeleton with a hula-hoop on his left biceps, lightning throughout his left shoulder and triceps, and a snake coiling round his neck. Furthermore, he tattooed phrases’ break my coronary heart’ in the identical font as his model Purgatory on his sternum, one of the painful locations to tattoo, and skeleton wings, a moon, a spade, and a spider throughout his pectoral muscle groups, and abdomen. Each of Vinnie’s forearms have some tattoos, however his legs have a number of; he has two giant tattoos on every thigh and a creature with a skeleton ribcage on his left calf.
Tattoo that means
The phrase ‘God gained’t you wake me up‘ on the again of Vinnie’s hand references his Catholic religion. Moreover, he has three tattoos linked to his private life on his arm; ‘VB’ on his arm is the initials of a buddy who died throughout highschool, three crosses characterize his household, and 16 was his highschool jersey quantity. On the inside forearm is a gun pointed to his physique that represents unfavourable occasions in his life.
Anime-inspired tattoos
Most of Vinnie’s tattoos appear impressed by anime tv sequence and films, which he discusses on his anime TikTok account, @ichigostinysandalsv2. Ichigo Kurosaki is the protagonist of the “Bleach” anime that Vinnie has {followed} for years, and wears a kimono-like apparel with little sandals. Vinnie revealed that his chest tattoo, which he received in late January 2022, is the image referred to as Model of Sacrifice from the “Berserk” anime TV sequence. In keeping with the anime’s wiki, it marks ‘targets introduced for the Invocation of Doom,’ who will probably be pursued by the demons, apostles, and The Godhand in that universe. Moreover, on his left forearm, Vinnie tattooed Guts, a mercenary character with a gouged proper eye from the identical anime.
He additionally has at the least two tattoos impressed by “JoJo’s Weird Journey,” the phrases ‘made in heaven’ on his proper forearm, and the symbols from the anime round it. He received the primary one as a reference to Catholicism however later realized that the anime subconsciously impressed it; Made in Heaven represents the ultimate stage of metamorphosis in that lore. On his proper biceps, Vinnie has the emblem for the Akatsuki group of ninjas, the principle villains within the “Naruto” anime sequence. On his left biceps, he has a tattoo of a dragon consuming its tail, referencing the protagonist Meliodas, Dragon Sin of Wrath, within the “The Seven Lethal Sins” anime, who has that tattoo in the identical place.
Furthermore, Vinnie has a tattoo of the numbers ‘1000-7’ on his left wrist, a reference to the “Tokyo Ghoul” anime protagonist, Kaneki Ken, who was locked and bodily tortured. His tormentor compelled him to depend from 1000 to zero by seven to make sure that his thoughts didn’t break from the excruciating ache. Vinnie additionally has the phrase ‘ghoul’ tattooed close by, to commemorate his love for the sequence. Lastly, he has two quotes from the “Vagabond” anime sequence. Each ‘The sturdy are all the time sort’ and ‘The mighty are normally pretty’ elements of longer quotes spoken by the protagonist of the identical title.
Web price
Vinnie Hacker’s web price is estimated at $2 million on-line, but it surely’s possible $4 million or extra, as he’s lived in and round Los Angeles for about three years and sure owns his house. On high of his immense social media recognition, Vinnie is a mannequin, prestigious gaming group member, and has labored with Prada, EssilorLuxottica, Saint Laurent, and Celsius.