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Ian Marcus Stapleton (born: December 2, 1987 [age 32]), better known online as SSundee, is an American YouTube gamer with African and Irish ancestry. He was born in Michigan and raised in both Louisiana and Virginia most of his life. He is a former member of the group Vision Squad. He mostly says "Crap!" or "Dang-it!"

Personal Life and History

Ian was born in Michigan and has lived in a variety of areas. At the age of 8, he moved to Louisiana. At the age of 16, he moved to Virginia. 2 years later he moved to South Carolina and lived there for 11 years. When he was having marital issues he briefly moved to Victoria, British Columbia in Canada. He is now living in his old home in the city of Summerville, South Carolina.

Ian joined the military branch: Air Force when he was in his young adult years (At 17 or 18 at the time) and was happy with being in the military. He later got married to a girl named "Madelyn" at the age of 19. On November 28, 2009, he was inspired by Joe Hanson (Writer/Comedian) and decided to make his first YouTube channel with the name of "SSundee". In 2010 he started uploading gameplay videos such as "Call of Duty, Dota, League of Legends" and a lot more. He would also occasionally do vlog videos of "Q&A" and him showing his gaming equipment. His channel grew and In the same year, he discovered Minecraft, and made his first Minecraft video titled "Minecraft Rollercoaster! w/ SSundee ". He started a Minecraft Survival series with some of his friends and started uploading daily.

His channel grew bigger and bigger as he met more people, and he soon got his wife (Madelyn) involved in playing Minecraft and The Sims 3 with him. At the same time, he did vlog videos of him and his son (Colton).

On February 14, 2013, he made a vlog video talking about him leaving the military, and that he would have more time to make videos.

On August 23, 2013. Ian reached 1,000,000 subscribers

On May 10th, 2016, his YouTube channel and Twitter account were hacked by a well-known hacker @Parody, who hacked many other YouTubers. The hacker uploaded a video titled @parody, many reuploads of the video can be found online. He also revealed all of SSundee's YouTube earnings on his Twitter account. After the incident, SSundee got his channel back and eventually his Twitter account, but decided to stop using Twitter after this incident, but has since started using Twitter again as of June 4th, 2016.

In September 2016, SSundee went to Minecon, a Minecraft related convention, where he met a lot of his fans.

On July 29, 2017, SSundee posted a PUBG gameplay video which he introduced Russel, his new video editor.

From December 27, 2017, to April 17, 2018, SSundee stopped uploading gameplay videos for almost four months.

On January 3, 2018, SSundee released a video explaining his absence and that he would be taking a temporary hiatus from YouTube due to personal issues and focusing on his family.

On January 29, 2018, SSundee started posting on his Instagram account after being inactive on it for 2 years. He stated on both his Instagram and his Twitter that an update video would be coming soon.

On February 12, 2018, SSundee posted another update video stating that he moved to Victoria, Canada. He recorded the video in the offices of Double Jump, his company. He explained that he and Maddie separated and that his life was in God's hands, and that he would return to YouTube once God told him to.

On April 14, 2018, SSundee posted his next video. He was in his old home in South Carolina and announced that he was returning to YouTube. He asked his fans for ideas on what to play and thanked them for sticking with him for four months.

On April 17, 2018, SSundee posted his first gameplay video since December 26, 2017. It was Fortnite gameplay with Crainer.

At the end of 2018, SSundee announced an end to Minecraft videos and has since switched entirely to Fortnite. He has uploaded more Fortnite videos than he has ever done and his ideas in his minigames continue to attract more subscribers.

On July 2, 2019, SSundee returned to Minecraft playing a game of hardcore survival. It marked the first time he played Minecraft since December 3, 2018, and Minecraft returned to the channel (perhaps briefly) as a new series.

On August 12, 2019, SSundee posted on his Twitter, "i think I'm addicted to Minecraft again....oh no" indicating that he will start uploading more Minecraft videos again.

On October 10, 2019, SSundee had announced that his wife is 8 months pregnant, SSundee did not reveal the gender of the child until he was born.

On October 25th, 2019, his second son, Simeon Luke Stapleton was born. SSundee introduced him on his YouTube channel on December 1st, 2019. He showed his viewers his really cute baby Simeon. SSundee shared that he put socks on Simeon's hands because his fingers can be dangerous to him. This is all we know so far about Simeon.

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