NakeyJakey

NakeyJakey
NakeyJakey sitting in front of a microphone
Christensen in 2023
Born
Jacob Matthew Christensen

(1994-12-28) December 28, 1994 (age 31)
Hot Springs, South Dakota, US
Occupations
Years active2015–present
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
GenreVideo essay
Subscribers2.12 million
Views244 million
Last updated: October 1, 2026

Jacob Matthew Christensen (born December 28, 1994), known online as NakeyJakey and Jakey, is an American YouTuber and musician.

Life and career

Jacob Matthew Christensen was born on December 28, 1994. He grew up in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Christensen dropped out of college after a week of attending to pursue a music career. While living in Denver in 2015, Christensen played Dark Souls for the first time which inspired him to start his YouTube career.

Christensen's first project were a series of videos titled Games That Should Bang, highlighting elements from two different video games that Christensen argues combined would create a better game experience, such as combining Grand Theft Auto V's open world and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's in-game missions. Later, Christensen would release longer video essays critiquing video games and their developers, usually including Outdated in the title. Christensen's Outdated series includes "Rockstar's Game Design is Outdated", a critique on Red Dead Redemption 2's open-world exploration and "Naughty Dog's Game Design is Outdated", a critique of The Last of Us Part II's ludonarrative dissonance and linearity. Christensen has also released video essays on various topics such as Scholastic book fairs and Disney Channel Original Movies.

Christensen's first foray into music came with the release of a series of Rap Reviews videos, mixing original songs with reviews of video games. Christensen would release his own singles under a shortened name "Jakey", including "Moby Dick" in 2017 and "Not Dead Yet" in 2019. Christensen released "Pine Barrens" and "DRIVE OFF A BRIDGE" as singles for his debut album ROMCOM released in 2022. Mitch Worden of Sputnikmusic described ROMCOM as "a playful, emotional, uneven, sarcastic, honest, and despairing experience lathered in emo rap clichés and consequential production shenanigans."

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. ↑ Rooks, David (August 17, 2017). "A new talent in our midst". Rapid City Journal. p. A7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bryant, Owen (December 5, 2022). "The Making of ROMCOM". Subject. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Bishop, Hunter (April 12, 2022). "Inspired by: NakeyJakey". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Polo, Maxamillion (August 15, 2019). "Is Jakey Ready to Be the Next Joji?". OnesToWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  5. ↑ Requena, Juan (December 21, 2022). "A Beginner's Guide to Jakey". Music Daily. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  6. ↑ Worden, Mitch (December 18, 2022). "Jakey - Romcom (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2026.

Primary sources

In the text, these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):

  1. ↑ Christensen, Jacob [@nakeyjakey] (December 28, 2022). "today is my golden 28th birthday to celebrate I will be eating 4 lbs of gold in front of a live studio audience" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 27, 2026 – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "When BioShock Was My Only Friend". YouTube. May 31, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2026. Most of my childhood was spent in Hot Springs, South Dakota in an old sandstone building...
  3. ↑ "AMA RAP - 50K HOT BOYS". YouTube. Retrieved January 27, 2026. I would say my toughest time was when I dropped out of school. Only went for a week then was living in Denver. Working at a theater to pay my rent there. Things got better when I started YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Dark Souls Saved Me". YouTube. January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2026. This random ... fantasy game that my brother kept telling me to play ended up being the best video game I've ever played and set me on whatever course I am now of wanting every game to be Dark Souls and making a YouTube channel and talking about it a lot ...