Boonk Gang

Added 6 years ago by Don • Updated a day ago by shevyrolet

About • History • Reception • Search Interest •

Category: Person Status: confirmed Origin: Instagram Region:

Type: Vlogger

Tags: instagram pranks stunts theft crime thefts stealing stuff youtube prank burglary

Additional References: Instagram Twitter Urban Dictionary

About

Boonk Gang is the online pseudonym of South Florida resident John Robert Hill, who gained much online notoriety for posting footage of himself performing stunts and committing various crimes on Instagram.

History

On January 28th, 2017, the Boonk Gang Facebook^[3] page was launched. On February 9th, the Boonk Gang YouTube^[5] channel was created. On April 10th, the @boonk.ig^[6] Instagram feed was launched, with the first video featuring Hill going behind the counter at a Popeye's Chicken fast food restaurant to steal a box of fried chicken. Within four months, the video gathered upwards of 1.22 million views. The video has since been removed. On July 27th, Hill posted a video of himself throwing milkshakes on himself in a Chik-Fil-A restaurant and removing his clothes to celebrate reaching one million followers on Instagram. The video has since been removed.

Reception

On July 18th, a thread about the Boonk Gang videos was submitted to The Coli Forums.^[4] On July 15th, NBC Miami reported that Hill was charged with burglary for stealing a tray of donuts from a Dunkin' Donuts store in Miami Gardens (shown below).

On July 27th, the viral media site ShockingVidz.com^[1] published a fake news post claiming that Hill was "found dead in South Florida from gunshot wounds." That day, the loveliveserve channel posted a parody video titled "Boonk Gang Be Like" (shown below).

On July 28th, the @kollegekidd Instagram feed posted a video of Hill claiming that the police have a warrant out for his arrest. The video has since been removed. On July 29th, Urban Dictionary^[2] user Penisboiiii submitted an entry for "boonk gang," describing him as a "bitch ass n**ga who be stealing shit."

Instagram Sex Video

On July 1st, 2018, Hill posted several sexually explicit videos to his @boonkgang Instagram stories feed, in which he is shown performing various sex acts with a woman in a hotel room. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the Instagram videos, including HollwoodLife^[6] and MTO News.^[7]^[8]