Creator Economy
The 28-year-old streamer, real nameDalton Eatherly, is being held in Tennessee on a charge of attempted murder
Last week, Chud the Builder, an ostentatious live-streamer who revels in using the N-word and incendiary racist phrases, shot a man multiple times outside a Tennessee courthouse. The 28-year-old streamer, whose real name is Dalton Eatherly, is in custody as he faces an attempted murder charge, among other felonies, although the arrest seems to have only boosted his brand among his audience. He has not yet entered a plea.
Who is Chud?
Before he allegedly caused a man to be airlifted to a hospital for emergency surgery, Eatherly was what some call a nuisance streamer. Eatherly’s journey seemingly began around early 2025 after he called a Black woman the N-word in a road-rage incident, and her daughter took his picture and posted it online. The reaction online led to Eatherly getting fired from his job as a contractor, he said on Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes’s podcast, leading him to start his own business. (On that podcast he also denied that his actions were racist.) However, following overwhelming negative attention from the community — locals in Clarksville, Tennessee, began to recognize him from his viral content — people began to post information about his business, discouraging others from hiring him. In response, he started a page on GiveSendGo, a fundraising platform known for its popularity among the far right. “Hundreds of people in my city are slandering my business, spreading lies to tear down everything I’ve worked for,” he wrote. Other people sided with him, however, and he garnered thousands of followers who connected with his “resilience” and his “refusal to be silenced.”
