Philip DeFranco (born December 1, 1985) is an American video blogger on YouTube , and a YouTube celebrity. His videos are centered around current events and politics, in which he gives his opinion, usually in a sarcastic manner. DeFranco (better known by his YouTube alias sXephil) has been making videos on YouTube since 2006.
Since his first video, he has amassed thousands of fans that watch his videos daily. DeFranco is a strong activist of the charities for PKD due to his grandfather, his father and later himself being diagnosed with it. When he won the Spore Creature Creator competition (beating Cole & Dylan Sprouse from the Disney show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) he donated all the winnings to a PKD charity.