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American music critic and YouTuber

Anthony Nicholas Fantano^[5] (fan-TAN-oh; born October 28, 1985) is an American music critic and internet personality who runs The Needle Drop, a YouTube channel with a tie-in website and Twitch^[6] streaming channel. Self-appointed as "The Internet's Busiest Music Nerd", as a social media influencer Fantano discusses and reviews music from a variety of genres online.^[7]

He also runs the channel Fantano where he talks about events in the music industry solo or with guests and conducts interviews.

Early life

Fantano was born and raised in Wolcott, Connecticut.^[8] He is of Sicilian descent. His father, Ken Fantano, was a professional power-lifter.^[9][10] As a teenager, Fantano became interested in politics through the work of the musician Jello Biafra, former lead singer of the punk band Dead Kennedys, calling him "pretty much [his] political idol".^&#