North Carolina-based YouTube star MrBeast builds his hometown Raleigh in Minecraft
A North Carolina-based YouTube star built the city of Raleigh in Minecraft in 24 hours — with some help.
Jimmy Donaldson — better known as MrBeast — posted on his MrBeast Gaming YouTube channel, which has over 3.1 million subscribers, a video of him and other “builders” creating Raleigh, his hometown, in the video game.
It included about 50 other users and was part of another YouTuber’s effort to build the world in Minecraft at a 1:1 scale, he said in the video.
The video started with the creation of the capitol building then showed the progression of building the rest of the city — including N.C. State University, the convention center, PNC Plaza and other locations. The builders also included details such as stop lights, trees and a crane.
It ends with a tour of the completed replica of the city.
The video, posted Sunday, had more than 4 million views by Monday afternoon.
MrBeast is known for his extravagant gift-giving and made headlines last year after leaving golden bars worth $7,000 as tips at two restaurants in Greenville, where he lives, McClatchy News previously reported.
His main YouTube channel has more than 38 million subscribers.
This story was originally published July 6, 2020 at 6:25 PM.
