Some FAQs from a fanboy. All from his vids and social profiles - no dox here.
Personal details:
Nick "Nicky Rackets, The Alt-Right Lawyer, The Blackface Lawyer" Rekieta
"Central Minnesota" (Possibly
Spicer, population around 1200)
Married for some time to Kayla "Lady Rackets" Rekieta; five children
37 years old (born in 1981/1982)
When does Nick typically stream?
Nick used to be more of a plain video-maker than a streamer, but he now streams fairly regularly at 12:00 midnight ET on weekday nights.
Is Rekieta a "real lawyer?"
Rekieta graduated from the
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (then the William Mitchell College of Law) in St. Paul, MN, and started his own small law firm, Rekieta Law. As far as we know, despite his YouTube success, he continues to take clients through his firm.
Is Rekieta legally representing Vic Mignogna, Richard C. "Diversity and Comics" Meyer, or the other people whose cases he discusses in his videos?
No; it is very likely that Rekieta will never make a video regarding a case in which he is directly representing one of the participants. In the case of Mignogna, however, he did refer an attorney to him, as well as start the GoFundMe campaign to fund his case.
Is Rekieta really an "alt-right lawyer?"
Rekieta has gained this title by associating with others that have been tarred with the "alt-right" brush, such as appearing on
Ethan Ralph's Killstream and covering the case of
Richard C. Meyer vs Mark Waid with sympathies to the Meyer side. His actual political inclinations are probably what the kids these days call "basic bitch conservative," and actual alt-righters probably don't approve of his choice in friends (see below).
Why is Rekieta called "the blackface lawyer?"
One of Nick's best and longest friends is a black man named Drexel. Drexel has appeared on a couple of Nick's streams. One time "soon after college," Nick pranked Drexel by dressing up as him by applying skin toner and wearing a fro wig and some of Drexel's clothes (which would have been too large for Nick). A photo of this incident has made its way to the internet.
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Rekieta claims that he did this to make fun more of himself, as a scrawny, nerdy white guy, rather than to mock the "black guy cool" Drexel or black people in general, and that he wasn't dressing up as a stereotype of black people; he was dressing up as a stereotype of Drexel. Drexel says he was not offended at the time and isn't offended by it now, but the picture has given plenty of ammunition to Rekieta haters who know more about how black people feel than actual black people.
What's up with the hives/itchiness/redness when Rekieta gets excited?
Nick seems to have a bizarre condition where in he has an allergy-like skin reaction when he gets excited or angry, which occasionally manifests on his stream.
Does Rekieta know what he's talking about?
Nick Rekieta graduated from a law school and kept his large family fed by operating his own law firm. Even if he may be making most of his money from YouTube nowadays (which is not certain; superchats have been
flooding in on his recent streams, but it's still likely he makes more through the work from his firm), those videos are made with a wealth of experience in both the letter and the actual practice of law (which are often quite different). For as great as you may be, if you are not trained in and have not practiced law, it should be taken for granted that Rekieta knows more about legal matters than you and your search results page, so for God's sake, if Nick is telling you to lawyer up,
lawyer up.
NEVER TALK TO THE POLICE!