Over the summer, Adams became involved in an online feud with multiple influencers who criticized one of his YouTube videos, titled, "I Went to the Most Racist Town in America!"
In the video, which was posted in May, Adams visited Harrison, Arkansas, a town that has become associated with Ku Klux Klan activity, and where other YouTubers have also filmed videos documenting racism.
In his video, Adams spoke to residents about whether they thought the town was really the most racist place in America, and also interviewed the town's mayor, Jerry Jackson. Adams told Jackson he'd received "a lot of love" from Harrison residents during his visit, which challenged his initial expectations about the town.
Political commentator and internet celebrity Hasan Piker reacted to Adams' video in a stream, in which he criticized Adams' positive words.
"Just because a fucking town is racist doesn't mean that they're going to be literally running around and doing hate crimes on every Black person that they see. I don't know why Americans have such a fucking twisted, broken understanding of what racism is," he said.
Piker then accused Adams of posting the video for views, rather than to make a point. "What he's always worried about is, you know, making fucking clickbait stuff and doing comedy or whatever."
Adams accused Piker of "patronizing" him in a stream posted the next day. "First, I'm a Black man. It doesn't matter how many followers I have, or what influence I have. First thing's first, I'm a Black man. I do care."
Adams got into a similar disagreement with internet commentator Ethan Klein, also known as h3h3productions, who also reacted to the video. Adams and Klein confronted one another over a call on Klein's podcast, in which Klein said that Adams gave racist figures a "platform to talk uncontested" in the video and was not critical enough of them.
Adams said he felt "patronized" by Klein's comments, calling it an example of "liberal racism," which he described as when "white people think they know better than Black people" about discrimination.
Klein and Piker did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.