Boman Martinez-Reid, also known as Bomanizer, is a Canadian creator of

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comedy videos.Liz Calvario
"Boman Martinez-Reid on His TikTok Success and How to Diversify Your 'For You' Page"
'' Entertainment Tonight'', June 26, 2020. His videos parody

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by featuring his own family and friends getting into overly dramatized fights and feuds about small, everyday matters.Becca Longmire
"Canadian Boman Martinez-Reid Talks Huge TikTok Success And Why He Thinks People Loved To Watch His Videos During Quarantine"
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'', July 20, 2020. Martinez-Reid, the son of a

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father and a Spanish Canadian mother, grew up in Mississauga,

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. and launched his TikTok account in 2019 while studying radio and television arts at

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. He broke through to mass popularity on the platform in 2020. In 2021, he appeared in a second season episode of ''

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'' as a celebrity contestant in the

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, and did work with The Gag,

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's internet-based platform for emerging

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comedians. In the same year, he was named as an Icon in TikTok's inaugural Discover List of top content creators on the platform, and was first runner-up for Best Local Comedy TikTok in ''

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''s annual Best of Toronto reader poll. He is out as

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.Mikelle Street
"Bomanizer, One of the Funniest Men on TikTok, Is Just Getting Started"
'' Out'', April 23, 2021.

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