Charles Paul Trippy III (born September 2, 1984) is an American musician,

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and internet personality based in

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. He is a member of

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-based rock band

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. Trippy recorded his first album with We the Kings, titled '' Somewhere Somehow'' in 2013. The album peaked at no. 44 on

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. He is also the creator of ''Internet Killed Television'', a

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aired on

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. Trippy is the current holder of the

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for the ''Longest running video blog series'' with 3,653 videos, and for this reason was featured on ''Ripley's Believe It Or Not!''.

Early life and education

Trippy was born to Charles Paul 'Chaz' Trippy II and Marlene Trippy, in 1984, in

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. He is of Sicilian Italian, German, and Native American descent. His father was a member of the

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where he played

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. As a youngster, Trippy often toured with his father's band. His younger sister, Melissa Trippy, is also an internet personality. Trippy attended

Lakewood Ranch High School Lakewood Ranch High School in Manatee County, Florida, United States, was opened in 1998 in Bradenton, Florida. It is named after the master planned community it borders, Lakewood Ranch. In the 2011–2012 school year, Lakewood Ranch High School ...

where he completed his early education. Later, he attended and graduated from the

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where he majored in

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Career

As a YouTuber

Trippy started his

channel ''CTFxC'' in 2008, although the daily

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s only started on May 1, 2009. Initially, Trippy planned to do daily

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s for one year, however, he continued to create videos daily after completing the first year. As of 2020, Trippy's daily vlogs is in its 11th year. Calling his daily vlogging series ''Internet Killed Television'', it chronicles his daily life with his wife Allie Marie Trippy (born Wesenberg) and their pets, friends and family. The series formerly featured Trippy's ex-wife, Allison Speed who would vlog with him for almost six years before they separated in 2014. In 2015, Trippy was featured in ''

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'' publication. He was also featured in the documentary film ''Vlogumentary'' which was developed by

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in 2016. Trippy holds the

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for the ''Longest Running video blog series on YouTube by the number of episodes'' which goes alongside his record for the ''Most consecutive daily personal video blogs posted on YouTube''. With 3,653 vlogs from May 1, 2009, to May 1, 2019, Trippy holds these records since May 1, 2019. By September 2020, Trippy's YouTube channel had received around 798 million views with 1.4 million subscribers. The channel has been covered by major news publications around the world including

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, ''

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'', etc.

As a musician

Trippy began his music career in 2001 as a

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for the Bradenton-based

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band, Funny Looking Kid. He took part in 2002 and 2003

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with the band. Funny Looking Kid broke up in 2005. In 2011, Trippy joined

as the

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replacing Drew Thomsen who left the group earlier that year. He recorded his first

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with the band, '' Somewhere Somehow'', in 2013. The album debuted at no. 44 on the

and at no. 6 on the

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charts. In 2014 and 2015, Trippy recorded ''

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'' and ''

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'' respectively, with We the Kings. ''Self Titled Nostalgia'' and ''Six'' were released in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Trippy has performed across the United States on the

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as the bass player for We the Kings. As a member of the band, We the Kings, Trippy has received

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. In 2016, he received Platinum certification from

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for "

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". In 2017 and 2018, Trippy received

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s for ''Strange Love'' and "Sad Song" from RIAA.

Personal life

In March 2012 Trippy was diagnosed with a benign

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brain tumor after having a seizure at the end of February. After the successful resection of the tumor, it recurred in September 2013 and was diagnosed as anaplastic

oligodendroglioma Oligodendrogliomas are a type of glioma that are believed to originate from the oligodendrocytes of the brain or from a glial precursor cell. They occur primarily in adults (9.4% of all primary brain and central nervous system tumors) but are also ...

brain cancer. In October 2013, Trippy started

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to combat the remaining 5% left after his second resection. In July 2020, he underwent a third brain surgery that removed 100% of the tumor. Trippy filmed and uploaded his brain surgeries on his YouTube channel. His videos received coverage from ''

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''. Trippy married Allie Marie Wesenberg in 2017. The couple was profiled by

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on May 2, 2018.

Awards and recognitions

References

American bass guitarists People from St. Petersburg, Florida Guinness World Records Ripley's Believe It or Not! {{DEFAULTSORT:Trippy, Charles 1984 births Living people Male YouTubers