Daniel James Gonzalez (born June 12, 1994) is an American

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, comedian, and musician. He came to prominence for his short

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in 2014 and created his main

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channel that same year, subsequently moving over to YouTube full-time when Vine closed down in 2017. His three personal channels and three group channels have collectively earned around million subscribers, and billion views,

Early life

Daniel James Gonzalez was born in

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, on June 12, 1994. He attended

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, then joined the

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Career

Gonzalez began his career on Vine making six-second

. He later participated in ''

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'', a 2016 Vine mini-series, during which he met Drew Gooden. Gonzalez accumulated about 2.9 million Vine followers before the service shut down. In 2014, while still on Vine, he created and started uploading videos to his YouTube channel. From 2017 to 2018, Gonzalez wrote, edited, and starred in various shorts and "Corridor Crew" videos for

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. In 2019, he and Gooden headlined the "We are Two Different People" comedy tour with

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as the opener. The tour was named as such due to the similarities between Gooden and Gonzalez, both being self-described "skinny white guys on the internet".

YouTube style

Gonzalez's videos are often commentary on different aspects of

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, B movies, and general

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. His 2018 Troom Troom reaction videos popularized the channel. He is known for his criticisms of

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and

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, and for his commentaries on Musical.ly (later

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) stars. In addition to commentary videos, he is also known for his

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. He refers to his fanbase by the singular name "Greg". Gonzalez is associated with fellow YouTubers Drew Gooden,

, and

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Personal life

Gonzalezd married Laura Fuechsl in 2017.

Awards and nominations

Discography

EPs

Singles

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Danny 1994 births Living people American male comedians American parodists American YouTubers Comedians from Illinois Comedy YouTubers Music YouTubers Commentary YouTubers YouTube vloggers Vine (service) celebrities American male YouTubers People from Chicago Georgia Tech alumni American people of Mexican descent