Kip Kedersha, better known as Kipkay, is an American author of how-to videos. As of 2008, Kedersha was the all-time top-grossing

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user, having earned more than $120,000 for his series of instructional videos. The series broadcast on the internet and premiered on August 12, 2007. So far, more than 150 episodes have been made and the show can be found on distribution channels including

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. Kipkay's videos can be grouped into categories of pranks, D.I.Y, how-to, social experiments, and hacks.

Life and career

Kipkay had no scientific background outside of standard college science classes. When he was 15 years old, his mother called him to come inside because it was raining. He tried to run away, but she gave chase and caught up with him. Once she got him inside, she forced him to read books on electronics as punishment. In an interview with Kipkay he stated “I've always enjoyed tinkering with things," "and I learned a lot from my father, who taught me about mechanics and electronics. I'm just resourceful, I guess." Kipkay's video production career began with vocational TV production and broadcasting classes that led to a job in radio. Kip worked as a computer technician and part-time media director for his local church. Kip also worked for ''

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'' magazine who hired him to shoot and produce its weekend project clips.

History

Kipkay posts how-to videos demonstrating how people might re-engineer common household items, such as a

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, to show how they might acquire more power or usefulness. Kipkay now has his own show on Youtoo TV which is a channel offered by Road Runner Cable. As of June, 2019, his

videos combined have reached over 697,000,000 views, with over 2.6 million subscribers. He was interviewed on WJR Radio in 2008, and was heard on the show '' Videomaker''. Kip appeared on the

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TV show ''Garage Mahal'' and the ''Home Theatre Garage''. His videos have been featured on the TV show ''Brink''.

References

External links

Kipkay's website

The Official Kipkay Video Podcast
on

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