The Onyx Family is an American family best known for posting family vlogs on their

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channels, The ''Onyx Family'' and ''Onyx Kids.'' In 2021, they starred in the YouTube Red Originals series, ''The Onyx Family Dinner Show'', which is part of the $100 million YouTube Black Voices Fund.

YouTube career

The Onyx Family started their career on YouTube in 2015, which grew to more than 6.3 million YouTube subscribers and over 3.5 billion total views by March 2021. The family of six, which consists of parents Mirthell and Rita Onyx, along with their four kids Shalom, Sinead, Sade (Shasha) and Shiloh, who would do challenges, vlogs, and comedy sketches.

Work with PocketWatch

In 2019, The Onyx Family signed a deal with

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to launch ''Onyx Monster Mysteries'', a 12-episode animated series. In October 2020, PocketWatch partnered with

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to produce ''Onyx Family Dinner show'', ''Onyx Family Dinner show'', a new YouTube Original talk show featuring the Onyx family that hosts weekly dinner guests. The program is a part of YouTube's "#YouTubeBlack Voices Fund" and was executive produced by Keith Brown,

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, Chris Williams and the Onyx family.

Interviews

In October 2020, they collaborated with Dr. Fauci in an interview aimed to educate people and have a better understanding of what is happening around them during the COVID-19 pandemic. In January 2021, they participate in Joe Biden and

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Inauguration event, ''Our White House: An Inaugural Celebration for Young Americans'' hosted by

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. On July 20, 2021, they were featured in the

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talk show,

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hosted by Dr.

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discussing how they got started in the fields of entertainment and

. On September 27, 2021, they have appeared in

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television series providing help to Ryan and his family in an episode entitled ''Ryan's Fizzy Playdate/Ryan's Artistic Playdate''. They were featured in several shows and TV channels such as

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, and participated in

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's discussion about his book '' Greenlights'' and were interviewed by

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References

External links

Official website
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YouTube career

Work with PocketWatch

Interviews

See also

References

External links