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

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, comedian, and musician. He came to prominence for his short comedy sketches on Vine 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 Wheaton, Illinois, on June 12, 1994. He attended Wheaton North High School, then joined the Georgia Institute of Technology in

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Career

Gonzalez began his career on Vine making six-second comedy sketches. He later participated in '' Camp Unplug'', a 2016 Vine mini-series, during which he met

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. 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 Corridor Digital. In 2019, he and Gooden headlined the "We are Two Different People" comedy tour with Kurtis Conner 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 Internet culture,

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s, and general cultural criticism. His 2018 Troom Troom reaction videos popularized the channel. He is known for his criticisms of Jake and Logan Paul, and for his commentaries on

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(later TikTok) stars. In addition to commentary videos, he is also known for his parody music. He refers to his fanbase by the singular name "Greg". Gonzalez is associated with fellow YouTubers

, Kurtis Conner, and Cody Ko.

Personal life

Gonzalezd married Laura Fuechsl in 2017.

Awards and nominations

Discography

EPs

Singles

Notes

References

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