On March 10, 2008, Dawson made his YouTube channel, called "ShaneDawsonTV". Careerĭawson at the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards in 2010 2008–2010: YouTube, ShaneDawsonTV Dawson grew up in a low income household to a single mother, Teresa Yaw. He first became interested in making videos when he would turn in videos as school projects with his friends in high school. The siblings had a close relationship, and helped Dawson during these times. He has two older brothers, Jacob Yaw (born 1980) and Jerid Yaw (born 1985). As a teenager, Dawson was bullied for his weight in school.
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In 2015, Dawson began his show on YouTube about conspiracy theories, which includes his 2019 web series Conspiracy Series with Shane Dawson. He has also appeared in the films Smiley (2012) and Internet Famous (2016). The following year, Dawson released his first and only feature film, Not Cool, and appeared on an accompanying 10 episode docu-series The Chair. In 2013, he launched his podcast, Shane and Friends, which ran for four years and produced 140 episodes. Some of these impressions later drew criticism for their offensive content, including racial stereotypes.ĭuring this time, Dawson also had a short-lived music career, releasing six original songs such as " Superluv!" and numerous parodies of popular music videos. Most of his early work consisted of sketch comedy videos, where he would play original characters, impersonate celebrities and make light of popular culture. In 2008, at age 19, Dawson began making videos on YouTube and garnered over half a billion views by 2010.
He became one of the first people to rise to fame on the video-sharing platform YouTube. Shane Lee Yaw (born July 19, 1988), known professionally as Shane Dawson, is an American YouTuber.