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Shane Lee Yaw (born July 19, 1988), known professionally as Shane Dawson, is an American YouTuber, author, sketch comedian, actor, director, media personality and musician. He was one of the first people to become famous on YouTube, and since kept an online presence.[3]
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Born | Shane Lee Yaw July 19, 1988 Long Beach, California, U.S. | |||
Education | Lakewood High School | |||
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Partner(s) | Lisa Schwartz (2011–2015) Ryland Adams (2016–present; engaged 2019)[1] | |||
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Years active | 2008–present | |||
Subscribers | 19 million (April 2024) | |||
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Years active | 2008-present[2] | |||
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Last updated: May 30, 2020 |
He was born in Long Beach, California. He is known for his sketch-comedy videos, parody, Lets-Play and conspiracy theory videos.[4][5]
Dawson has faced some controversy in his career. Past videos where he portrayed African-American celebrities, said the racial slur "nigger" many times and wore blackface went viral which Dawson would apologize for.[7] He would also garner controversy for comments he made about pedophilia and bestiality with his cat. He would also apologize for these.[8]
After an old skit of Dawson where he pretended to masturbate to a poster of a then-11 year old Willow Smith went viral, Willow's brother Jaden and mother Jada would say that they are "done with the excuses".[9]
Target would remove his books from their stores and YouTube would demonetize all three of Dawson's channels.[10][11]
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