Elijah Daniel

Elijah Daniel (born January 9, 1994) is an American comedian, rapper, record producer, songwriter, and author.

He became popular online through his satirical social media posts.

Daniel led an online White House petition in 2013 to make the Miley Cyrus song "Party in the U.S.A." the U.S. national anthem.

It received international coverage.

Starting in 2014, he began hosting a weekly internet prank with CollegeHumor called Text Prank Thursday, where he would have his Twitter followers text random phone numbers saying whatever he told them to say.

Daniel told Vice that he cultivated a group of followers online who appreciated his absurd and bizarre comedic antics.

By 2016, his Twitter following had grown to over 95,000.

In October 2016, FOTV Media Networks Inc. announced a business partnership with Daniel and Sydelko to produce a full season of their series Trash, Talking.

In 2016, Daniel stated on Twitter that he was going to get drunk and write an erotic novel starring Donald Trump.

Daniel was inspired by a tweet which said the user wished to perform a sex act on Bernie Sanders.

He wrote the work as a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Within four hours, he had released the erotic novel titled Trump Temptations: The Billionaire & The Bellboy on Amazon.

This was Daniel's debut novel.

Trump Temptations became the number one best seller on Amazon.com in three categories: humorous erotica, LGBT erotica, and gay erotica.

The book was listed on Amazon above Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James, and was featured in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, GQ, Gay Star News, London Evening Standard, The Daily Telegraph, and Vice.

The Guardian classed the work as part of the "small but burgeoning new genre: satirical books about Donald Trump" that began with the 2016 presidential campaign.

Cosmopolitan called the book a literary success.

Daniel's book attracted 900,000 readers on the Wattpad website.

Daniel hired Trump impersonator Chris Ferretti to read the audiobook.

In May 2016, Daniel negotiated a rights deal with film studio NakedSword to turn his novel into a feature film.

They began adapting the story in 2016.

NakedSword stated they were interested in the project due to the absurd nature of the plot.

Trump biographer Marc Shapiro wrote in Trump This! that Daniel's novel was one of the most infamous works capitalizing on interest in Trump.

An article in Fortune said that Daniel displayed a Trump-like skill to capitalize on a niche demand.

Daniel began rapping under the name Lil Phag in late 2017.

Daniel rose to prominence as the author of the erotic novel Trump Temptations.

Outside of his solo work, Daniel is a part of the EDM/Pop act adam&steve alongside fiancé, Dr. Woke.

Billboard has dubbed the duo "the gay Chainsmokers".

They have since released six singles featuring Maty Noyes, Sophie Rose, Gnash, JVZEL, XYLØ, and Waterparks.

He won the award for Best Comedian with collaborator Christine Sydelko at the 9th Shorty Awards.

Elijah Daniel was born in Detroit, Michigan.

He was raised as an evangelical Christian.

After his grandmother became ill, Daniel moved into her residence to care for her.

During this period, he began to write comedy to occupy himself.

He publicized his comedy work through posts on Twitter.

In January 2017, Daniel and Christine Sydelko released a parody video of the song "Closer" originally by The Chainsmokers, featuring Halsey.

The video prompted a response from Halsey, who criticized the parody and Daniel and Sydelko's supporters.

Based on the press he received for his book, Daniel was able to sell two TV series proposals.

In conjunction with production firm PRØHBTD, Daniel was given roles of actor, producer, and creator of the two series.

These included one docu-series titled Elijah Daniel is Insane, and one scripted comedy titled Social co-starring Vine comedian Christine Sydelko.