Jake Paul

Jake Joseph Paul (born January 17, 1997) is an American Internet celebrity and professional boxer.

He began his career posting videos on Vine in September 2013 and had amassed 5.3 million followers and 2 billion views before the app discontinued.

Paul began his career in September 2013 posting videos on Vine.

By the time Vine was discontinued by Twitter Inc., Paul had amassed 5.3 million followers and 2 billion views on the app.

He launched his YouTube channel in May 2014.

Through his success, he was cast as Dirk Mann on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark for two seasons.

Paul launched his YouTube channel on May 15, 2014.

His channel became known for pranks, controversies, and his hip hop music.

After gaining acclaim on Vine and YouTube, Paul was hired onto the set of the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, playing a character who accepted dare requests that he would then perform.

Paul launched entertainment collective Team 10 in 2016.

His debut single "It's Everyday Bro", released in 2017, debuted at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.

On July 22, 2017, during the middle of filming the second season of Bizaardvark, the Disney Channel announced that Paul would be leaving the series.

The announcement followed a news report from KTLA about public complaints from Paul's neighbors regarding the noise generated by Paul's pranks, parties, hazards and large crowds of fans congregating in their neighborhood.

Paul later confirmed the news on his Twitter page, saying he would now focus more on his personal brand, YouTube channel, business ventures, and more mature acting roles.

Paul later revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he was actually fired from Bizaardvark by Disney, which wanted to expedite the process of weaning him off the show due to the KTLA segment.

On January 17, 2017, his 20th birthday, it was reported that he had launched media company TeamDom with $1 million in funding to create an influencer marketing management and creative agency around teen entertainment.

Investors included Danhua Capital, Horizons Alpha, Vayner Capital, Sound Ventures & A-Grade Investments and Adam Zeplain.

Paul released the single "It's Everyday Bro", featuring Team 10, on May 30, 2017.

It featured vocals from members of the team at the time, consisting of Nick Crompton, Chance Sutton, Ivan and Emilio Martinez and Tessa Brooks.

It drew over 70 million views in one month and became YouTube's third most disliked video.

The song debuted and peaked at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Its title refers to how Paul at the time posted a video every single day.

In 2017, Paul released and later deleted singles including "Ohio Fried Chicken", "Jerika", "No Competition", "That Ain't on the News" and "Litmas".

On November 22, 2017, Paul released a remix of "It's Everyday Bro", featuring American rapper Gucci Mane in place of Team 10, alongside the new music video for it.

He was involved in a white-collar boxing match against Deji Olatunji in August 2018, in which he won via technical knockout.

The singles were deleted for various reasons, including his 2018 break-up with Erika Costell.

On April 27, 2018, he released the single and music video for "Malibu" with now-former Team 10 member Chad Tepper.

On May 11, he released another single and music video for "My Teachers", featuring now-former Team 10 members Sunny Malouf and Anthony Trujillo, along with the music video.

On May 24, he released two singles, "Randy Savage" and "Cartier Vision".

The former song features Team 10 and hip-hop duo Jitt & Quan, featuring vocals from Team 10 members at the time, consisting of Anthony Trujillo, Sunny Malouf, Justin Roberts, Erika Costell, and Chad Tepper; it was released along with the music video.

The latter song features Anthony and the duo as well; the music video was released later on September 12.

On August 15, 2018, Paul released another single titled "Champion", with a music video.

The song was a diss track towards Paul's boxing opponent Deji Olatunji (ComedyShortsGamer), the younger brother of British YouTube star, internet personality, boxer, and rapper KSI.

His professional boxing debut was against AnEsonGib in January 2020.

He later faced and defeated former basketball player Nate Robinson, former MMA fighters Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley (twice), Anderson Silva and Nate Diaz, and professional boxers Andre August and Ryan Bourland.

In February 2023, Paul lost to Tommy Fury via split decision in his first fight with an active professional boxer.

In 2021, Paul, alongside his adviser Nakisa Bidarian, founded a boxing promotion titled "Most Valuable Promotions".

Paul was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Westlake, Ohio, with his older brother Logan, who is also a YouTuber and internet personality.

They started filming themselves when Jake was 10.

Their parents are Pamela Ann Stepnick (née Meredith) and realtor Gregory Allan Paul.