Shane Lee Yaw (born July 19, 1988), known professionally as Shane
Dawson, is an American YouTuber, actor, writer, director, and
musician. He became one of the first people to rise to fame on the
video-sharing platform YouTube.In 2008, at age 19, he began making
videos on YouTube and garnered over half a billion views by 2010. Most
of his early work consisted of sketch comedy videos, where Dawson
would play original characters, impersonate celebrities and make light
of popular culture. Many of these impressions later drew criticism for
their offensive content, including "ghetto girl" Shanaynay (which
propagated African-American stereotypes) as well as many instances of
blacking up to portray black people and people of color.During this
time, he also had a short-lived music career, releasing 6 original
songs such as "Superluv!" and numerous parodies of popular music
videos. In 2013â€"inspired by Howard Sternâ€"Dawson launched his
podcast, Shane and Friends, which ran for four years and produced 140
episodes. The following year, Dawson released his first and only
feature film, Not Cool, and appeared on an accompanying 10-episode
docu-series The Chair. He has also appeared in the films Smiley (2012)
and Internet Famous (2016),
Dawson, is an American YouTuber, actor, writer, director, and
musician. He became one of the first people to rise to fame on the
video-sharing platform YouTube.In 2008, at age 19, he began making
videos on YouTube and garnered over half a billion views by 2010. Most
of his early work consisted of sketch comedy videos, where Dawson
would play original characters, impersonate celebrities and make light
of popular culture. Many of these impressions later drew criticism for
their offensive content, including "ghetto girl" Shanaynay (which
propagated African-American stereotypes) as well as many instances of
blacking up to portray black people and people of color.During this
time, he also had a short-lived music career, releasing 6 original
songs such as "Superluv!" and numerous parodies of popular music
videos. In 2013â€"inspired by Howard Sternâ€"Dawson launched his
podcast, Shane and Friends, which ran for four years and produced 140
episodes. The following year, Dawson released his first and only
feature film, Not Cool, and appeared on an accompanying 10-episode
docu-series The Chair. He has also appeared in the films Smiley (2012)
and Internet Famous (2016),
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