iDubbbz

Ian Carter (born July 27, 1990),[2] better known online as iDubbbz, is an American YouTube personality and comedian, best known as the creator of YouTube channels iDubbbzTV, iDubbbzTV2, and iDubbbzgames, as well as comedy video series Content Cop, Bad Unboxing and Kickstarter Crap. His diss track "Asian Jake Paul" charted and peaked at number 24 on Billboard's US R&B/HH Digital Song Sales chart.

iDubbbzTV
Carter in 2018
Personal information
BornIan Washburn
(1990-07-27) July 27, 1990
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
GenreComedy, unboxing
Subscribers7.94 million
Total views1.33 billion
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2015[1]
1,000,000 subscribers 2016
Secondary channel
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
GenreComedy
Subscribers3.1 million
Total views251 million
100,000 subscribers 2016
1,000,000 subscribers 2017
Gaming channel
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2018–2019
GenreGaming, unboxing
Subscribers877 thousand
Total views6.9 million
100,000 subscribers 2016
Updated August 12, 2020

Career

Content Cop

Carter's Content Cop series highlights other YouTube channels, critiquing their content as well as their owner's behavior on social media. Each episode of Content Cop has been dubbed as an "event" by fellow YouTube commentators, with every new episode sparking controversy. Fellow YouTube personality Philip DeFranco has stated that he is a fan of Carter and that "no one does hit-pieces better than Ian",[3] referring to his thorough but also entertaining style of criticism. Carter has produced Content Cops on a wide variety of YouTube personalities such as Daniel "Keemstar" Keem,[4] Calvin "LeafyIsHere" Vail,[5] Tana Mongeau[6] and Bryan "RiceGum" Le.[7]

Carter's first Content Cop was released in December 2015 and targeted reaction YouTuber Jinx Reload.[8] In the video, he criticizes his original videos being cringeworthy (namely How to get YouTube Famous, his parody interviews where he interviews pop stars and their responses are the vocals to the interviewee's songs, and Cartoons in the Hood), the fact that he hasn't improved the visual quality beyond 720p (claiming it was so he could upload more frequently), and his non-transformative reaction videos.

In May 2016, Carter released a Content Cop on Daniel "Keemstar" Keem of DramaAlert, which has over 30 million views on YouTube as of May 2020. In the video, he accused Keem of threatening big YouTubers with negative coverage and promoting small channels or accusing them of hiding something. Carter called Keem a "very rash decision maker" and showed clips of Keem saying what he called "really regrettable shit". In response, Keem called the Content Cop video "entertaining" and denied wanting to attack other YouTubers, saying he has "no problem booking guests or landing exclusive interviews". He also apologized for the comments and incidents he caused, but justified saying 'nigger' by (jokingly) using a genealogical DNA test to prove he is nine percent black.[9]

On April 6, 2017, YouTuber and rapper Bryan "RiceGum" Le stated in a video that he would like to have a Content Cop made on him, stating: "I don't really care, but I kind of really want him to make one on me".[10] In October 2017 Carter uploaded a video titled "Content Cop – Jake Paul", which has over 48 million views as of May 2020. The 31-minute video, however, was not about former Disney actor and YouTube personality Jake Paul, but about Le. In the video, Carter called him "Asian Jake Paul", explaining that he didn't want to give Le the satisfaction of having his name in the title or his face in the thumbnail. Then he proceeded to analyze and criticize Bryan Le in a format resembling the seven deadly sins.[7] To coincide with the episode of Content Cop, Carter released a music video for a new diss track titled "Asian Jake Paul", which has over 80 million views as of May 2020.[11][12][13][14] The song was produced in collaboration with British YouTube personality and musician Dave "Boyinaband" Brown with cameos by prominent YouTube personalities such as PewDiePie, Jack Douglass, and Ethan Klein. The song peaked at number 24 on the R&B/Hip-hop Digital Song Sales chart.[15] RiceGum responded with several videos, including "Frick Da Police", a response diss track, and a 22-minute video response. The Content Cop video gained 20 million views in the first two weeks from its release, leading to backlash on Le for past comments towards a rape victim, to whom he apologized. Carter responded with a follow-up video titled "Content Deputy – AJP" rebutting RiceGum's responses, featuring a comedic cameo by rapper Post Malone, and stating that this would be his final response to the situation.[7]

Carter has been credited for making several videos and cameos that became Internet memes.[16]

Controversy

Referring to Carter's controversial past use of the word "nigger", YouTuber Tana Mongeau criticized him on Snapchat, and controversially wrote to Carter on Twitter, "so 3 million ppl subscribe to u and u openly say the n-word and retard???? Kill yourself."[17][18] Mongeau also said she would be "genuinely happy" if Carter were to "break both of his legs and lose all of his subscribers".[19]

On January 21, Carter confronted Tana Mongeau at a VIP meet-and-greet session in San Francisco. Carter posed for a photo with Mongeau while wearing her merchandise, put his arm around her shoulder, and instead of saying "say cheese" said "say nigger". Carter was escorted off the premises by security. Three days later, Mongeau uploaded a video titled "The N Word" describing her version of the encounter. Carter subsequently published a Content Cop episode on Mongeau, accusing her of hypocrisy by showing videos of Mongeau using the word "nigger" in the past. He also defended his use of the word, claiming the significance of the context in which the word is used.[17][20]

On March 28, 2020, Carter uploaded a video defending the adult entertainment industry and responding to the remarks of fans accusing him of being a "simp" because of his support for his girlfriend starting an OnlyFans account.[21]

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart position Album
US
R&B/HH Digital Song Sales
[22]
"Asian Jake Paul"[23]
(featuring Boyinaband)		 201724 Non-album single
gollark: If you're writing a thing you probably have a decent idea of the problem domain involved and what's going on, and just have to work out how to express that in code.
gollark: What I'm saying is that reading things and understanding them can be harder than writing them sometimes.
gollark: Yes. It's not unique to Haskell.
gollark: For example, if I was doing Haskell, I could write everything awfully in `IO` and make it very comprehensible to a C user, or I could write it in some crazy pointfree way which I don't understand 5 seconds after writing it.
gollark: e.g. you probably wouldn't just go for C, if you wanted to avoid being caught.

References
  1. "idubbbztv Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. Ian Washburn. "Ian.0(@idubbbz)". Profile. Twitter. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. DeFranco, Phillip (October 6, 2017). "Why I Didn't Talk About Ricegum Content Cop, Apologizing For Fake News, and More". YouTube. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  4. iDubbbzTV (May 5, 2016). "Content Cop – KEEMSTAR" – via YouTube.
  5. "Who Is LeafyIsHere? The Controversial YouTuber With A HUGE Tumblr Fandom". We The Unicorns. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  6. iDubbbzTV (February 6, 2017). "Content Cop – Tana Mongeau" – via YouTube.
  7. "Feud between YouTube stars uncovers disturbing jokes about racism and rape". The Daily Dot. October 18, 2017.
  8. iDubbbzTV (December 13, 2015), Content Cop – Busting JINX RELOAD, retrieved February 27, 2018
  9. Lorenz, Taylor (January 18, 2018). "How DramaAlert Became the TMZ of YouTube". The Daily Beast. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  10. "RiceGum on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  11. iDubbbzTV2 (October 3, 2017). "Asian Jake Paul (feat. Boyinaband) *DISS TRACK*" – via YouTube.
  12. "Asian Jake Paul – Single by iDubbbz on Apple Music". October 3, 2017.
  13. "Asian Jake Paul". October 3, 2017.
  14. "Idubbbz: Asian Jake Paul – Music on Google Play". Google Play.
  15. "Boyinaband Asian Jake Paul Chart History". Billboard.
  16. Hathaway, Jay (December 11, 2017). "The complete history of memes, from origins to modern trends". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  17. "Racist Gaffes Drag YouTube Stars Into All-Out Vlog Warfare". February 8, 2017.
  18. Caroline Fergusson (July 19, 2018). "From Alfie Deyes To Jeffree Starr: 9 Of The Most Scandalous YouTube Feuds Of All Time". mtv.co.uk. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  19. News, Blasting (February 7, 2017). "YouTuber iDubbbz publicly slams Tana Mongeau in new 'Content Cop' video". Blasting News. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  20. Hernandez, Patricia (February 16, 2017). "Pewdiepie's Shock Humor Is Par For The Course On YouTube". Kotaku. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  21. "A popular YouTuber is being attacked online after his girlfriend started an adult OnlyFans account". Insider. March 30, 2020.
  22. "R&B/Hip-hop Digital Song Sales for the week ending on October 21, 2017". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  23. "Asian Jake Paul – Single". iTunes. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
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