Larray

Larri Merritt (born July 22, 1998), better known as Larray, is an American social media personality. He is best-known for appealing to young teenagers with his comedic video content and for being a part of the collaborative TikTok collective known as the Hype House.[5] After initially gaining prominence on Vine, he started uploading videos onto YouTube after the former became defunct.[6] Larray's screen name came as a result of his fan page for Miley Ray Cyrus. "Larray" is a combination of Larri and Ray.

Larray as seen in his house
Larray
Personal information
BornLarri Merritt[1]
(1998-07-22) July 22, 1998[2][3]
Compton, California, U.S.[2]
Occupation
Websitexolarray.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
Subscribers6.1 million
Total views578 million
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2017[4]
1,000,000 subscribers 2018[4]
Updated August 16, 2020

Prior to becoming a member of The Hype House in January 2020,[7] he had accumulated over 6 million subscribers on his personal YouTube channel,[4] in addition to approximately 12.8 million followers on his personal TikTok account.[8] He was nominated in the Breakout Creator category at the 9th Streamy Awards in December 2019.[9] His two novelty songs "First Place" and "Last Place" together spent 42 weeks on Billboard's Comedy Digital Tracks chart before its abolishment in January 2020, with the former gaining over 41 million views on YouTube,[10] and ranking at number 13 on the 2018 year-end chart.[11]

Merritt is closely affiliated with housemate and frequent collaborator Issa Twaimz,[12] and currently also resides with his boyfriend Brady Potter in Los Angeles.[6]

Youtube career

Before he became a Youtuber, he used to be very popular on Vine with over 100,000 followers. Larray created a Youtube channel on August 19, 2011 but his first video was posted on June 15, 2015 with the title: "MY NIGHT ROUTINE!". He has many videos featuring his close friend, Issa Twaimz and his boyfriend, Brady Potter. He also has collaborated with many other famous Youtubers including James Charles, Charli D'Amelio, The Dolan Twins,...etc. He mostly makes videos about his life, playing video games and music videos. He is usually regarded as funny and energetic.

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album/EP
US
Com.
[13]
"First Place"[14] 2018 4 Non-album singles
"Last Place"[15]
(featuring Twaimz)		 2019 8
"Latina"[16] 2020 N/A
"Thanos"[17]
(featuring Ravon)

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref(s)
2019 Streamy Awards Breakout Creator Nominated [9]
gollark: I have a lot of random useful scripts for specific tasks I want automated which nobody else would want much.
gollark: We *do* need good stuff available for quickly throwing together scripts for personal use. Primarily python right now.
gollark: I like using `is-thirteen` personally.
gollark: Everyone should program JavaScript with more than 200 dependencies per project.
gollark: The most it can do is... teach the skill of converting your intention to something vaguely like actual code.

References
  1. Garrity, Kate (June 22, 2020). "Hype House Member Larray Pays Tribute to His Late Father on Instagram". Distractify. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. Babers, Christopher (November 25, 2019). "Larray Answers the Internet's Most Searched Questions". AwesomenessTV. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. larri [@larrayxo] (July 22, 2019). "ew i woke up 21 wtf. thank you for all the birthday wishes :) love you!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. "LARRAY: Monthly YouTube Statistics on Socialblade". Socialblade. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  5. Collar, Matt. "Larray Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  6. Raphael, Shannon (April 15, 2020). "Larray Might Be Hype House's Most Underrated Member". Distractify. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  7. Perrett, Connor (February 2, 2020). "TikTok's Hype House is home to some of the app's biggest stars, including Charli D'Amelio. Who are the other 20 members?". Insider. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  8. "LARRAY: Monthly TikTok Statistics on Socialblade". Socialblade. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  9. Willis, Jackie (December 14, 2019). "2019 YouTube Streamy Awards: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  10. "THE RACE (REMIX) - FIRST PLACE / LARRAY (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)". YouTube. February 11, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  11. "Comedy Digital Track Sales - Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  12. "LARRAY AND TWAIMZ take a LIE DETECTOR TEST?!! | DETECTED". AwesomenessTV. October 14, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  13. Peaks on the Comedy Digital Songs Sales Chart:
  14. "First Place - Single by Larray". Apple Music. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  15. "Last Place - Single by Larray". Apple Music. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  16. "Latina - Single by Larray". Apple Music. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  17. "Thanos - Single by Larray". Apple Music. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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