Lucas and Marcus

Lucas and Marcus
Personal information
Born Lucas Dobre-Mofid
Marcus Dobre-Mofid
(1999-01-28) January 28, 1999
Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality American
Residence Maryland, USA
YouTube information
Years active 2011–present
Subscribers 11 million subscribers
(As of July 2018)
Total views 2.1 billion views
(As of June 2018)
Network Fullscreen
Associated acts Jake Paul[1]
100,000 subscribers 2016
1,000,000 subscribers 2017
10,000,000 subscribers 2018

Lucas and Marcus Dobre-Mofid (born January 28, 1999), collectively known as The Dobre Twins, are an American dancing duo and YouTube personalities who rose to prominence on the now-defunct video application Vine.[2]

Their YouTube channel has 10 million subscribers. The twins are also part of a YouTube channel called "Dobre Brothers", with their siblings Cyrus and Darius, where they post vlogs two times a week.

Personal life

The twins were born in Maryland to Romanian Olympic gymnast Aurelia Dobre and Boz Mofid, the owner of the Dobre Gymnastics Academy in Maryland. They have two older brothers, Cyrus (born 1993) and Darius (born 1995).[3]

Career

Lucas and Marcus were known as Vine stars called "TwinBotz". By December 2014, they had gained over 300,000 followers. The twins used the app to showcase their talent, including break dancing, gymnastics, and comedy stunts, such as backflips.[4]

Their popularity led them to a collaboration with fellow Vine star Jake Paul. Lucas and Marcus then became two of the original members of Paul's Team 10, increasing their overall popularity on YouTube.

Eventually, the twins became homesick and posted a video titled "The truth about everything..." in which they explained that leaving the team in L.A. and moving back to Maryland was a result of missing family.

Since leaving, the twins' YouTube channel "Lucas and Marcus" has 12 million subscribers. Their "Dobre Brothers" channel, created June 17, 2017, has 3 million subscribers.

The four brothers, Lucas, Marcus, Cyrus, and Darius then moved back to L.A. Their popularity helped them earn a spot to speak in New York at AT&T's Later Haters expo.[5]

In March 2018, it was announced that the Dobre Brothers have signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA).[6]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2018 Shorty Awards Muser of the Year Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Gomez, Patrick (August 6, 2016). "Jake Paul Is Moving in With 6 Social Media Stars". People. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ Pellegrini, Christina (October 23, 2016). "These twin brothers dancing in a supermarket are going viral and it's cause they're amazing". Yahoo!. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Meyers, Dvora (July 21, 2017). "Popular Twin Vloggers Are The Sons Of Former Romanian World Champion Gymnast". Deadspin. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ Cohen, Joshua (March 30, 2017). "Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • February 2017". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Liffreing, Ilyse (March 26, 2018). "AT&T focuses on teens with 'Later Haters' push for digital positivity". Digiday. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ Spangler, Todd (March 15, 2018). "Social-Media Stars The Dobre Brothers Sign With CAA". Variety. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
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