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, LGBTQ-oriented video content.[5] After initially gaining prominence on Vine, he started uploading videos onto YouTube after the former became defunct.[6]

Larray
Personal information
BornLarri Merritt[1]
(1998-07-22) July 22, 1998[2][3]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[2]
Occupation
Websitexolarray.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
Subscribers5.22 million
Total views488 million
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2017[4]
1,000,000 subscribers 2018[4]
Updated June 14, 2020

Prior to becoming a member of The Hype House in January 2020,[7] he had accumulated over four million subscribers on his personal YouTube channel,[4] in addition to approximately seven 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 40 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]

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]

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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