Jake Paul

**Jake Joseph Paul** (born January 17th, 1997) is an American YouTube personality who got famous on the old video app Vine. Paul is also known for playing Dirk Mann on the Disney Channel series _Bizaardvark_.

In 2018, Paul had a boxing match against YouTube star Deji. Paul stopped Deji in the sixth round. Many boxing experts, including Tony Bellew, Matthew Macklin, Tim Storer, Carl Froch, say he performed excellent for a novice boxer. His professional boxing record currently stands at 11-1.

## Early life

Paul was born in Cleveland, and grew up in Westlake, Ohio. He is the son of Pamela Ann Stepnick (_née_ Meredith) and realtor Gregory Allan Paul. He was raised in a Christian household that went to church often.

## Career

Paul began his career in September 2013 posting videos on Vine. Before Vine shut down, Jake Paul had 5.3 million followers and 7 million plays on the app.

In 2015, it was announced that Paul would be playing Dirk in Disney Channel's new comedy series _Bizaardvark_.

On January 5, 2017, Paul went to the White House with other social media people. For his YouTube vlog channel, he hid in a bathroom. He then snuck out of the White House at 3:30am. He was not stopped by security guards.

On January 17, 2017, Paul launched Team 10 with $1 million. Team 10 would help influencers be more popular. It would also help with creativity agency around teen entertainment. People who gave Paul money include Danhua Capital, Horizons Alpha, Vayner Capital, Sound Ventures & A-Grade Investments, and Adam Zeplain.

On May 30, 2017, Paul released a song and music video with Team 10. It was named "It's Everyday Bro." It got over 70 million views on YouTube in its first month. It is the 16th most disliked YouTube video with 5.46 million dislikes.  The song became number 94 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100 on June 24, 2017.

### Disturbances in Beverly Grove

On July 18, 2017, Paul's neighbors in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles met with city council members and police officials regarding whether to file a class-action public nuisance lawsuit against Paul.

This happened after Paul made his home address public. Crowds of fans gathered outside Paul's house. Neighbors complained about the noise.

On April 24, 2018, Paul was sued by Cobra Acquisitions for $5 million. They owned the Team 10 house

### Separation from Disney

On July 22, 2017, the Disney Channel was filming the second season of _Bizaardvark._ The Disney Channel said that Paul would be leaving the TV show. Disney said, "We've mutually agreed that Jake Paul will leave his role on the Disney Channel series 'Bizaardvark'. On behalf of the production company, the cast and crew, we thank Jake for his good work on the TV series for the past 18 months and extend our best wishes to him."

The announcement came after a KTLA 5 news report about public complaints from Paul's neighbors. The complaints were about the noise made by Paul's pranks and parties, fire hazards, and the large crowds of Paul's fans coming together in the neighborhood.

Paul later confirmed the news on his Twitter page. He said he would now focus more on his personal brand, his YouTube channel, his business ventures, and more adult acting roles. Paul later showed in an interview with _The Hollywood Reporter_ that he was actually fired from _Bizaardvark_ by Disney. Disney wanted to make the process of removing him off the show faster because of the KTLA segment.

### Explicit YouTube video

On January 3, 2018, Paul uploaded a video to his YouTube channel titled "I lost my virginity." People didn't like it for it being sexually explicit and inappropriate for his younger, teen audience. The thumbnail showed Paul and his then girlfriend Erika Costell semi-nude on a bed. Costell was on top of Paul in a suggestive manner. The thumbnail was changed with Costell fully clothed, but laying in bed in a suggestive manner.

### TMZ Video

On January 5, 2018, TMZ showed a video where Paul using the word "nigga" whilst rapping. In the video, Paul uses the word twice, saying  "little ass nigga" and "I whip it like my nigga Richie Vetter, he make the man's ass so wet it gets wetter."

## Personal life

Paul has English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Jewish and German ancestry. Paul has a net worth of about $17–30 million.

In November 2016, Paul started dating YouTuber and internet personality Alissa Violet. They broke up in February 2017. In April 2018, Paul started dating model Erika Costell. They ended their relationship in November 2018.

Paul began dating YouTuber and internet personality Tana Mongeau in April 2019. In June 2019, they were engaged to be married. Many people did not believe that the engagement was real. On July 28 of that year, they got married in Las Vegas. _InTouch_ later reported that the couple had not got a marriage license before the ceremony. They said that it was not a legal marriage. Buzzfeed said that Paul and Mongeau left the ceremony separately. The ceremony, which was available on pay-per-view for $50, was recorded by MTV. Mongeau said that the ceremony was something "fun and lighthearted that we're obviously doing for fun and for content." The couple broke up in January 2020.

Later that month, Paul started dating Julia Rose. They said that they are dating as of February 2022.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2016|_Dance Camp_|Lance|||
|2016|_Mono_|Dugan|Cameo||
|2016|_Airplane Mode_|Himself|||

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2016–2018|_Bizaardvark_|Dirk|Main role (seasons 1–2)||
|2016|_The Monroes_|Conrad|||
|2016|_Walk the Prank_|Himself|Special guest||
|2017|_The Price Is Right_|Himself|Special guest model||

### Extended plays

- _Litmas_  (2017)

### Singles

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Title|rowspan="2"|Year|colspan="2"|Peak chart positions|rowspan="2"|Certifications|rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2015|—|—||rowspan="13"||||||
|rowspan="8"|2017|91|56|* RIAA: Platinum||||||
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|86|76|||||||||
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|rowspan="5"|2018|—|—|||||||
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|colspan="6" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.|||||||||

## Bibliography

- Paul, Jake. _You Gotta Want It_, , Gallery Books 2016 (memoir)

## Accolades

|Year|Nominated work|Award|Category|Result|Ref.||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2014|rowspan="2"|JakePaul (Vine)|rowspan="2"|_6th Annual Shorty Awards_|Vineographer Award|||
|Comedian Award|||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2017|Himself|_Radio Disney Music Awards_|Social Media Star|||||
|rowspan="2"|JakePaulProductions (YouTube)|rowspan="2"|_Teen Choice Awards_|Choice Music Web Star|||||
|Choice YouTuber|||||||||

## Infobox (youtube personality)

- **embed**: yes
- **years active**: 2013–present
- **channel name**: JakePaulProductions
- **subscribers**: 20.3 million
- **views**: 6.9 billion
- **silver button**: yes
- **silver year**: 2016
- **gold button**: yes
- **gold year**: 2016
- **diamond button**: yes
- **diamond year**: 2017
- **stats update**: February 5, 2021


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jake Paul
- **image**: Jake Paul 2019.jpg
- **caption**: Paul in June 2019
- **birth name**: Jake Joseph Paul
- **birth place**: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
- **nationality**: United States, American
- **relatives**: Logan Paul (brother)
- **years active**: 2013–present