Tayler Holder

Tayler Holder (born: ), is an American actor, singer, and social media influencer. He rose to fame for his lip-sync videos on TikTok. He has amassed over 20 million fans on his TikTok account.
==Career==
He started racing and competing in motocross at the age of 3. He had lived in Texas until he turned 18 and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in acting and music. Holder began his influencer journey in 2019, making mostly lip-sync TikToks and hanging around in Los Angeles with friends, often shirtless. "Some people just follow me because I'm, quote-unquote, the hot guy. That's what they follow me for," Holder told Forbes in an interview. His growing popularity led to him becoming a part of the TikTok content collective Hype House in May 2020. During Holder’s time at the Hype House, he collaborated with the members there and made several videos. One of his most popular TikTok videos was ‘Do It Like Me Challenge’.https://www.tiktok.com/@itstaylerholder/video/129034789 He departed the house just five months later, saying in a video that there was no bad blood between him and his housemates, but he had "outgrown" the collective.
He then moved onto Triller and physically moved into the Triller Compound, a content collective owned by a TikTok competitor, the video-sharing app Triller. He became a founder at the Compound. Holder then moved out in late 2021. In a video made at the time, Holder cited restrictive rules as one of the primary reasons for leaving. In addition to his success on TikTok, Holder began posting longer-form videos on YouTube, where he has over 1.8 million subscribers. He also has over 6 million Instagram followers, where he mostly posts selfies and other images of himself.
He released his first single titled Who I Am in the year 2017. He released his debut single "Fallback" in August 2018. On December 17, 2021, Holder posted a teaser video to his TikTok promoting his new endeavor, from lip-syncing to writing and performing his own music. "They don't follow me for music," he told Forbes. "You're almost starting at ground zero again whenever you're starting a music career because you have to build up a good music following." In January, he released a series of singles, including his biggest hit "Never Was You,"Tayler Holder - Never Was You (Official Music Video) which has been viewed more than 600k times on YouTube. He also worked on songs like ‘Toes’ by DaBaby,DaBaby Ft. Lil Baby & Moneybagg Yo - TOES (Official Audio) ‘One Wish’ by Raj J,Ray J - One Wish ‘Off the Wall’ by XXX Tentacion.Off the Wall!
He also made his debut on the television screen with his appearance in the Brat series titled ‘Dirt’, where he portrayed the role of Luke. He has traveled around the world to collaborate with fellow social stars such as Lisa and Lena Mantler, Jai Waetford, Bryce Hall, and others. He often collaborates with Ayla Woodruff as well.
==Boxing career==
===Professional career===
====Tayler Holder vs. DWG Earth====
On May 12, 2022, DramaAlert reported that Holder is ready to return in the ring for an boxing match.https://twitter.com/DramaAlert/status/1524565873972944898 On June 30, 2023, Holder was scheduled to main event MF & DAZN X Series 008 but his opponent pulled out due to an injury.https://twitter.com/IfnBoxing/status/1674757973938151425 On July 20, Holder confirmed he was supposed to have a boxing match against FaZe Adapt on MF & DAZN X Series 008.https://twitter.com/IfnBoxing/status/1681874003110301697
On March 18, 2024, it was announced that Holder will replace American rapper LayedBakDFR against influencer DWG Earth on the undercard of MF & DAZN : X Series 13: Outnumbered on March 23, 2024 at the Worldwide Stages in Nashville, Tennessee.https://twitter.com/MisfitsBoxing/status/1769771691922583975 On the night of the fight, Holder defeated Earth via 2nd round technical knockout.Misfits Boxing 13 Results: Fox the G vs. Evil Hero
===Exhibition bout===
====Tayler Holder vs. AnEsonGib====
On 23 April, 2021 it was announced that Holder will being fighting YouTuber AnEsonGib in the co-main event of YouTubers vs. TikTokers event on 21 June 2021 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. On 18 May 2021, YouTube boxers and TikTok boxers had their first press conference. The press conference was hosted by Keemstar and FOUSEY and was attended by all the YouTubers and TikTokers in the event except AnEsonGib and Deji who joined on an online call through monitors.
After AnEsonGib and Tayler Holder's bout, Fousey announced that the match was a majority draw; the official scorecard was 49-46, 49-46 and 50-46. Based on the scorecard, it could only have been a unanimous or split decision in favour of one of the fighters. Although Fousey was blamed by many, he disagreed with the results and said that AnEsonGib should have won.FOUSEY SPEAKS ON ANESONGIB GETTING ROBBED | INSTAGRAM LIVE Based on the punch statistics, AnEsonGib fared substantially better and led many fans to wonder if there was a mistake or the fight was rigged.YouTube vs. TikTok fight results: Austin McBroom TKO's Bryce Hall, AnEsonGib gets robbed During the post-fight interview, AnEsonGib said that he was "robbed"; Holder also disagreed with the result, saying that he should have won. According to Holder, AnEsonGib weighed more than the agreed-upon limit; this forced Holder to artificially inflate his weight, presumably with weights in his pocket.Tanner Fox claims Tayler Holder & Gib hid huge weight difference that nearly stopped their fight
On June 14, ISKA director Tom Sconzo released a statement overturning the result and giving the victory to AnEsonGib by unanimous decision.Governing body hands AnEsonGib victory following YouTube vs TikTok Boxing event According to Sconzo, the mistake was a "plain simple human error".Governing body hands AnEsonGib victory following YouTube vs TikTok Boxing event
==Personal life==
Holder was born and raised in the small town of Alvarado, Texas to parents Monte and Wendy. He has a brother named Trever and a Pomeranian named Eli who has an Instagram account under the username “itslittleeli”. His favorite color is blue and his favorite fast-food place is McDonald's. His favorite hobbies include riding dirt bikes, playing sports, and hanging with friends.
He dated Charly Jordan from 2020 to 2021.TikTok Star Tayler Holder and Model Charly Jordan Announce SplitWhy we broke up... He previously dated fellow social media star, Sommer Ray.Tayler Holder confirms Sommer Ray break up after cryptic posts His current relationship status is unknown and he is presumably single.
==References==
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
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