Dylan and Dakota Snider

## Dylan and Dakota Gonzalez

Dakota and Dylan at the end of Baby Shakespeare.

**Dylan and Dakota Jordan** **Gonzalez** (born December 9, 1994) are American social media personalities, basketball players, and singers. They gained popularity after both became the 2012 Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year co-runner up as well as the 2012 all-area co-players of the year. They appeared in Baby Shakespeare in Baby Einstein, where they are credited as Dylan and Dakota Snider.

## Biography

Dylan and Dakota Jordan Gonzalez were born on December 9, 1994 in Overland Park, Kansas, the twin daughters of David and Angela Gonzalez. Angela had a son, Conor Rauselbach, from her first marriage, and David had two children, Natalia and Javier, from his first marriage. Angela was also former All-American honorable mention basketball selection for Kansas in 1984, before moving to play professional basketball in Germany later on. The family later moved from Kansas to Colorado in 1996, where they had two more children, Stefan and Gabriella "Gaby", and where the twins later starred in the *Baby Einstein* video, *Baby Shakespeare: World of Poetry*.The family later moved to Idaho.

The twins decided to follow in their mother's footsteps and began playing basketball at their high school, before graduating in 2013. They then decided to attend their mother's alma matter for college, University of Kansas, where they decided to play basketball. In May 2014, after not doing as well as they were in high school at basketball, the sisters announced they would be transferring to University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where they would also be pursuing the sport again. Despite media backlash for leaving a bigger school for a smaller one, Dylan stated she had been fighting injuries for the majority of the basketball season; additionally, she also stated that the coaches at UNLV felt more family oriented. Following their transfer, rapper Drake befriended them and often played basketball while alone with them. In 2016, Dakota was rumored to have been dating him, and also the reason he split with the singer Rhianna, though it was never confirmed. Later that, the twins began putting tracks out on SoundCloud, and began releasing an official song, *Nobody Knows*, under the name *Dyl-Kota*. The NCAA did not approve of the twins making music while playing basketball, going so far as to forbid them from singing anything but The Star Spangled Banner. As a result, the twins announced in June 2017 that they would be leaving their basketball careers to pursue music. They later rebranded themselves as *D.a.D.*.

Both twins are still active on Instagram, both with over a million followers each. They have released several other singles since their basketball careers ended. Both still play basketball in their free time, and hope to one day receive Roster Spots on the Las Vegas Aces. In 2020, the twins starred in the music video for Pop Smoke's song, Mood Swings.

## Trivia

* The twins' mom (Angie Snider-Gonzalez) explained how they ended up in the video in an Instagram comment reply[1].

> *"We lived a block away from the creator of the [Baby] Einstein dynasty, we met at our swimming pool. Became friends and she asked the girls to be in it."*
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* Dakota made an Instagram post stating how she was "a part of the original Baby Einstein crew". It has since been deleted.
* Dylan is ten minutes older.
* On August 28, 2020, a Dakota and Dylan fan account made a post about their appearance in Baby Einstein. Dylan reposted it on her story, tagging her mom and asking if she knew which twin was which.
> *""Mom who is who? Asking for myself. Pretty confident I'm in purple but it's a close call here.""*
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* The twins also participate in the Peace Train Foundation.

## References

1. ↑ Template:Citation
2. ↑ Dakota Gonzalez, biography, bio, basketball, Instagram, Singer, Drake, parents, siblings, (en-US) (2017-09-21).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dylan Gonzalez - Women's Basketball (en).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `:0`
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gonzalez, Angie (July 4, 2020). COULDNT IMAGINE SPENDING MY FOURTH OF JULY ANY OTHER WAY! 🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸💙🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸💙🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸🍓🇺🇸#GIGI💖LOVES💖U💖RYRY #BLESSED🙏🏽#HAPPYFOURTH🎉💥🇺🇸#justagirlfromkansas🌻.
6. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `:1`
7. ↑ *Baby Einstein: Baby Shakespeare - World of Poetry*, approx 27:10
8. ↑ Staff, Journal. Highland alumni Dakota Gonzalez, Dylan Gonzalez interviewed by ESPN's Jeremy Schaap (en).
9. ↑ Dodd, Rustin (May 28, 2014). Gonzalez twins leaving the Jayhawks.
10. ↑ kfranko@journalnet.com @goodfranks, Kyle Franko. Highland’s Gonzalez twins transfer from Kansas to UNLV (en).
11. ↑ Meet The Women’s College Basketball Twins So Hot Drake Goes To Their Games [PHOTOS] (en-US).
12. ↑ Dylan & Dakota Gonzalez- Nobody Knows (en) (2016-03-03).
13. ↑ The Gonzalez Twins Quit Basketball to Make Music and It's All the NCAA's Fault (en-US) (2017-06-13).
14. ↑ dylananddakota.
15. ↑ dakota.gonzalez.
16. ↑ dylan.gonzalez.
17. ↑ UNLV Basketball Gonzalez Twins Drop an EP "Take 1" (Audio + Photos) (en) (2017-06-03).
18. ↑ Dylan and Dakota Gonzalez Have Their Sights Set on Playing in the WNBA (en) (2018-04-29).
19. ↑ Watch the Music Video for Pop Smoke’s "Mood Swings" f/ Lil Tjay (en).