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FullyChop is one of the young Chicago rappers attracting fresh attention from American hip-hop listeners. His name has been circulating more widely after the release of “Purple Switch”, a new track and official music video that has quickly gained momentum on YouTube The sudden interest is especially notable because FullyChop is not a traditional mainstream … Read more

In early 2016, the internet had a new obsession. It was not a major movie star or a famous musician. It was a teenager named Daniel Lara who became known around the world simply as “Damn Daniel” The viral moment was almost unbelievably simple. Daniel was a high school student in Riverside, California. His friend … Read more

Long before TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube turned ordinary people into internet celebrities, one teenage boy became famous because of a short video he never intended the world to see. His name was Ghyslain Raza. Most people knew him by another name: the Star Wars Kid In 2002, Raza was a teenager in Quebec, Canada. … Read more

Few internet memes have had the staying power of Success Kid. The image shows a small baby sitting on a beach with a clenched fist and a determined expression. He looks as if he has just achieved something huge. The picture became one of the defining reaction images of the early social media era and … Read more

The internet has turned thousands of ordinary photographs into unforgettable pieces of pop culture. Few have had a stranger journey than the image now known as Disaster Girl In the photograph a young girl looks toward the camera with a mischievous smile while a house burns in the background. The image became one of the … Read more

Some internet celebrities spend years trying to become famous. Others become famous without asking for it. András Arató belongs to the second group For years, Arató was a Hungarian electrical engineer who worked in lighting technology and built a respected professional career. He was not an actor. He was not a comedian. He was not … Read more

Long before TikTok made ordinary people famous overnight, the internet had its own way of creating stars. There were no sophisticated algorithms pushing videos onto millions of screens. A webcam, a catchy song and a little confidence could be enough One of the earliest people to experience this strange new kind of fame was Gary … Read more

The internet has created countless memes but only a few have become instantly recognizable even years after their peak. The “Ermahgerd” girl is one of them. The image of a young girl with pigtails, a retainer and a stack of Goosebumps books became one of the defining memes of the early 2010s What made the … Read more

In the early days of YouTube, viral fame could come from the most ordinary moments. There were no professional influencers, no carefully planned social media strategies and no huge production teams behind most viral videos. Sometimes all it took was a camera, a funny moment and the right audience In 2009, millions of people watched … Read more

In 2007 the internet was still finding out what it meant to become famous from a bedroom. YouTube was young. Social media was nowhere near as powerful as it is today. Going viral was unusual and often happened without a creator having a business plan or a large production team behind them. Then Chris Crocker … Read more