joey graceffaJoseph Michael Graceffa (born May 16, 1991), is a 24-year old American Teen Choice and Shorty Award nominated YouTuber, blogger, gamer, comedian, parody maker, singer-songwriter, actor, writer, producer, author, model animator and internet personality from Boston, Massachusetts.Joey and his best friend Brittany Joyal are known for their comedy and parody YouTube channel "WinterSpringPro." From 2007 to 2011, the duo made numerous successful videos on the channel, accumulating millions of views and becoming well known for their comedy sketches and music video parodies. In 2011, Joey and Brittany decided to move to Los Angeles together to pursue their YouTube careers instead of continuing college. On July 9th, 2012, Joey officially announced his departure from WinterSpringPro in order to focus on his personal channel. Joey appeared as Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games parody of Britney Spears' "I Wanna Go", which has reached 4+ million views. Joey has also released an album with Luke Conard and Meghan Camarena, known as Strawburry17 on YouTube. The album includes Hunger Games inspired songs. Joey is also known for his love for the Hunger Games , as he most always ends his videos with, "May the odds be ever in your favor; gooodbye!" Joey is well-known for his popular vlogging channel "JoeyGraceffa," in which he updates almost daily with vlogs that occasionally include other popular YouTubers. It is largely speculated if Joey is gay, he has hinted many times that he is a homosexual by referring to a relationship as "someone" rather than a girl like most other YouTubers. Many other YouTubers have mentioned him and his sexuality and have their own opinions on the issue. Joey also works with TEEN.com, and appeared on "The Click Clique," and "Eff Yeah! I Want That," on YouTube. Joey had a new show on TEEN.com called, Joey's Dystopia. The show ended when TEEN.com began their new schedule of shows in May 2013. As of 2013, Joey was living with his friends and a couple: Anthony Padilla (Smosh) and Kalel (KalelKitten), but then moved in with Sawyer Hartman, so he would have more room. On the 10th of April, 2014, he announced he would be moving again, this time with he and his friends Megan and David. They were finding a house together. He stated that Sawyer had been the best roommate he had ever had, and he would miss him. In August, 2014; Joey was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards; Choice Web Star: Male and Choice Web Star: Gamer. The show was hosted on August 10, 2014; Joey lost both awards to Tyler Oakley and PewDiePie respectively. In September 2014, Joey was nominated for two Streamy Awards; Best Actor: Drama for Storytellers, and Web Series: Drama. Joey won best actor for drama, however Storytellers did not win.
In April 2015, Graceffa moved once again after issues with the landlord about his dog. He moved to another house with his friend David. On May 16, 2015, Joey released his first original music video "Don't Wait", in which he also came out as gay. |
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Other Media: Tumblr, Instagram Style: Vlogging Date Joined: October 25, 2009 Date Shut Down: N/A Subscribers: 4.7 Million+ Videos: 1,000+ Schedule: Daily Status: Active |