Blake Campbell

Blake Campbell (born December 17, 1991), known by his YouTube username blakescampbell, is a YouTube Partner and internet personality from Pensacola, Florida. Campbell began making videos in July 2009 and has since gained over 3,500 subscribers. He is currently a freshmen at Furman University.
Background
Blake Campbell was born in Pensacola, Florida. He started his YouTube channel on July 4,2009. His first videos were satire rap videos, and it is these videos that established the video he is known for. Early collaborations with Matt Sorenson, also known as mattdehavensorenson, produceded the video "Murder Video by Mr. Bubble". The video is a short film in which two protagonists are terrorized by a seemingly anthropomorphic Mr. Bubble toy. This video garnered Campbell attention from the Mr. Bubble soap company, which sent him Mr. Bubble merchandise due to the video's resulting popularity.
In January 2010, Campbell began collaborating with longtime friend and independent rapper Max Castillo. The pair have created Campbell's two most popular videos,"Auto-Tune Addict" and "Midnight Snack Rap". "Auto-Tune Addict" is a satire video about the current music industry's prevalent use of the Auto-Tune pitch correction effect in which Campbell plays a frequent "user" of the "drug" that is Auto-Tune. "Midnight Snack Rap" garnered more than 100,000 views in less than one week.
Often, Campbell's music videos use original music by YouTube celebrity Ronald Jenkees. Campbell has received express permission to use Jenkees' music as instrumentals in his music, and therefore does not violate any copyrights.
Campbell's YouTube media has attracted the attention of other figures in American Pop Culture. Duke University basketball player Nolan Smith contacted Campbell as a result of his video fame and asked him to create his personal blog.
In July 2010, the Pensacola news paper, the Pensacola News Journal ran a featured piece on Campbell and Castillo's shared success on YouTube. According to the article, the pair plan to continue to creating videos well into their college years, as their schools, Georgia Institute of Technology (Castillo) and Furman University (Campbell) are less than 150 miles apart.
His Creeping Rap is self-proclaimed to be autobiographical.
Video style
Campbell's videos consist of mostly comedic rap videos in a similar vane to well-known comedy group The Lonely Island, although he does have a few original short films and vlog videos. Before "Midnight Snack Rap", Campbell's most viewed video was ironically one that was drastically different from his normal fare; a basketball trickshot compilation garnered over 70,000 views.
Due to the success they have brought him, Campbell plans to remain making comedic raps, original skits, and vlogs. While his music videos tend to be outlandish or "over the top", his vlogs deal with real world issues, such as LeBron James's choice to play for the Miami Heat.
A joke commonly recurring throughout his videos with Max Castillo involves his pet, a black cocker spaniel. Somewhere in his lyrics, often times completely unrelated to the theme of the song, Max kills Blake's dog. The joke is not only that Castillo has little or no real reason to kill the dog, but also that the dog keeps returning in future videos only to be killed again.

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