What it Takes to Make a YouTube Star
When FouseyTube hit two million YouTube subscribers in April it’s creator celebrated by jumping out of a plane. Â鶹Éç Trending finds out about the man behind the entertainer.
This week Anne-Marie Tomchak has been finding out who the man behind YouTube hit FouseyTube really is. Twenty-four year old Yousef Saleh Erakat makes comedy sketches, pranks and ‘social experiments’ from his home in California, and he’s just hit two million subscribers. Â鶹Éç Trending have been discovering what drives the YouTube star.
Mike Wendling is in the studio sporting yoga pants and bringing the latest roundup of stories from the Â鶹Éç Trending team.
And Anne-Marie is joined by Aliyu Tanko from Â鶹Éç Hausa to discuss social media activism in Nigeria. This week a man was released from prison following the campaign #FreeCiaxon, but just how effective is online protest in the country?
Produced by India Rakusen
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How FouseyTUBE became a YouTube star
Duration: 02:33
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- Sat 19 Apr 2014 10:32GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service Online
- Sun 20 Apr 2014 03:32GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service Online
- Sun 20 Apr 2014 22:32GMTÂ鶹Éç World Service Online
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