Lucas and Marcus
Lucas and Marcus | ||||
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Personal information | ||||
Born | Lucas Dobre-Mofid Marcus Dobre-Mofid January 28, 1999 Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. | |||
Nationality | American | |||
Occupation | Youtubers | |||
YouTube information | ||||
Also known as | Dobre Twins | |||
Years active | 2015–present | |||
Subscribers | 24 million (Lucas and Marcus) 10+ million (Dobre Brothers) 1+ million (Dobre Cars) | |||
Total views | 5+ billion (Lucas and Marcus) 3 billion (Dobre Brothers) | |||
Network | Fullscreen | |||
Associated acts | Jake Paul[1] | |||
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Lucas and Marcus Dobre-Mofid (born January 28, 1999), collectively known as the Dobre twins, are an American dancing duo and YouTube personalities who rose to prominence on the now-defunct video application Vine.[2]
The Dobre brothers produce video content. Their content include, challenge videos, experiments, vlogs, dance videos, pranks and lots of other content.
The twins are also part of two YouTube channels called “Dobre Brothers" and "Dobre Cars", with their older brothers Cyrus and Darius Dobre-Mofid.
Personal life[]
The twins were born in Maryland to retired Olympic gymnast Aurelia Dobre and Boz Mofid, the owners of Dobre Gymnastics Academy in Gaithersburg, Maryland. They have two older brothers, Cyrus (born 1993) and Darius (born 1995).[3]
Career[]
Lucas and Marcus were known as "TwinBotz", they first gained fame on the six-second video application Vine, where they had more than 1.8 million followers before it shut down. The twins used the app to showcase their talent, including breakdancing and gymnastics stunts, such as backflips.[4] Their popularity helped them earn a spot at AT&T's Later Haters expo.[5]
In March 2018, it was announced that the Dobre Brothers have signed a joint venture deal with (IslandDefJamGroup).[6]
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Work | Award Show | Category | Result |
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2018 | Lucas and Marcus | Shorty Awards | Muser of the Year | Nominated |
Dobre Brothers | Streamy Awards | Breakout Creator | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ Gomez, Patrick (August 6, 2016). "Jake Paul Is Moving in With 6 Social Media Stars". People. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ Pellegrini, Christina (October 23, 2016). "These twin brothers dancing in a supermarket are going viral and it's cause they're amazing". Yahoo!. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ Meyers, Dvora (July 21, 2017). "Popular Twin Vloggers Are The Sons Of Former Romanian World Champion Gymnast". Deadspin. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ Cohen, Joshua (March 30, 2017). "Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • February 2017". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ Liffreing, Ilyse (March 26, 2018). "AT&T focuses on teens with 'Later Haters' push for digital positivity". Digiday. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (March 15, 2018). "Social-Media Stars The Dobre Brothers Sign With CAA". Variety. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
External links[]
- Living people
- 1999 births
- American YouTubers
- American breakdancers
- People from Gaithersburg, Maryland
- American identical twin children
- YouTube channels
- American TikTokers
- Fullscreen (company) people
- American people of Iranian descent
- American people of Romanian descent
- People with speech impediment
- Identical twin males
- Dancers from Maryland