Lucas and Marcus
| Lucas Dobre and Marcus Dobre | |||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born | Lucas Dobre-Mofid Marcus Dobre-Mofid January 28, 1999 Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | TikTok | ||||||||||||
| YouTube information | |||||||||||||
| Also known as | Dobre Twins | ||||||||||||
| Channel | |||||||||||||
| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||||||||
| Subscribers | 33+ million subscribers (Lucas and Marcus) 28+ million (Dobre Brothers) 1+ million (Dobre Cars)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Total views | 5+ billion (Lucas and Marcus) 3 billion (Dobre Brothers)[2] | ||||||||||||
| 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.[3] They are part of the Dobre Brothers, where they are joined by their older brothers, Cyrus and Darius.
The Dobre Brothers produce video content. Their content includes challenge videos, experiments, vlogs, dance videos, pranks and lots of other content.
The twins run their eponymous YouTube channel Lucas and Marcus while the brothers feature collectively on "Dobre Brothers" and "Dobre Cars".
Personal life[edit]
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 Dobre (born 1993) and Darius Dobre (born 1995).[4]
Career[edit]
Lucas and Marcus[edit]
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.[5] Their popularity helped them earn a spot at AT&T's Later Haters expo.[6]
In August 2022, a YouTube short video on their channel titled "Revenge" in which Marcus pranks Lucas and his girlfriend Ivanita Lormeli by cutting a hole in an air mattress in a pool that they were sleeping in surpassed YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind as the most-disliked YouTube video, at 51 million dislikes.
Dobre Brothers[edit]
In March 2018, it was announced that the Dobre Brothers collectively have signed a joint venture deal with Creative Artists Agency (CAA).[7]
Controversy[edit]
In January 2022, Lucas and Marcus were criticized by viewers and the suicide prevention charity Suicide Awareness Voices of Education after uploading a video titled "MY TWIN BROTHER IS DEAD?!" in which Marcus faked a death by suicide as a prank. They have not responded to the controversy and the video remains up on their YouTube channel as of March 2024.[8]
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award Show | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Shorty Awards | Muser of the Year | Lucas and Marcus | Nominated |
| Streamy Awards | Breakout Creator | Dobre Brothers | Nominated |
References[edit]
- ^ Gomez, Patrick (August 6, 2016). "Jake Paul Is Moving in With 6 Social Media Stars". People. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "About Lucas and Marcus". YouTube.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Madden, Emma. "A YouTube star with 24 million followers is getting backlash for faking his death to prank his twin brother". Insider.
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- American identical twin children
- American people of Iranian descent
- American people of Romanian descent
- American TikTokers
- Dancers from Maryland
- Fullscreen (company) people
- Identical twin males
- Living people
- People from Gaithersburg, Maryland
- People with speech impediment
- YouTube channels
- YouTubers from Maryland