Lucas and Marcus

Lucas and Marcus Dobre-Mofid (born January 28, 1999), collectively known as The Dobbies, are an American dancing duo and YouTube personalities who rose to prominence on the now-defunct video application Vine.[2]

Lucas and Marcus
Personal information
BornLucas Dobre-Mofid
Marcus Dobre-Mofid
(1999-01-28) January 28, 1999
Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationYoutubers
YouTube information
Also known asDobre Twins
Years active2015–present
Subscribers23 million (Lucas and Marcus)
10+ million (Dobre Brothers)
Total views5+ billion (Lucas and Marcus)
3 billion (Dobre Brothers)
NetworkFullscreen
Associated actsJake Paul[1]
100,000 subscribers 2016
1,000,000 subscribers 2017
10,000,000 subscribers 2018

The Dobre brothers produce video content.Their content include, challenge videos, experiments, vlogs, dance videos, pranks and lots of other entertaining content.

The twins are also part of a YouTube channel called “Dobre Brothers", 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 Def Jam Recordings and Island Records (IslandDefJamGroup).[6]

Awards and nominations
Year Work Award Show Category Result
2018 Lucas and Marcus Shorty Awards Muser of the Year Nominated
Dobre Brothers Streamy Awards Breakout Creator Nominated

References
  1. Gomez, Patrick (August 6, 2016). "Jake Paul Is Moving in With 6 Social Media Stars". People. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. Meyers, Dvora (July 21, 2017). "Popular Twin Vloggers Are The Sons Of Former Romanian World Champion Gymnast". Deadspin. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. Cohen, Joshua (March 30, 2017). "Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • February 2017". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  5. Liffreing, Ilyse (March 26, 2018). "AT&T focuses on teens with 'Later Haters' push for digital positivity". Digiday. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. Spangler, Todd (March 15, 2018). "Social-Media Stars The Dobre Brothers Sign With CAA". Variety. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
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