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LeJuan James
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About
LeJuan James is a Vine personality known for his comedic depictions of Hispanic childhood and lifestyle.
Origin
LeJuan James is the Vine account of Latino comedian Juan Atiles of Orlando Florida. On deciding to go into Vine comedy, he said:
Honestly, I got started on Vine. I was playing around. It wasn’t something that I was thinking about doing. I was a full time student/full time retail manager….I got my family involved and people started gravitating to it.[4]
Online Presence
Atiles launched his Vine account on May 11, 2013, with a video about his hero, LeBron James., which has over 600 likes and 12,000 loops as of May 2015.
He launched his Twitter feed two months later, in July of 2013.
Spread
As of May 2015, LeJuan James's Vine account has over 470,000 followers and over 97,600,000 loops. His videos have been featured on Buzzfeed, Telemundo, CNN Español and Huffington Post, who named him a "Latino You Should Be Watching on Vine."[5][6][7][8]
Various Examples
Please note that most of LeJuan James’ Vines feature monologues and dialogues in Spanish. If you'd like to provide transcription in English translation for the following videos, please request editorship.
External References
[1] Vine – LeJuan James
[2] Twitter – LeJuan James
[3] Facebook – Team LeJuan James
[4] Inaxxis.com – Why LeJuan James Dropped Everything to Do It For the Vine
[5] Buzzfeed – The 8 Times LeJuan James Nailed Growing Up Hispanic
[6] Telemundo – LeJuan James Entrevista
[7] Huffington Post – Latinos On Vine You Should Be Following
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