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.jpg) Dillon atVidCon 2014 | ||||||||||
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| Born | Richard Porter Dillon Jr. 1992 (age 32–33) | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 2.99 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 389 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: May 1, 2023 | ||||||||||
Richard Porter Dillon Jr.[2] is an AmericanYouTube personality and singer. Over his ten years on YouTube, Dillon has amassed over 3.2 million subscribers on his channel, as well as more than 415 million views on his videos.
Dillon was born in North Carolina. His family moved toTuscumbia, Alabama when he was one year old. He has two older sisters, named Tara and Lexi. Dillon attended high school atHoover High School where he also marched in the band. Dillon then attended college atAuburn University to study film but dropped out after three years.[3][4][5]
Dillon began his career on YouTube, uploading his first public video to his channel, PICKLEandBANANA, in 2009. Dillon also gained exposure due to the YouTube supergroup Our2ndLife where he,Connor Franta,JC Caylen,Kian Lawley,Trevi Moran and Sam Pottorff went on an international tour and amassed a total 2.7 million subscribers before the group broke up in December 2014. He is also partnered withFullscreen and has participated in their InTour festival.[6]
Dillon uploads original songs and covers, as well as music videos on his channel. He also starred in a scriptedSour Patch Kids series, titledBreaking Out.[7]
In 2014, Dillon released his debut single, titled "Ordinary".[8] Dillon's debut EP, titledRPD, was released on January 26, 2015.[9][10] In July 2015, Dillon released his sophomore single titled "Beat".[11] In an interview withPeople magazine atVidCon 2015, Dillon hinted towards a new personal song called "Gold", told to be featured as one of the tracks on his second EP.[12]
Dillon has mentioned in multiple interviews thatDemi Lovato is a major influence to his musical career. He has covered several of her songs on his YouTube channel some of which were released to iTunes.[13]
On December 1, 2015, Dillon announced the release of his debut albumGold, which was released on January 15, 2016. The 10-track set (produced byBobby J Frausto[14]) is preceded by the lead single "Steal the Show" (featuring Trevi Moran) released on December 28.Snoop Dogg and fellow YouTube personalities Trevi Moran and Shelby Wadell are featured on the album. The music video for the second single "Problematic" (featuring Snoop Dogg) was released on January 15.[15]
Recently, he has started becoming more active on Twitch where he plays video games such as Fortnite, GTA Online, Pokémon, etc.https://www.twitch.tv/rickyporterdillon[16]
Dillon, who has previously dated both men and women, posted a video in September 2016 entitled "My Sexuality", in which he said that, "If I were to label myself, I would be the closest toasexual."[17] In a February 2019 video named "My Coming Out Video Was a Lie", Dillon distanced himself from earlier comments on his asexuality, remarking on the 2016 video that "I no longer 100% relate to that video, I don't have a label for myself for the time being, I am figuring myself out, and I don't label myself as asexual".[18] In February 2020, Dillon posted a video in which he came out as gay (titled "I'm Gay").[19]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| US Indie [20] | ||
| Gold |
| 10 |
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| US [20] | US Digital [20] | US Indie [20] | ||
| RPD |
| 70 | 20 | 11 |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| US Pop Digital [20] | |||
| "Ordinary" | 2014 | 29 | Non-album singles |
| "Nobody" | 47 | ||
| "Ignite" | 2015 | — | RPD |
| "Beat" | 48 | Non-album single | |
| "Steal the Show" (featuringTrevor Moran) | — | Gold | |
| "Problematic" (featuringSnoop Dogg) | — | ||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||
| Television | Year | Role | Notes |
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| The Soup Investigates | 2013 | Himself | Episode #1.4 |
| AwesomenessTV | Various | Himself | |
| Teen Wolf | 2014 | — | Episode "More Bad than Good" |
| Film | Year | Role | Notes |
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| #O2LFOREVER[21] | 2015 | Himself | Documentary |
