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'''Blake Sumner Campbell''' (born December 17, 1991), known by his YouTube username blakescampbell, is a YouTube Partner and internet personality from Pensacola, Florida. Campbell began making videos in July 2009 and has since gained over 1012,000 subscribers. He is currently a sophomore at Furman University.
Blake Campbell was born in Pensacola, Florida. He started his YouTube channel on July 4,2009. His first videos were satire rap videos, and it is these videos that established the style he is known for. Early collaborations with Matt Sorenson, also known as mattdehavensorenson, produceded the video “Murder Video by Mr. Bubble”. The video is a short film in which two protagonists are terrorized by a seemingly anthropomorphic Mr. Bubble toy. This video garnered Campbell attention from the Mr. Bubble soap company, which sent him Mr. Bubble merchandise due to the video’s resulting popularity.
Campbell’s YouTube media has attracted the attention of other figures in American Pop Culture. Duke University basketball player Nolan Smith contacted Campbell as a result of his video fame and the two maintain a friendship. He has also been contacted by fitness guru John Basedow.
In July 2010, the Pensacola news paper, the [[Pensacola News Journal]], ran a featured piece on Campbell and Castillo’s shared success on YouTube. According to the article, the pair plan to continue creating videos well into their college years, as their schools, Georgia Institute of Technology (Castillo) and Furman University (Campbell) are less than 150 miles apart.
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