Success is built one step at a time and is not just an empire to stumble upon or a destination that can be reached from the blues. Adam22, founder and host of No Jumper podcast, has built a media empire that hosts podcasts, vlogs, and mods out of sheer dedication and love for what he does. The American artist and YouTube personality, among others, is also very present in the controversies he stirs up. Here’s everything you need to know about him.
Who is Adam22? His age
He was born on November 24, 1983 in Nashua, NB Hampshire where he was also raised. Named Adam John Grandmaison, he got his pseudonym Adam22 after opening his website. Although now famous, he had a less than stellar early life with his mother who was a librarian, father of a social worker and a sister. His father was arrested when Adam was in sixth grade for a white-collar crime and released when he was 16.
Adam22 attended Nashua South High School and was enrolled in a community college in Massachusetts, but left after a year. He later moved to the University of Massachusetts Lowell, but dropped out before graduating, following his steadily declining grades.
Adam was exposed to music from an early age and was influenced by rapper Snoop Dogg whose 1993 album, Doggystyle worked the magic of introducing him to the hip-hop scene. As a young boy, other pursuits also caught his attention, such as writing (he regularly posted video game reviews and other related blogs) and cycling, particularly BMX riding. He also played professional poker online.
Career
With the myriad of activities at his disposal, he envisioned putting it all together to bring innovation to the BMX arena, especially with most BMX websites at this time either outdated or not posting often. So he started his own website, The Come Up, in 2006 to change the way BMX is seen. The site has become one of the most popular BMX websites of all time. As a prolific BMX rider, he also created a BMX cycling team and a BMX-based clothing line called OnSomeShit with a retail store located on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles.
He then debuted on the hip-hop scene with the podcast and video series called No Jumper. It was originally created as a blog on Tumblr in 2011 by George Potter and funded by Adam22. As a blog, it covered up-and-coming artists such as Clams Casino, which were ignored by mainstream media. They also reviewed Gucci Mane’s mixtapes. Once a Tumble guy, he took on a music career releasing two records in 2018: Hard featuring Tay-K and BlocBoy JB and Rivals featuring Killy and Smooky MarGielaa.
After a year of blogging, Messages slowed to a halt in 2012. However, Adam revived it in 2015, hosted a podcast on YouTube, and turned to interviews with rap artists. underground and creators of taste. Subsequently, the channel rose to popularity after interviewing Memphis rapper and famous underground rap figure, Xavier Wulf, followed by segments with Pouya and Fat Nick. The latter’s interview went viral in the hip-hop communities and thus sparked Adam’s newfound interest in interviewing figures in underground and mainstream hip-hop.
Since then he has interviewed up-and-coming talent as well as established rappers such as Lil Yachty, Lil Pump, Ugly God, 6ix9ine, Action Bronson, ASAP Mob, Smokepurpp, Trippie Redd, DJ Getter, Matt Ox and XXXTentacion. The latter’s interview was very famous and garnered more than 8 million views. He was credited with high visibility for the underground rapper of the time. The interviews also helped to launch other artists. He also interviewed personalities other than rappers, including YouTuber Shane Dawson.
His work has been recognized and praised by a Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97, who calls him “an advanced scout for combustible new talent,” and Rolling Stone, who describes him as “hip-hop’s great tastemaker.” underground”. Additionally, the No Jumper YouTube channel was The New York Times also dubbed “The Paris Review of the Face Tattoo Set” and amassed over one million subscribers in February 2018, with over 200 million video views. . He also has a second YouTube channel, adam22, with over 600,000 subscribers.
In March 2018, Grandmaison announced via Twitter their partnership with Atlantic Records to form No Jumper Records.
Sexual assault allegations
Adam22 has had his fair share of notoriety and controversy, for example being involved in college credit card fraud, facing a strong public backlash in 2014 after posting a controversial video on his Facebook of BMX riders known to hang out with. his bike shop, among others. Nevertheless, the recent case of sexual assault allegations against him seems to be the most controversial.
Shortly after announcing his partnership with Atlantic Records, he faced numerous charges of rape and sexual misconduct as well as physical abuse. The allegations were reported by several media outlets and blogs, including Pitchfork. An unidentified woman also claimed that Adam was a “notorious serial rapist for punishing women who spoke out against him for raping them.” He flatly denied all of these claims in a statement on Twitter and during an interview with DJ Akademiks.
Net value
Adam22 has been in the fame game for a long time and has already built an empire worth over 6 figures. Playing poker 12 hours a day averaging 1,000 hands per hour, blogging, then vlogging and hosting podcasts combined with his website, he has earned a substantial sum in net worth. His net worth has been estimated at $1 million.
Girlfriend
Adam Grandmaison is dating vlogger and YouTube personality Lena Nersesian – known as Lena the Plug. The duo met after she messaged him for his job at the time. They are not your usual couple. For example, when they both hit 1 million subscribers on their respective channels, they promised to make a sex tape together, which hasn’t ended. However, they also filmed a threesome with tattoo artist and importer Taylor White. She also lets her best friend have sex with her boyfriend.
the size
It is quite tall with a height of 6 feet. His body also exudes body art which is mostly found on his neck and torso, including a Lisa Simpson head tattoo in honor of Lil Peep.
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