Lionel B
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Lionel Barnes (born 12 January 1980),[1] popularly known as Lionel B, is an American entertainer and media personality known for his channel titled Lionel B Show on YouTube.[2][3] He is from Panama City, Florida, USA.[4] His YouTube channel focuses on hip hop news, radio, and social media entertainment items. He has posted viral videos about Jay-z and Nipsey Hussle.
Personal Life
Lionel was born in Panama City, Florida, to a school principal and a registered nurse.[1] In 1993, he traveled with his mother to Naples, Italy, while he was still in high school. He lived in Germany and Italy during his teenage years.[1] [2] He joined the Air Force after he left high school, then he started showing interest in music production after a brief stay in the Air Force.[4][3] He learned video editing, professional lighting, camera operation, music engineering, and related skills at IADT Tampa before he dropped out of school to pursue his music production and videography career. [1]
Career
Music Production
During his time at IADT Tampa, he established a record label and music production company named TightGrip Media.[1] His company produced music for hip hop artists like Duece Poppi, Slip-n-Slide, Jody Breeze, Plies, and Lark Voorhies. Later on, he started posting videos on YouTube. [1][4]
Digital media
In 2018, his YouTube channel started gaining more attention when he posted a video about Nipsey Hussle’s murder in Crenshaw.[3] Also in 2018, he posted a video about the clash between Jay-z, Beyoncé, and Offset.[1] The video has more than six million views on YouTube. In addition, he released another video about the first daughter of Jay-z named La’Teasha Macer.[3] In the video, he interviewed Jay-z’s old friend, Dehaven Irby. Presently, the YouTube channel of Lionel B has 328,000 subscribers with around 82,000,000 views. Also, his Instagram page has 190,000 followers.[4][1]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Lionel B". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lionel B Makes The Leap From Hip Hop Music Producer To Youtube Sensation". America Daily Post. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Lionel B". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Lionel B (YouTube Star) - Bio, Birthday, Family, Age & Born". All Famous. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
