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What it Takes to Make a YouTube Star

When FouseyTube hit two million YouTube subscribers in April it’s creator celebrated by jumping out of a plane. ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Trending finds out about the man behind the entertainer.

This week Anne-Marie Tomchak has been finding out who the man behind YouTube hit FouseyTube really is. Twenty-four year old Yousef Saleh Erakat makes comedy sketches, pranks and ‘social experiments’ from his home in California, and he’s just hit two million subscribers. ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Trending have been discovering what drives the YouTube star.

Mike Wendling is in the studio sporting yoga pants and bringing the latest roundup of stories from the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Trending team.

And Anne-Marie is joined by Aliyu Tanko from ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Hausa to discuss social media activism in Nigeria. This week a man was released from prison following the campaign #FreeCiaxon, but just how effective is online protest in the country?

Produced by India Rakusen

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18 minutes

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Sun 20 Apr 2014 22:32GMT

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  • Sat 19 Apr 2014 10:32GMT
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  • Sun 20 Apr 2014 22:32GMT

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