Lucas and Marcus
{{short description|American dancing and YouTuber duo}}
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = Lucas Dobre and Marcus Dobre
| image =
| birth_name = Lucas Dobre-Mofid
Marcus Dobre-Mofid
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|01|28}}
| birth_place = Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
| occupation = YouTubers
| education =
| website =
| channel_handle = LucasandMarcus
| channel_display_name = Lucas and Marcus
| pseudonym = Dobre Twins
| years_active = 2009–present
| subscribers = 33 million (Lucas and Marcus)
28 million (Dobre Brothers)
1 million (Dobre Cars)
| views = 5 billion (Lucas and Marcus)
3 billion (Dobre Brothers)
| network = Fullscreen
| associated_acts = Logan Paul/Jake Paul{{Cite web |title=Jake Paul Is Moving in With 6 Social Media Stars |first=micah |last=Gomez |work=People |date=August 6, 2016 |access-date=April 19, 2017 |url=http://people.com/celebrity/jake-paul-roommates-what-is-team-10/}}
| silver_button = yes
| silver_year = 2016
| gold_button = yes
| gold_year = 2017
| diamond_button = yes
| diamond_year = 2018
}}
Lucas and Marcus Dobre-Mofid (born January 28, 1999), collectively known as the Dobre Twins, are an American dancing duo and YouTube personalities who rose to prominence on the now-defunct video application Vine.{{Cite web |title=These twin brothers dancing in a supermarket are going viral and it's cause they're amazing |first=Christina |last=Pellegrini |work=Yahoo! |date=October 23, 2016 |access-date=April 19, 2017 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/style/twin-brothers-dancing-supermarket-going-191646491.html}} They are part of the Dobre Brothers, where they are joined by their older brothers, Cyrus and Darius.
The twins run their eponymous YouTube channel Lucas and Marcus while the brothers feature collectively on "Dobre Brothers" and "Dobre Cars". Their goals of subscribers on the channel Dobre Cars was 250M subscribers and 50M total views.
Personal lives
The twins were born in Maryland to retired Olympic gymnast Aurelia Dobre and Boz Mofid, the owners of Dobre Gymnastics Academy in Gaithersburg, Maryland. They have two older brothers, Cyrus Dobre (born 1993) and Darius Dobre (born 1995).{{Cite web |title=Popular Twin Vloggers Are The Sons Of Former Romanian World Champion Gymnast|first=Dvora |last=Meyers |work=Deadspin |date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=July 26, 2017 |url=https://deadspin.com/popular-twin-vloggers-are-the-sons-of-former-romanian-w-1797108750}}
Career
=Lucas and Marcus=
Lucas and Marcus were known as "TwinBotz", they first gained fame on the six-second video application Vine, where they had more than 1.8 million followers before it shut down. The twins used the app to showcase their talent, including breakdancing and gymnastics stunts, such as backflips.{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • February 2017 |first=Joshua |last=Cohen|work=Tubefilter |date=March 30, 2017 |access-date=April 20, 2017 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/03/30/top-100-most-subscribed-youtube-channels-worldwide-february-2017/}} Their popularity helped them earn a spot at AT&T's Later Haters expo.{{Cite web |title=AT&T focuses on teens with 'Later Haters' push for digital positivity |first=Ilyse|last=Liffreing|work=Digiday|date=March 26, 2018|access-date=March 27, 2018 |url=https://digiday.com/marketing/att-focuses-teens-later-haters-push-digital-positivity/}}
=Dobre Brothers=
In March 2018, it was announced that the Dobre Brothers collectively have signed a joint venture deal with Creative Artists Agency (CAA).{{Cite web |title=Social-Media Stars The Dobre Brothers Sign With CAA |first=Todd |last=Spangler|work=Variety |date=March 15, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/dobre-brothers-lucas-marcus-caa-1202728053/}}
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award Show ! Category ! Work ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Muser of the Year | Lucas and Marcus | {{Nominated}} |
| Streamy Awards
| Breakout Creator | Dobre Brothers | {{Nominated}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/TwiNboTzVids/ Lucas and Marcus's channel] on YouTube
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC3OGYxHwV8pB5yLobw9KdA/ Dobre Brothers channel] on YouTube
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Category:American breakdancers
Category:American people of Iranian descent
Category:American people of Romanian descent
Category:Dancers from Maryland
Category:Fullscreen (company) people
Category:People from Gaithersburg, Maryland