Lucas and Marcus

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Lucas Dobre and Marcus Dobre
Personal information
Born
Lucas Dobre-Mofid
Marcus Dobre-Mofid

(1999-01-28) January 28, 1999 (age 25)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationYouTube
YouTube information
Also known asDobre Twins
Channel
Years active2009–present
Subscribers33+ million subscribers (Lucas and Marcus)
28+ million (Dobre Brothers)
1+ million (Dobre Cars) [1]
Total views5+ billion (Lucas and Marcus)
3 billion (Dobre Brothers) [1]
Network Fullscreen
Associated acts Logan Paul/Jake Paul [2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2016
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2017
YouTube Diamond Play Button.svg10,000,000 subscribers2018

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. [3] They are part of the Dobre Brothers, where they are joined by their older brothers, Cyrus and Darius.

Contents

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). [4]

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. [5] Their popularity helped them earn a spot at AT&T's Later Haters expo. [6]

Dobre Brothers

In March 2018, it was announced that the Dobre Brothers collectively have signed a joint venture deal with Creative Artists Agency (CAA). [7]

Awards and nominations

YearAward ShowCategoryWorkResult
2018 Shorty Awards Muser of the YearLucas and MarcusNominated
Streamy Awards Breakout CreatorDobre BrothersNominated

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