Adam22

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Adam22
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Adam22 in 2016
Born
Adam Grandmaison

(1983-11-24) November 24, 1983 (age 40)
Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S. [1]
Occupations
  • Podcaster
  • YouTuber
  • blogger
  • pornographic actor
  • live streamer
Years active2006–present
Known for
  • No Jumper
  • ONSOMESHIT
  • The Come Up
Spouse
Lena Nersesian
​
(m. 2023)​
Children1
YouTube information
Channel
Created byAdam22
Years active2012–present
Genre Hip-hop
Subscribers4.63 million [2]
Total views1.6 billion [2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: August 18, 2023
Website nojumper.com

Adam Grandmaison [3] (born November 24, 1983), more commonly known as Adam22, is an American podcaster and YouTuber. He is the creator and host of pop culture-oriented podcast No Jumper. [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Early life

Grandmaison became a BMX rider at a young age and enjoyed hip-hop music, including Gucci Mane's hit "Bricks" that includes the line, "I'm ballin' like an athlete but got no Jumper." This inspired the name No Jumper for his future blog and podcast. [7]

Career

2006–2011: The Come Up and ONSOMESHIT

In 2006, Grandmaison started the BMX website The Come Up. [8] Later, he created ONSOMESHIT, a BMX biking team and BMX-based clothing line which at one point had a retail store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. [4] [9]

2011–present: No Jumper

No Jumper was originally a blog on Tumblr created by George Potter. [10] The blog, which was financed by Grandmaison, [10] showed early interest in underground artists such as SpaceGhostPurrp and Clams Casino, and reviewed obscure Gucci Mane mixtapes, treating the underground with "critical attention". [10]

Revived in 2015, Grandmaison's No Jumper podcast, hosted on YouTube, focuses on interviews with rap artists and pop culture tastemakers. [11] As of August 2023, the channel has about 1.6 billion video views. [12] It originally started as a BMX podcast with vlogs dedicated to Grandmaison's life running ONSOMESHIT's retail store. His interview of Memphis underground rapper Xavier Wulf soon turned viral within hip-hop communities, sparking Grandmaison's newfound interest in interviewing known figures within both underground and mainstream hip-hop. [13]

Grandmaison, through his No Jumper podcast, has been noted for interviewing up-and-coming talent as well as established rappers. He has interviewed artists including Lil Yachty, Lil Peep, Pouya, Juice Wrld, Suicideboys, Young Thug, 6ix9ine and most famously XXXTentacion in April 2016; the latter interview has received over 21 million views as of 2023. [9] [1] [14] This was the Florida rapper's first official professional interview, and it has been credited with giving him exposure to a wide audience. [15] [16]

In addition to underground and established rappers, Grandmaison through his No Jumper channel has expanded to interview a variety of artists and pop culture-oriented guests, of different careers and backgrounds including livestreamers, music executives, actors, YouTubers, music critics, and fashion designers. Notable people interviewed include Anthony Fantano, KSI, Riley Reid, "Sugar" Sean O'Malley, Aaron Carter, and Charlamagne tha God. [17] [1]

Rolling Stone described him as "underground hip-hop's major tastemaker" and "an advance scout searching for combustible new talent." [1]

The No Jumper YouTube channel had over 4.6 million subscribers and about 1.6 billion total views as of August 2023. [12] Jon Caramanica of the New York Times described No Jumper as " The Paris Review for the face-tattoo set". [18]

Grandmaison hosted the inaugural Trap Circus music festival in Miami, Florida, in 2017. [6] [19]

On June 20, 2018, Grandmaison held a memorial event for rapper XXXTentacion, who had been murdered in Florida two days prior, in front of his ONSOMESHIT store in Los Angeles, with a crowd of about 300 people. [20] The crowd soon grew to over 1,000, and police in riot gear eventually appeared in response. [21] According to reports, rubber bullets were shot and tear gas was used to disperse the crowd. [22]

Grandmaison was one of the promoters for YouTube personality FouseyTube's event "Hate Dies, Love Arrives", which was shut down via a bomb threat which left 1,500 people evacuated. [23] Shortly after the event, while Grandmaison interviewed Shane Dawson, mid-interview, FouseyTube, Keemstar, Sam Pepper and Ice Poseidon interrupted, causing the interview to go viral. [24]

During the 2022 trial of rapper Tory Lanez for his 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, No Jumper's news coverage of the event was stated to have promoted "an overeagerness to share unverified information". On December 22, 2022, the podcast's Twitter account falsely claimed that Lanez had been found not guilty on all charges. [25] The following day, Lanez was convicted by the jury on three felony charges in respect to the shooting: assault with a semiautomatic handgun, having a loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and gross negligence in discharging his firearm. [26]

2017–present: Pornography

Grandmaison began debuting in personalized adult films alongside his partner Lena Nersesian (known professionally as "Lena the Plug") for the website OnlyFans in 2017, uploading a 2-minute and 16-second video to YouTube announcing a sex tape starring the two of them, to be released once his girlfriend was to reach 1 million subscribers. [27] [28]

In December 2019, the film was announced to be a professional adult film and was released for free in collaboration with Pornhub titled "Podcast Smash". The title is a reference to Adam22's No Jumper podcast and stars him and his partner Lena the Plug. [29]

Grandmaison, along with his fiancée Lena, announced a new podcast in November 2021 titled Plug Talk, which focuses on interviewing adult film stars on OnlyFans and having intercourse with them afterward. It premiered November 16, 2021, with guest Adriana Chechik. [30]

Personal life

Grandmaison is married to vlogger, internet personality and adult film actress Lena Nersesian (Lena the Plug). [31] On Valentine's Day of 2020, the two announced that they were expecting their first child together. Their daughter was born on November 14. [32]

Grandmaison identifies as an atheist. [33]

In 2018, Grandmaison was accused of sexual and physical assault by two women. [34] Though he denied these accusations, [35] Atlantic Records eventually severed its relationship with him. [36]

Discography

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Bub.
[37] 		US
R&B/HH
Bub.
[38]
"Hard" [39]
(featuring Tay-K and BlocBoy JB)		2018144Non-album singles
"Rivals" [40]
(featuring Killy and Smooky MarGielaa)		——

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