The rapper writes original songs about the everyday woes of being a kid. It scored nearly a million views in its first week, and has since amassed close to 6 million views. Not bad for a 14-year-old. MattyB made his entrance into the music business at just 7 years old, uploading a cover video of Bieber’s “Eenie Meenie” to YouTube on May 31, 2010.

When asked what the “B” stands for, the YouTube star always replies, “Be who you want to be.” Because that’s what he believes. (His family later moved to neighboring suburb Suwanee.) He always went by Matt at home, and eventually added the “B” because it “rhymes with the ee sound in Matty.” Screengrab via MattyBRaps/YouTube 2) The nickname has a purpose 6, 2003 in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The rapper was born Matthew David Morris on Jan. 19 things you didn’t know about MattyBRaps 1) MattyB is (obviously) not his real name Here are some fascinating facts you may not know about MattyB, the internet rapper turned genuine star. Since then, the teenage heartthrob and internet sensation has outgrown the baby Bieber comparisons and regularly uploads videos to his channel, MattyBRaps, which boasts 8.5 million subscribers and nearly 4 billion channel views.īut that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Few people know that better than MattyB, the wildly popular YouTube rapper who went viral at age 7 with a slickly produced Justin Bieber cover.

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