Antoine Dodson is an Internet celebrity and singer that used to live in the Lincoln Park housing project in Huntsville, Alabama. After the Gregory Brothers remixed his news interview, he became famous for the “Bed Intruder Song.” As a gay personality, Dodson answered why he will continue to eat at Chick-Fil-A despite the company’s CEO Don Cathy being anti-gay. Check out the video below:
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A few days ago, some former American Idol contestants and YouTube celebrities have recreated the opening sequence of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. In this version, Belle is walking around an urban hood’ instead of France. In this Beauty and the Beast parody, YouTube celebrities DeStorm, GloZell, Antoine Dodson, and Miles Jai came together to sing. The viral video was directed by American Idol semi-finalist Todrick Hall. Idol alumni Katie Stevens and Vonzell Solomon also are in this video. This video has hit over 1.5 million views since being uploaded three days ago and it is spreading quickly on Facebook and Twitter. The song and video is really catchy and well done. Check out the video below:
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Antoine Dodson was made a YouTube sensation after doing an interview, which was remixed by The Gregory Brothers. From the royalties that Dodson collected, he was able to buy a new house in September 2010. Apparently the remix that The Gregory Brothers made with his interview encouraged him to stay in the music business. Dodson has created a new song with an artist named Lady G called “Gucci Bag.” I’d say the song isn’t bad, but it’s not great either. You can listen to it below:
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Antoine Dodson, the viral video star known for the hit Bed Intruder, is getting a reality TV show pilot. The pilot is being produced by Entertainment One. Cameras will follow Dodson as he relocates himself and his family from the Lincoln Park projects in Alabama to Hollywood. The pilot will be about Dodson “leveraging every aspect he can to make a better life for his family” according to Entertainment One rep Scott MacFayden. The Bed Intruder video has been viewed over 67 million times on YouTube.
A choir at Liberty University has taken the viral song “Bed Intruder” by Antoine Dodson and performed it on stage in the form of a Christmas Carol. This video has been surging in views on YouTube. Very creative idea here.
The Annoying Orange is a comedy web series that was created by Dane Boedigheimer. Dane decided that there wasn’t enough Antoine Dodson “Bed Intruder” parodies out there. Below is the Kitchen Intruder video:
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YouTube superstar Antoine Dodson has been interviewed by George Lopez. Dodson was asked about what life was like after getting so many YouTube hits and after the Gregory Brothers auto-tuned his voice. One of the most interesting things he revealed was the number of song downloads that Bed Intruder had on iTunes. In the interview, he said there was about 250,000 iTunes downloads for Bed Intruder based on the last time he checked. That means that Dodson made close to $87,000 so far just from the sales on iTunes after Apple and The Gregory Brothers took their cut. This is based on Apple taking a 30% cut off the total and The Gregory Brothers taking a 50% cut off that profit Not bad coming from a viral sensation that did not expect anything to come out of his interview. Check out interview with George Lopez in the video below:
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Well… obviously Antoine Dodson makes the perfect spokesperson for the sex offender tracking application. Dodson gained Internet fame after a response he gave to a news channel when a rapist broke into his house. Known as the Bed Intruder video, Dodson’s response has been seen by millions of viewers. Then the Gregory Brothers took that video and remixed it into a song. Dodson received 50% of the profits on iTunes for the song and he was able to move out of the unsafe house he was in before. Check out the video of Dodson pitching the mobile application below and don’t forget to hide yo’ kids!
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