RayWilliamJohnson

The account name of famous YouTuber, Ray William Johnson, who hosts a show entitled "=3," which recently reached 1 million subscribers. Originally, Ray William Johnson hosted a show called "Capitol Hill Gangsta" in which he discussed current political issues with a twist of humor. Around February of 2009, however, Ray dramatically altered the focus of the show. This is because a few businessmen had interest in Johnson's potential, but they were afraid that his political theme would hinder his popularity. Thus, =3 was born. The name comes from the popular emoticon, =3, which viewers would often leave on his CHG videos. Ray did not know that =3 was meant to show affection, and he took it as a symbol for sideways testicles. Before changing the show to “=3” Johnson would often sign off his Capitol Hill Gangsta videos by saying "testicles!” His current show, =3, follows the format of typical viral video web shows, such as Vh1's Web Junk 20 and Comedy Central's Tosh.0, but with his own unique spin to the concept. He engages his audience (whom he calls "forum") and asks them to send in video "Comments/Questions of the Day" to which his viewers respond with hilarious answers. At the end of each video, he shows a few of the aforementioned answers from previous C/QotD. The first 3 minutes of his video usually consists of him showing a few viral videos (usually 3) and comments on them, often dubbing over the original videos with funny voices for exaggeration.