Rudy Mancuso

Rudy Mancuso is an American actor, internet personality and musician most notable for his comedic videos on YouTube and previously on Vine. He is managed by John Shahidi of Shots Studios, a company that also produces his YouTube content. Many of Mancuso’s videos consist mostly of musical comedy sketches.
Mancuso was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, at 28 February 1992. He’s the son of an Italian American father and a Brazilian mother; lived in Rio de Janeiro for a while and speaks Portuguese fluently. He attended Glen Ridge High School and started playing the piano at the age of five.
Mancuso’s partnered with Shots Studios to create videos and launched his YouTube channel in 2016. Mancuso was the opener for Justin Bieber’s Purpose World Tour in Brazil’s section of his Latin America shows in 2017. Dolce & Gabbana invited Mancuso to walk in their Milan Men’s Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018 show on June 17, 2017. Mancuso performed and presented an award at the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards in Mexico. On October 6, 2017, Mancuso released his first single, “Black & White,” in collaboration with Grammy award-winning songwriter/producer Poo Bear.
In December 2017, Mancuso released a new single, “Sirens”, which was quickly taken down as Mancuso was accused of plagiarism. The song’s vocals, melody, and some lyrics were taken from another song “Ambulance” by Texas rock band Eisley. On February 22, 2018, Mancuso released his second single, “Magic”, in collaboration with Maia Mitchell, his girlfriend. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.