The premise of the video they’re shooting is pretty cut-and-dry, Steezy tells me. By the time we make our way back to the parking lot serving as today’s set, Steezy and his team have arrived, and the show is about to begin. The blacktop hits a little harder on this steamy April day, so we walk a couple blocks around the neighborhood and settle for a cold drink at a nearby Starbucks. It’s not often you meet a multi-hyphenate accused of doing too little.
We’re just finishing up a drone shot right now.” “You guys are already there?” Steezy responds on the phone. His filmmaking dreams have found him right in the heart of Tinseltown YouTube just happens to be the avenue which he took to get here. Steezy is a multi-hyphenate in every sense of the term, an outgoing prankster one day and a reserved graphic designer the next, writing, directing, and editing every project he takes on. Describing him as just a YouTuber feels akin to labeling Donald Glover - one of the creator’s biggest inspirations - solely an actor. I call Steezy Kane, the YouTuber with over 3.6 million subscribers who I’m here to write a cover story on, to let him know we’re here.
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The driver drops us off in the parking lot before speeding away, back to his newfound life as a proud Tesla owner. We inch our way up the street until we find it, it being a rundown, ‘50s-style joint serving burgers and milkshakes amidst corporate buildings and a sprawling neighborhood (in a bizarre fashion, Cartoon Network’s offices are located a mere block away). I was provided with the address only two hours prior now, it’s 3:50, and we’re slated to meet with our interviewee in just 10 minutes. “You sure this is the right spot?” he says out loud, verbalizing the confusion that’s slowly dawning on us. When we arrive at our destination, both the driver and I are collectively puzzled. So, instead of lounging around the house until he’s ready to go back to work, he decided to give the new car a whirl, and we’re one of his first customers. He recently suffered a minor workplace injury, and the Tesla we find ourselves in arrived while he’s been recovering.
He’s lived in Los Angeles for most of his life, he tells us, and this is actually his first day working for the rideshare app. Our Uber driver narrates this odyssey north, pausing infrequently as we stop and go in a sea of trademark traffic. Yet even with the countless images of celebrated studios and sidewalk stars that have seeped into my pop cultural subconscious, I still can’t help but take note of every sight and sound we pass by along the way. It’s a 50-minute drive through the hills as we make our way up to a small ice cream shop in Burbank, California.ĭecades of movies and television have iconized this mecca of the entertainment world, the famed Hollywood Sign overlooking the bustling industry it’s spawned like a caring grandmother.
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