Jovani Jara

He is smart, sassy and sophisticated – he is Jovani Jara! Once a concert cellist, Jovani wanted to enrol at a performing arts school but couldn’t get through. He was disappointed about not making the cut but did not let his disappointment overpower his life. Jovani had discovered how much fun it was creating funny, hilarious videos and uploading them. It not just helped him get famous but also brought about a wide smile on the face of the onlookers. And this sealed the road to his career! Together with his twin brother Julian, Jovani set forth for a career that not just brought him glory but inner satisfaction as well. His hilarious videos on YouTube in no time became extremely popular. The twin brother’s account 99goonsquad that started in 2015 is on a roll today what with more than 200,000+ subscribers on the 99goonsquad YouTube channel, nearly 78,000 fans on YouNow and 330,000+ fans on Musical.ly.

At seventeen, when most teenagers are clutched in the complexities and complications of their life, there is someone who stands out from the rest. He is Jovani Jara. He was sixteen when along with his twin brother he started the social media account 99goonsquad for YouTube, YouNow, Musical.ly and Vine in order to make people laugh with their hilarious goofy videos. The fact that he wanted to put a smile across the face of the viewers’ alone makes him so special. Despite being in the rat race, Jovani Jara has stood out with his conscious effort of spreading smile and laughter.

At a time when most youngsters open up social media account to gain fame, money and recognition, the idea guiding Jovani and his brother, Julian’s journey to being social media superstars is itself unique. The identical twins started the journey with an aim of inspiring their peers to be great as well. They wanted people to think highly of their own self and be happy with who they were. Jovani believed that people should be comfortable in their own skin and feel nice about how they look, how they walk, how they talk and how they feel. Through their videos, they wanted to incite a ray of laughter, smile and hope in the life of people so that even if it were for a moment, people could forget their trouble and be happy. Apart from being a social media personality, Jovani is a professional booty dancer as well. Quite too much for a superstar!