LJ Cleave

LJ Cleave was born on February 14, 1994, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Her middle name is Hunter. She has two brothers named Robin Kane and Roxy. Robin Kane too, is a musical.ly star. Cleave has a sister as well.

Cleave graduated from Fife College, Scotland, with a major in musical theatre. During her college days, she worked as a care assistant and facilitator to adults and children with learning disabilities.

Cleave loves animals. She owns two pets - a dog named Jacob and a cat named Lacey. She also takes care of her grandmother’s dog, a Chihuahua named Broody. Cleave is very close to her grandmother and often stays with her. Cleave loves pets, so much so that her future plans include opening a hotel for pets. She wants to open the hotel to make sure that people don’t leave their pets in a shelter home.

Cleave was always interested in dancing. As she grew up, she wanted to display her skills to others. She then came across the musical.ly app, which was fast becoming popular among aspiring dancers and singers. Cleave started following many musical.ly stars and keenly observed all their dubsmash, lip-sync and dance videos. Cleave was impressed by a particular musical.ly star, Gabbie Hanna. Cleave decided to follow in her footsteps and created her own musical.ly account.

She created the account along with her boyfriend Alex VanCleave. He too, is a musical.ly personality and a pro in video creating and editing. They soon began posting their dance and lip-sync videos on the account and in no time, they gained a huge fan following. Although they usually post duet dance videos, Cleave has posted many of her solo performances as well. She has also taken up many musical.ly battles with fellow stars, such as Ellie.music and MattyBRaps.

Her musical.ly account has over 1.1 million fans. The account has also earned the verification crown and has been titled as one of the best musical.ly accounts. Cleave then made her appearance on YouTube by featuring in the videos of other YouTubers, such as Lauren King. Cleave has also collaborated with Alex on multiple occasions and appeared in the videos posted on his YouTube channel. They even took up the popular internet challenge, ‘Boyfriend does my Makeup.’ She also went on to collaborate with Mikey Chanel and appeared in one of his makeup tutorials.

Thereafter, she created her own YouTube channel. She has posted only a few videos, of which most of them are question and answer videos. The channel also includes a video on musical.ly tips and tricks. Cleave’s acting career commenced with a cameo role in a film. She then went on to appear in a web series as well.

She starred as Linda in the horror flick, ‘Lord of Tears,’ which is also known as ‘The Owlman.’ She also starred in a couple of episodes in the first season of the web series, ‘Fins of Twins’. She played the character of Skyler Fins in both the episodes, which were titled as ‘Phase 2 Mermaids’ and ‘Something Fishy.’ The web series was produced by Starlite Productions and aired on its self-titled YouTube channel.