Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Jake, who was 10 at the time, said he and his brother would film "comedic bits" around the house.
"We were posting them to YouTube and just generally having a good time, and the people at school thought we were funny," he told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer in 2016.
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Paul said he downloaded it "the first day it came out," and he gradually rose in popularity on the app. By the time Vine shut down in early 2017, Paul had 5.3 million followers and nearly 2 billion video plays.
Source: Insider, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer
"We knew we had to move to Los Angeles if we wanted to pursue this as a full-time thing," Jake Paul said. "We immediately started taking acting and improv classes and making connections, while still doing the video thing."
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer
He also scored small roles in films like "Mono" and "Airplane Mode," in which his brother was the main character.
Source: Mashable, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Paul said his character, Dirk Mann, was "a perfect fit" for him. In the show, Dirk was an online video star that hosted a channel where he performed crazy stunts and challenges.
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer
The earliest members of Team 10 members included social media stars like Alissa Violet, and Lucas and Marcus Dobre. Team 10 moved into an $18,000-a-month rented house in Los Angeles' Beverly Grove neighborhood in August 2016.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
His channel hosts videos of over-the-top stunts, wild vlogs, and Jackass-style challenges.
Paul proceeded to sneak away from the crowd, hideout for hours in the White House bathroom, and sneak out in the middle of the night without being caught by security.
Source: The Sun
Paul announced TeamDom had raised $1 million in venture capital, and Team 10 as the agency's talent roster.
Source: TechCrunch
Team 10 member Alissa Violet was kicked out of the squad's house in early 2017 after Paul publicly accused her of cheating on him, and feud between the former couple ensued across social media.
Source: Seventeen
Source: KTLA
That didn't stop the landlord of the former Team 10 house from filing a $2.5 million lawsuit against the YouTuber in 2018 for allegedly trashing the rented house.
Source: KTLA, Tubefilter
"At this point in time I am wanting to focus more on my personal brand, my YouTube channel, business ventures, growing Team 10, and working on more adult acting roles," Paul wrote on Twitter.
Source: Variety
Source: Business Insider
In a video leaked in January 2018, Paul dropped the n-word twice while freestyle rapping. A source told TMZ at the time that Paul had "matured a lot" since the video was recorded.
Source: TMZ
Costell was briefly Team 10's chief operating officer after the former COO left in May 2018. The couple broke up at the end of 2018, and Costell also departed from Team 10.
Source: Crunchbase, Famous Birthdays
Over the years, members have come and gone amid controversial management, relationships, and drama. Most recently, two transgender YouTubers said they were kicked out of the Team 10 house after a video editor told them they weren't "real girls."
Paul was criticized for advertising "mystery boxes" on his channel derided as scams, and is reportedly the subject of a police investigation related to reports that a woman was drugged at a party held at Paul's Team 10 house in May.
Source: Insider, Business Insider
The couple started dating in May in what many speculated was a joke, but the couple has maintained that the relationship is real.
Source: Insider
The sudden engagement sparked even further rumors that the relationship was inauthentic.
Source: Business Insider
Photos of the wedding showed Paul, Mongeau, and their friends flying in on a private jet, a brawl breaking out seconds after the couple was pronounced husband and wife, and Paul cutting the wedding cake with a "Game of Thrones" replica sword.
Source: Business Insider
"Any wedding I have, if I have three more f---ing weddings, I really wouldn't want to do it on paper because I think that legally binding yourself to someone takes away the love," Mongeau said.
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