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How Logan Paul went from making videos in his backyard to becoming a 24-year-old millionaire and one of the most controversial stars on YouTube

Logan Paul is one of the most controversial personalities on YouTube , where he has amassed nearly 25 million subscribers across his channels.

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  • The 24-year-old star is often embroiled in controversy: He filmed a video of a dead body in Japan's "suicide forest," Tased dead rats in another one, and said he was "going gay" for a month.
  • Here's how Logan Paul rose to internet notoriety, and the biggest events that have happened in his career as an online creator.
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The past few years have been a roller coaster ride for Logan Paul.

The 24-year-old social media star built a career off the now-defunct Vine app and later, off of two simultaneous YouTube channels. His Midwestern good looks, slapstick humor, and intricately planned and executed viral videos have earned him millions of dollars and legions of diehard fans.

But Paul has become embroiled in multiple controversies in the last two years, costing him advertising on YouTube and a movie deal with YouTube Red.

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Here's how Paul went from a 10-year-old making homemade videos in his backyard in Ohio to one of the most famous and controversial social media stars in the world:

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The Vine app is obsolete now, but Paul's channel still exists online .

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In the video, Paul and his friends were planning to camp in the forest overnight but stumbled upon a corpse hanging from a tree. Paul blurred the face of the body, but he and his friends stood around the corpse and filmed it before leaving the forest.

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SEE ALSO: People are getting refunds after paying $50 to watch the 'glitchy' and 'terrible' livestream of wedding between YouTubers Tana Mongeau and Jake Paul

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