San Diego YouTuber, Jabrils chosen for #YouTubeBlack Voices grant

Jabrils competed against artists and creators from around the world and was chosen to receive funding, coaching and training to grow their YouTube channel. SAN DIEGO — A San Diego YouTuber is one of 132 recipients of a grant from the platform’s “Black Voices Class of 2021.” Jabrils competed against artists and creators from around the world and the first class was chosen to receive funding, coaching and training to grow their YouTube channel.“It’s a legit investment in 132 Black voices. I always hear people talk about that. They want to do this and that. But YouTube legit put their money where their mouth is,” said Jabrils. “YouTube is a lot of fun, but it can be hard to make it profitable sometimes. This grant that I’m receiving from YouTube allows me to not have to worry about making my channel profitable.”  Jabrils learned to code in middle school, but never pursued it as a career until starting his channel three years ago when searching for an outlet.   “I kind of lost interest. And then I hit a point in life where I was like, what is it that I want to do?” said Jabrils.  His videos began to…
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