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Addison Rae (born October 6, 2000) is an American social media personality and dancer, who is most famous for her videos on Tik Tok. As of March 2020, she has accumulated over 28 million subscribers on Tik Tok. She currently has one of the most followers on the social media platform and inspires many people with her dance moves and bubbly personality.

Career Addison Rae became famous in July of 2019 when she posted a video with her friend and it got over 93,000 likes. Later on she posted a video with her mother dancing to Maria Carey's song Obsessed. She was fortunate enough to receive a like by Maria Carey, which made the video go viral. At the time, Addison was a freshman at Lousiana State University with the intentions of becoming a TV broadcaster after graduation. Within no time, Addison signed with the talent agency WME and made the big move to Los Angeles. She dropped out of college and made the decision to pursue social media full time. WME has helped her become involved in modeling, dancing, TV, licensing, and endorsement deals. In the future she hopes to become more involved in acting and she recently started a Youtube channel, which already has over one million subscribers. Her style is very trendy and she recently did a collaboration with an LA online fashion boutique called I am Koko. She hinted on her Instagram a sneak peek of her own merchandise, which will be released the beginning of May [1].

Many people might know Addison from the Hype House, which is made up of famous Tik Tok stars including Charli D'Amelio, Chase Hudson, Avani Gregg, and Dixie D'Amelio. This collaborative group entertains Gen Z with new videos in their collaborative content house located in Los Angeles, California. In addition, she has also collaborated with other celebrities such as James Charles, David Dobrik, Jason Derulo and Kourtney Kardashian's son, Mason. She says her claim to fame was because of her consistency on the platform and she is known to post around 3 videos a day on Tik Tok. Her strong connection with her fan base is something unnnlike most celebrities and she tends to respond to many comments on her Tik Tok videos [2].

Personal Life Addison grew up in Louisiana and her parents are Monty and Sheri Easterling, both of whom have their own social media following on Tik Tok. Sheri is known for doing many collaborations and dances with Addison and has over 5 million followers on the app. Her father also has a strong presence online and has 1.8 million followers. Both of her parents are also signed with WME. She has two younger brothers, Enzo and Lucas who are often seen in her videos. She started dancing competitively at the young age of 6 and also did cheerleading, which can be seen in some of her videos [1].

Beginning in October it was rumored that Addison was dating Bryce Hall, another famous Tik Tok star. She has claimed that they are currently close friends only, but didn't deny the rumors about them previously being together. Before her rise to fame she was in a serious relationship for 5 years and is happy on her own. She is taking this time to focus on growing her platform even more and spreading positivity [3].

References


 * 1) Kim, Yerin. “Everything You Need to Know About TikTok Star Addison Rae.” Seventeen, Seventeen, 7 Apr. 2020, www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a31823306/who-is-addison-rae-easterling/.
 * 2) Marin, Kate. “Everything You Need to Know About Addison Rae.” TheNetline, 3 Feb. 2020, thenetline.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-addison-rae/.
 * 3) Talbot, Kate. “Meet Addison Rae, One Of TikTok's Biggest Stars.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 8 Apr. 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/katetalbot/2020/04/07/meet-addison-rae-one-of-tiktoks-biggest-stars/#1ad15182671e.