User talk:82.136.210.153/Rawn Erickson

Rawn Erickson, profesionally known as RAWN and Hiimrawn, co-founder of and producer at Maker Studios, is a musician, film and stage actor, and YouTube personality. His "hiimrawn" YouTube channel has almost 300,000 subscribers, and his videos have over 75 million views total.

Early life
RAWN studied acting and improvisation at the AMDA, the Portland Actors Conservatory, and partook in an improv workshop by Paul Sills.

Career
RAWN started as a stage actor in the early 2000s. In 2008, RAWN played the boyfriend of Echo Bell (Emily Stern, daughter of Howard Stern) in rock musical Earth Sucks at the Artworks Theatre in Theatre Row Hollywood. From 2009 to date, RAWN has participated in various videos of The Station (Nacho Punch). RAWN is the man behind the 2013 Harlem Shake office video that received more than 30 million views. In late 2014, RAWN and actor Peter Gilroy partook in an "Epic Summer Adventure" road trip, sponsored by Pepsi.

Personal life
RAWN is an accordionist. In 2010, during the 2nd Streamy Awards, RAWN and Shay Carl caused controvery by rushing the stage and interrupting Chris Hardwick and Lisa Donovan. RAWN was one of the amici curiae in the Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc. case.

In popular culture
The members of indie rock band Radiation City called RAWN one of the most influential people in their lives. American electronic band Starfucker named the song "Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second" on their Starfucker album after RAWN.