Before gaining popularity, Apodaca revealed in an Interview with TMZ, that he lived in an RV with no running water, so he would park in front of his brother’s house, where he’d use the shower and toilet. He worked at a potato plant for several years. His viral video was posted on September 25th where he was drinking juice and vibing to Fleetwood Mac’s song “Dreams” while riding his skateboard.
On TikTok, he has 7.1 Million followers and since his video went viral, Apodaca revealed that some viewers of the video had sent him $10,000 and he thanked them for helping him out during this COVID-19 pandemic. Apodaca said the donations that poured in helped him upgrade his busted car and RV.
On TikTok, he provided his PayPal account number and people helped him get what he needed. With the money he received through donations he also said that he would surprise his mother with $5,000 and even gifted his girlfriend with a washer and bought some clothes for his daughter.
Apodaca was introduced to TikTok by his daughter who helped him film his first video. On Instagram, he currently has over 2.7 million followers. Earlier, he served as Forklift Operator and joined Circle Valley Pro and worked there for some time, then joined Fort Hall Wildland Firefighting dept in June 2013. Apodaca filmed the now-iconic video on his way to work in Idaho.
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Apodaca filmed the iconic video on his way to work at a potato warehouse from which, as he told the Post Register, he's taking a leave to manage his viral fame, that morning in Idaho. After his car shorted out, he didn't want to wait to get it fixed, so he decided to "take off on his board," with his iconic bottle of Cran-Raspberry juice.
He also said that he needed to put out a video to keep his following, which he said was around 720,000 people who he calls "souljahz", entertained. In an interview with Insider, Apodaca reveals, "I usually see the video in my head before I do it. I heard the song and I had seen the video in my head because I was coming down walking and I saw where it turned on the highway. I was like, 'okay, this is perfect because I can just coast all the way down. I can get a smooth video, won't have to set up the video, put my juice down and come back later.'"
Apodaca shot the video in one take, deciding not to walk back up the hill to re-film it. When he arrived at work, he contemplated posting it further explaining, "I wasn't going as fast as I wanted to go, but that the video's vibe was steady.” Deciding that he could just take down the video if it didn't perform well, he posted it. The Fleetwood Mac sound is a definite part of the video's uniqueness, and Billboard reported that "Dreams" saw its biggest streaming week ever after the video blew up online.
Apodaca told Insider, saying that he doesn't have a favorite genre of music and listens to everything from reggae to country, but then he said, "Growing up my mom, my dad, my uncles, my aunties, you know, everybody was always Fleetwood Mac, Hall & Oates, Marvin Gaye, Al Green growing up. It was just them who brought me up with music from the olden days." Apodaca is now a full-fledged social media influencer and content creator, as his popularity expanded on to other platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter with 2.7 million followers, 261k subscribers, and 123.1k followers respectively.
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