Donnie Gogo

Donnie Gogo (born Donovan Gordon Sampson, July 11, 1994) is a Canadian Internet personality, fashion designer, makeup artist, and comedian. He is often noted for his flamboyant, persona and  voice. Gogo is best known for his content, which includes makeup tutorials and, but also makes commentary videos and short comedy videos.

Gogo's online career includes several controversies, including a highly publicized feud with drag queen and fellow beauty YouTuber Sasha Boom. In March 2023, Gogo announced that he would be taking a hiatus from YouTube and following several months of content creators accusing him of.

Early life
Donnie Gogo was born Donovan Gordon Sampson on July 11, 1994 in. He is the son of Darren Sampson (born 1960), an author of and  descent; and Aika Sampson ( Tanaka; born 1963), a cartoonist of  descent.

Gogo attended, and graduated in 2012. In a December 2016 interview with Indie News, Gogo said that he was bullied a lot in secondary school for being "that queer kid in the class". The Sampsons moved to Ontario in 2013, and in 2014 he began attending the. He graduated in 2018.

Career
Gogo created his channel and  account on January 2, 2016. Originally, he used his Twitter account solely to promote his YouTube videos, which at the time consisted entirely of makeup and fashion tutorials and short comedy videos. A photo of him wearing a custom-made dress went viral on Twitter and Instagram in June 2016.

In February 2017, his Twitter account reached one million followers, and his YouTube channel had reached 1.8 million subscribers. In May 2017, he did American rapper Young Jack's makeup for the cover of his third studio album, Young Soul II. Shortly after, he began doing cover photo makeup for several other musical artists, including Lucy Luv (Off My Side, "Kiss Kiss"), Dang Dave (Doing This a Second Time and Look at Me When I'm Talking to You), Zee Zee (Stink!), and Shawn Smoke (The Amazing You). In late 2017, he appeared in the music video for Lucy Luv's single "Kiss Kiss", as he had also done her makeup for that single's cover.

During a trip to the on June 7, 2018, Gogo appeared as a guest on the TBS's talk show The Michael Hubert Show, and on June 14, 2018, he was interviewed on the  talk show High Point with David Bauer. Gogo reached five million YouTube subscribers on January 29, 2019.

In December 2021, shortly after he reached six million followers on, Gogo posted a video of himself while singing along the song "Love That Body" by Nicki Derbez, after which he lost over 16,000 followers. Various comments called the video "crude", "disgusting", and "disturbing". Gogo responded by posting a tweet saying, "I'm sorry I twerked. I won't do it again."

Gogo has made collaborations for the youguys and I have videos with many prominent content creators, including Barry Abrams, Connie Crist, Daniel Barnes, Gloria Fernandez, Joebro, Kevin Song, TooLongTom, Tonyjoe, Connie Crist, Daniel Barnes, Gloria Fernandez, Joebro, Kevin Song, TooLongTom, Tonyjoe, and Yusuf Safadi.

Personal life
Gogo identifies as gay. In a May 2019 TikTok post, he said he originally wanted to pursue a career in Gogo identifies as gay. In a May 2019 TikTok post, he said he originally wanted to pursue a career as a, but he "got too invested in the makeup and fashion itself". He has a net worth of US$10.1 million as of March 2023.