Dross (YouTuber)

Ángel David Revilla Lenoci (born 16 July 1982), better known as DrossRotzank or simply Dross, is a Venezuelan YouTuber and writer who resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina since 2007.[4]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Revilla and the second or maternal family name is Lenoci.
Dross Rotzank
Dross Rotzank in an interview of July 2019.
Born
Ángel David Revilla Lenoci

(1982-07-16) 16 July 1982
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
EducationMass communication Universidad Santa María
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
AwardsMartín Fierro Awards
YouTube information
Channel
LocationBuenos Aires, Argentina
Years active1998–
GenreHorror (2013–)
Subscribers21.8 million[2]
(23 September 2021)
Total views5.36 billion[2]
(1 September 2021)
NetworkMitú[3]
100,000 subscribers 2012
1,000,000 subscribers 2013
10,000,000 subscribers 2017
Updated: 23 September 2018
Websiteeldiariodedross.com
Signature

Early life

Ángel David Revilla Lenoci was born on July 16, 1982[5] in Caracas, Venezuela.[6] His father was a pilot[7] and his mother was a gastronomy-oriented businesswoman.[8] Ángel David Revilla, whose ancestry comes from Italy, Spain,[8] and United States,[9] he studied at Santa Maria University, Venezuela where he graduated from Social Communication in 2007,[8] in addition, he worked as a journalist for a medical magazine.[6] In 1998 created the blog called El Diario de Dross (The Diary of Dross),[1] whose username "Dross", is based on the then wrestler Droz (whom Revilla mistakenly refers to as «Warren Droz» in a interview), whose name Revilla misspelled as Dross instead of Droz.[6] Revilla started in 2000 writing acid game reviews for websites like MeriStation or Vandal,[10][11] he also made some posts in the forum GameFAQs.[1]

Career

Internet career
Capture of the video "Dross te contesta 12" (Dross answers 12), uploaded on January 22, 2012.

David created his YouTube account in 2006 and in 2007, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he currently resides.[1] At first he was dedicated to uploading gameplays of different video games such as I Wanna Be the Guy. However, Dross had some videos that were older that in the end he decided to delete, among them is one that was re-uploaded by user Lucas Pedraza in which he calls a hacker.[12] His look consisted of wearing long hair, dark glasses and a straw hat with a leopard print.[13] In mid-2013, he turned his content to horror videos,[14] and in 2015, Dross participated in a project called "Dross Dark Tales of Terror", where he told contemporary horror stories.[1]

Revilla currently runs two additional YouTube channels: Los Vlogs de Dross (Dross's Vlogs) and Mi Querido Mussolini (My Dear Mussolini), in which he uploads videos of his pet fish, Mussolini.[8] In March 2017, Dross was invited to the "La Mole Comic Con" event, which took place at the World Trade Center in Mexico City and which was dedicated to pop culture and Japanese culture. He participated in three meet & greet sessions, on the 17th, 18th and 19th of March.[15] In 2018, he won in the Digital Artist category,[16] in 2019 he won the Digital Vision Award,[17][18] and in December 2021, he won in the Best YouTuber category from Martín Fierro Awards.[19][20][21]

Writer career

His first novel, Luna de Plutón (Pluto's Moon), was published by the editorial Planeta in Spain and Latin America in 2015[22] and became a best seller in a few weeks.[4][23] His second book, El Festival de la blasfemia (The Festival of Blasphemy) was released in 2016,[24] a sequel to his first book, Luna de Plutón II: La guerra de Ysaak (Pluto's moon 2: The war of Ysaak), was released in March 2017.[25] and Valle de la Calma (Valley of Calm) was published in 2018.[26][27]

On August 5, 2019, the author launched his most recent work, El libro negro (The Black Book), in it explores the topics of the Deep Web,[28] and cosmic horror.[29] As of September 6, 2019, El libro negro became the best-selling book in some countries of The Americas,[30] like, Argentina, in which he head the number one of the best-selling books in that country from August 25 to September 1, 2019.[31] In September 2021, he released a book titled "Escape",[32][33] all his books were published by Planeta.[34]

Awards and nominations

Martín Fierro Awards

Year Category Result
2018 Digital Artist Won
2019 Digital Vision Award Won
2020 Best YouTuber Won

Filmography
Year Title Role
2006 Voces anónimas Storyteller (2013–present)
2015 Dross Dark Tales of Terror Storyteller

Works
  • (2015) Luna de Plutón. Planeta. ISBN 978-950-730-096-7.
  • (2016) Festival de la blasfemia. Planeta. ISBN 978-950-730-113-1.
  • (2017) Luna de Plutón II: La guerra de Ysaak. Planeta. ISBN 978-950-730-152-0.
  • (2018) Valle de la calma. Planeta. ISBN 978-950-730-206-0.
  • (2019) El libro negro. Planeta. ISBN 978-950-870-153-4.
  • (2021) Escape. Planeta. ISBN 950-870-18-46.

References
  1. Mtz, Alejandro Cruz. "Biografía de Dross | Edad, estatura, libros, Badabun". LaLetraDe (in European Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. "About DrossRotzank". YouTube.
  3. ""Nos están estafando": youtubers denuncian a la network Mitú (VIDEO)". Radio Fórmula (in Mexican Spanish). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. Miguel Ángel Teposteco. "Dross, el youtuber de los 6 millones de seguidores" [Dross, the Youtuber with 6 million followers]. El Universal (in Spanish).
  5. "Dross Rotzank. Éste fue su primer video en YouTube". Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). 9 October 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. "¿Quién es Dross y por qué es toda una celebridad en YouTube?". RPP (in Spanish). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. Sierra García, Luisa Fernanda (21 May 2017). "Dross: había una vez un escritor convertido en youtuber". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  8. Omaña, Henysbel. "Dross Rotzank, el youtuber que busca aterrorizar a los demás con sus historias". La Neta. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  9. "Dross, el youtuber de los 6 millones de seguidores". El Universal (in Spanish). 26 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  10. "En Directo: Dross se confesó en CNN Chile". CNN Chile (in Spanish). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  11. ""Dross" invitado de honor en La Mole". El Universal (in Spanish). 18 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  12. "Dross Rotzank. Éste fue su primer video en YouTube". Milenio. 9 November 2020.
  13. López, Carolina (10 July 2021). ""Esto no es un top..." son las dos fotografías de Dross que muestran su drástico cambio físico". Radio Fórmula. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  14. ""Escape", el libro en el que Dross creó a su propio antihéroe". El Universal. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  15. "Confirma youtuber Dross visita a México". El Universal (in Spanish). 23 January 2017.
  16. "Youtuber Dross ganó premio Martín Fierro al artista digital más influyente". El Universal (in Spanish). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  17. "Todos los ganadores del Martín Fierro Digital 2019". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 22 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  18. "Martín Fierro Digital 2019: la lista de ganadores". MdzOnline (in Spanish). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  19. "Martin Fierro Digital 2021: el youtuber Dross ganó el oro en Neuquén - TyC Sports". TyC Sports. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  20. "Martín Fierro de Oro para La Chepi y Dross en la cuarta entrega de la versión digital en Neuquén". El Destape (in Spanish). 19 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  21. "Martín Fierro Digital: Dani La Chepi y Dross recibieron las dos estatuillas de oro". Los Andes (in Spanish). 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  22. "Dross, una estrella de YouTube, presenta su primera novela" [Dross, a YouTube star, releases his first novel]. Clarín (in Spanish). 1 October 2015.
  23. "Los 10 libros más vendidos en la primera semana del 2016" [The 10 best selling books in the first week of 2016]. Dinero en imagen (in Spanish). Mexico. 9 January 2016.
  24. "'Dross' en Lima: ¿De qué trata 'Festival de la blasfemia'?" ['Dross' in Lima: What's 'Festival de la blasfemia' about?]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 6 July 2016.
  25. "Dross habla de la trama de su nuevo libro" [Dross talks about the plot of his new book]. El Universal (in Spanish). Notimex. 1 April 2017.
  26. Florencia Suárez (8 July 2018). "Séptimo Día: Dross: La puerta al infierno" [Dross: The door to Hell]. El Día (in Spanish).
  27. "Instagram viral: Dross demuestra con este video que es un maestro del clickbait" [Viral Instagram: Dross demonstrates with this video that he's a master of clickbait]. Trome (in Spanish). 8 June 2018.
  28. El libro negro - Dross. Planeta de Libros (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  29. Papelería, Panamericana Librería y. "El libro negro: Deep Web y horror cósmico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  30. "Los 10 libros más vendidos". Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  31. "Los libros de un youtuber venezolano y el de Cristina, al tope del ranking de los más vendidos". Diario El Dia de La Plata (in Spanish). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  32. "El popular youtuber Dross lanza su nuevo libro: "Escape"". Futuro (in Spanish). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  33. "Envió afectuoso saludo a Chile: Dross reveló detalles de su nuevo libro y sus próximos proyectos". 24 horas (in Spanish). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. Depablos, Omarela (31 October 2019). "El terror que parió a Dross". El Estímulo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2021.

DrossRotzank at YouTube
Los Vlogs de Dross
Mi Querido Mussolini
DrossRotzank at YouNow
El Diario de Dross at Twitter

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