Josi

Who is Josi?

Josi, or also Jmartineze, is a social media personality and TikTok star known for his entertaining videos. This 17-year-old boy is of Peruvian nationality and grew up in the department of Chiclayo. He lives with his mother. He wears a rainbow clown wig in a number of his TikTok videos. He also often crops his head onto the bodies of other people in his videos for comedic effect. 

Personal life of Josi

Josi’s full name is José María Martínez Escobar. Josi was born on 9th June 2004 in Lima, Peru. He is Peruvian and has lived since he was a child in the city of Chiclayo.

The more successful he achieved, the more videos Josi began to upload, and even his mother began to appear in his videos, assuring that the relationship with his mother has always been very loving. In addition, Josi said in an interview that without a doubt, he took from her his great humorous talent and that everyone in his family is the same, even his siblings.

In 2020 after many people began to question Josi’s sexuality, he simply said he was openly homosexual, and from that moment on, he never hid his identity. Josi is also very proud to be gay and even uses his social networks in support of their LGBT community and urges all people to stop discriminating against others if they do not have the same tastes as them.

In one of his videos, he commented that Hola Soy Germán was the YouTuber who was his inspiration for him to decide to make videos on youtube.

The career of Josi

Josi started making videos in 2016. However, he later decided to delete all his videos since he felt that they were not very well done.

In September of 2018 decided to start from scratch with a video that he called: Everything starts again, making much more planned and elaborate vlogs.

At first, he decided to call himself “Hey is York”, but later, he decided to change his name to simply Josi.

Little by little, Josi began to gain significant popularity. Without a doubt, nothing would compare to the success he would achieve after he chose to create a TikTok account because it was on that network where he simply achieved overwhelming success. Getting millions of people to start following him for his peculiar style of comedy where he talks about many topics. Particularly those related to heartbreak, but without a doubt, it is his great personality and spontaneity that has made him unique and special.

One of his earliest TikToks was set to Young Thug’s “Relationship.”

He wears a rainbow clown wig in a number of his TikTok videos. He also often crops his head onto the bodies of other people in his videos for comedic effect. 

In August 2020, he featured Danna Paola in a video on his TikTok account that earned over 8 million views.

If we go to his Tik Tok account, we can see that in his previous videos, he danced a lot, shouted, told anecdotes, gave advice and was very funny.

However, with the arrival of adolescence, Josi began to upload videos where he appeared calmer and more organized. Despite the significant change in his content, his followers remain loyal to him and supportive.

With success on social networks, criticism also came. Although Josi confessed that at first, it affected him, eventually, he learned how to handle them and cope with all his haters. He does not give importance to them because he genuinely considers his friends and even likes his family to all the people who support him unconditionally.

Currently, Josi is considered one of the most popular influencers in all of Peru. On YouTube, Josi snowballed to popularity. Although, he does not usually upload as frequently as on TikTok. On TikTok, Josi gains multiple times more views than on YouTube and also uploads much more regularly.

Social media of Josi

In January 2018, Josi created his Twitter account. As of 2022, Josi gained over 125,000 followers and Tweeted above 3600 times. He is regularly active, often expresses his opinions on various topics and posts photos from his everyday life.

On 14th March 2015, Josi created his YouTube account. He gained over 1.3 million subscribers and more than 25.2 million views. At first, he decided to call himself “Hey is York”, but later, he decided to change his name to simply Josi. Josi started making videos in 2016. However, he later decided to delete all his videos since he felt that they were not very well done. In September of 2018 decided to start from scratch with a video that he called: Everything starts again, making much more planned and elaborate vlogs. On 23rd September 2018, Josi posted his “first” YouTube video “EVERYTHING STARTS AGAIN why did I delete my videos? | hey is york”, which gained over 285,000 views and more than 23,000 likes. On 21st June 2020, Josi posted his most-popular YouTube video, “KGON JUICE RECIPE”, which gained over 5.6 million views and more than 522,000 likes.

Josi is also highly popular on Instagram with over 1 million followers. He often posts high-quality modelling pictures expressing his sense of fashion. Josi gets anywhere from 50,000 to 200,000 likes on any of his Instagram posts.

On 17th August 2020, Josi created his TikTok channel. As of 2022, Josi amassed over 21.6 million followers, more than 701 million likes and around 4 billion views. If we go to his Tik Tok account, we can see that in his previous videos, he danced a lot, shouted, told anecdotes, gave advice and was very funny. However, as Josi got older, he seemed much calmer. That doesn’t mean his content changed that much. He is just not shouting that often in his videos. Josi still participates in the latest lip-sync trends and performs dancing routines. He often creates hilarious comedy sketches or crops his head onto the bodies of other people in his videos for comedic effect. 

How much does Josi earn? Net worth!

As of 2022, Josi has an estimated net worth of roughly $500,000. Josi earns his income through different ad revenue and sponsorships. It is expected Josi could earn as high as $24,000 per sponsored social media post.

Interesting facts about Josi

• Josi’s zodiac sign is Gemini.
• As of 2022, Josi is 17 years old.
• His height is 170 centimetres or 5’7”.
• He weighs 45 kilograms or 100 lbs.
• He really likes to sing when he listens to music.
• Generally, it takes about 30 minutes to record your videos.
• Thanks to its success, it has managed to make an appearance in the news media in Peru.
• His favourite colour is blue.
• He really likes dark and milk chocolate.
• His favourite foods are ceviche and tacos.
• For a while, he used braces to improve his teeth.
• He likes rain and cloudy days more than the sun.
• His favourite animals are the shark and the dolphin.
• Snakes scare him a lot.
• He doesn’t like hypocritical people.
• Josi lives with his mother. 
• He wears a rainbow clown wig in a number of his TikTok videos. 
• Josi’s full name is José María Martínez Escobar. 
• Josi was born on 9th June 2004 in Lima, Peru. 
• Josi said in an interview that without a doubt, he took from her his great humorous talent and that everyone in his family is the same, even his siblings.
• In 2020 after many people began to question Josi’s sexual preferences, he simply said he was openly homosexual, and from that moment on, he never hid his identity.
• In one of his videos, he commented that Hola Soy Germán was the YouTuber who was his inspiration for him to decide to make videos on youtube.
• Josi started making videos in 2016. However, he later decided to delete all his videos since he felt that they were not very well done.
• In September of 2018 decided to start from scratch with a video that he called: Everything starts again, making much more planned and elaborate vlogs.
• At first, he decided to call himself “Hey is York”, but later, he decided to change his name to simply Josi.
• One of his earliest TikToks was set to Young Thug’s “Relationship.”
• In August 2020, he featured Danna Paola in a video on his TikTok account that earned over 8 million views.
• If we go to his Tik Tok account, we can see that in his previous videos, he danced a lot, shouted, told anecdotes, gave advice and was very funny.
• However, with the arrival of adolescence, Josi began to upload videos where he appeared calmer and more organized. 
• Despite the significant change in his content, his followers remain loyal to him and supportive.
• Currently, Josi is considered one of the most popular influencers in all of Peru. 
• On YouTube, Josi snowballed to popularity. Although, he does not usually upload as frequently as on TikTok.
• He is regularly active on Twitter, often expresses his opinions on various topics and posts photos from his everyday life.
• On 21st June 2020, Josi posted his most-popular YouTube video, “KGON JUICE RECIPE”, which gained over 5.6 million views and more than 522,000 likes.
• Josi gets anywhere from 50,000 to 200,000 likes on any of his Instagram posts.
• As of 2022, Josi amassed over 21.6 million followers, more than 701 million likes and around 4 billion views on his Tik Tok account.
• He often creates hilarious comedy sketches or crops his head onto the bodies of other people in his videos for comedic effect. 
• As of 2022, Josi has an estimated net worth of roughly $500,000. 
• It is expected Josi could earn as high as $24,000 per sponsored social media post.