Where Are Your Favorite Vine Stars Today?

Boston boy Jerry Purpdrank realized pretty early on in life that if he wanted the kind of job he'd been dreaming of, he needed to head for Los Angeles. "I decided my career path when everything else in life was not going good," Purpdrank told Complex in 2017. "I was failing [school]. My job sucked.

Boston boy Jerry Purpdrank realized pretty early on in life that if he wanted the kind of job he'd been dreaming of, he needed to head for Los Angeles. "I decided my career path when everything else in life was not going good," Purpdrank told Complex in 2017. "I was failing [school]. My job sucked. So I decided I might as well do something I loved instead of doing something I hate." He needed a way to support himself out west, and Vine was the answer.

Purpdrank became a Viner when the service was still in its infancy, and by its first birthday he was one of its biggest stars with almost 3 million followers. "Vine allowed me to move from Boston to LA with some of my best friends, so we could work day in and day out," he said back in 2014. "I get to have fun, laugh, and live my dream thanks to Vine and all of my amazing fans and supporters." At the time, Complex predicted that Vine would somehow survive the introduction of Instagram stories, but after Vine's closure, Purpdrank had no choice but to jump ship.

Unlike many Viners, Purpdrank didn't thrive on YouTube (he's released several original rap songs on his channel, but he has less than 300,000 subscribers over there) because short form video has always been his forte. He's much more suited to Instagram, where he continues to pump out regular comedy sketches for his 3 million followers.

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