YouTube sensation Keenan Cahill is far from your average high school student. For one thing, he has overcome incredible adversity, suffering from a rare genetic disorder called Mucopolysaccaridosis (MPS-6) since birth. For another, at the young age of 16, Cahill has already achieved international superstardom- all from behind a webcam in his childhood bedroom. The Elmhusrt Illinois teen rose to fame with a series of hugely entertaining self-produced videos of himself lip-syncing the hottest top 40 hits. He created a YouTube channel for his fun, quirky videos and saw his popularity skyrocket overnight. And Cahill’s knack for putting his own unforgettably hilarious spin on the radio’s biggest tracks has already won him millions of fans the world over.
It was his cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” that first threw Cahill into the spotlight. Earning millions of views on YouTube and a legion of adoring fans for its lovably goofy take on Perry’s ode to teenage love, Cahill suddenly found himself in the midst of a whirlwind of media attention. The video found its way to Katy Perry herself and went from 600,000 views to 3-million in the span of a single week. The video has over 36 million views to date. Suddenly, Cahill was a celebrity himself.
Since then, Cahill has collaborated with some of the biggest names in Hollywood- celebrities including comedienne Chelsea Handler, pop act LMFAO, hip-hop artist 50 Cent for his song, “Down on Me,” TV personality Jimmy Kimmel, actress Jennifer Aniston and “Jersey Shore” sensation, DJ Pauly D for his song, “Beat Dat Beat.”
For a kid whose life had, up to that point, been defined by what he couldn’t do as a result of his rare genetic disease, MPS VI (estimated to occur once in every 340,000 live births), the impossible became possible almost overnight: the boy who spent the better part of his childhood shuttling between hospitals, suddenly had no limits on who he could become and what he could achieve.
With his new fan base of over 525,448 subscribers and 327,378,401 video views Keenan has caught the interests of some of today’s biggest superstars – with cameo’s including 50 cent for “Down On Me” circulating over 29-million views, David Guetta’s Mega-Mix with over 17-million views and DJ Pauly D in “Beat Dat Beat” with over 4-million views, Cahill is the 27th highest subscribed music artist on YouTube.
In addition to Cahill’s wildly successful YouTube channel and a winningly funny appearance on E!’s “Chelsea Lately,” Cahill has also appeared in viral campaigns for the SF Giants, NY Knicks, Smartwater (starring Jennifer Aniston) and Wrigley Gum (with Serenading Unicorn). Cahill has a slew of popular new videos with celebrities including country music superstars The Oak Ridge Boys, supermodel Tyra Banks, R&B singer, Lloyd, and Footloose star, Julianne Hough.
And with so much success in such a short period of time, it’s pretty clear that young Keenan Cahill won’t be slowing down any time soon- he’s too busy living out his own “Teenage Dream.”
To learn more about Keenan Cahill (and to see him in action!), visit his YouTube channel or www.keenansroom.com.
