LeafyIsHere


Calvin Lee Vail Marquez, also known as Leafy, or LeafyIsHere is an American YouTuber and commentator.

Career

Vail started his channel in 2011, and uploaded his first video in 2013. He focuses mainly on commentary and Let's Play's. His videos often include him talking over gameplay footage of video-games like and Superhot. He was very active on the platform and had amassed 4.8 million subscribers at his channel's peak, before he slowed his uploading schedule down and went on a hiatus in December 2017.
In 2016, popular YouTuber iDubbbz featured leafy in an episode of his 'Content cop' series, criticizing him and his videos for cyberbullying, among other things. The video was taken down in late 2019, after it was determined to be in violation of YouTube's guidelines. He returned to YouTube in April 2020 with a video responding to controversy surrounding iDubbbz, after which he resumed posting frequently.
Leafy has also criticized other YouTubers in the past, including Daniel 'Keemstar' Keem.

Controversies

Vail's channel has been subject to numerous controversies. Many of which stem from what is seen as his cyber bullying of children and people with disabilities. According to Bryan Menegus of Gizmodo, Vail allegedly mocked a man in 2016 with a learning disability, he had also earlier made fun of an autistic man known as TommyNC2010, after which YouTube and Reddit communities rallied behind Tommy, prompting Vail to make an apology.