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Jesse Riedel (born March 27, 1999), better known as Jesser, formerly known as JesserTheLazer, is an American YouTuber. He makes videos based primarily around basketball, being one of the largest basketball content creators on the platform. His videos usually include challenges or meeting professional athletes.
Jesse Riedel was born on March 27, 1999, in Westlake Village, California. His father, Guy, is a film producer who has worked on films such as Wedding Crashers and Office Space. His brother, James, is also a YouTuber, going by the alias Jiedel. Jesser began making videos in elementary school, filming skits with his brother. In 2013, when he was in middle school, he began to make videos about the video games Minecraft and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, being inspired by English YouTuber Syndicate.
Jesser was originally known as JesserTheLazer. His first viral video, “NBA 2K14 In Real Life”, where he discussed glitches in the NBA 2K series, was uploaded during his freshman year at Westlake High School. Following the continued success of his later videos, Jesser persuaded his parents to let him skip his senior year, and eventually passed the California…
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