Luke Wale is a Canadian YouTuber, social media influencer, musician, and artist who is best known for his self-titled YouTube channel where he has amassed more than 950k subscribers and where he posts a wide variety of content including vlogs and storytime videos. He is also a skilled visual artist and musician and often posts his work on his YouTube channel. He has a secondary YouTube channel as well, titled itslukewale, which is dedicated to gaming and where he has garnered more than 100k subscribers. In 2017, he had joined the collaborative YouTube group known as Our World Away. He is popular on other social media platforms as well with more than 350k followers on Twitter and more than 450k followers on Instagram. Besides his self-titled primary Instagram page, he has 2 other accounts on the platform as well – c7oudx where he posts his music-related content and has more than 5k followers and lukemakesamess where he posts his visual artwork and has more than 50k followers.
Born Name
Hunter
Nick Name
Luke Wale
Sun Sign
Libra
Born Place
Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Residence
Canada
Nationality
Occupation
YouTuber, Social Media Influencer, Musician, Artist
Family
- Siblings – He has a younger brother and a younger sister.
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 10 in or 178 cm
Weight
66 kg or 145.5 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
Luke has dated –
- Samm Rochelle (2015–2016)
- Quinn Alyssa (2017-Present)
Race / Ethnicity
White
He is of Canadian descent.
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Green
Sexual Orientation
Transgender (Straight)
Distinctive Features
- Slender frame
- Pierced lips
- Wears ear studs
- Tousled hair
- Clean-shaven look
- Often appears in a beanie
- Has tattoos on both his arms
Luke Wale Facts
- He had socially transitioned from female to male in the mid-2000s, during his teenage years. Luke had known from childhood that he was a male trapped in a female’s body. This had made him the target of bullies at school and he revealed that even his teachers were not very supportive. He had joined YouTube in November 2007 as a means to escape his troubles – bullying, depression, and social anxiety.
- He was first diagnosed with severe depression when he was 11 years old. During this phase, he would often encounter suicidal thoughts and had even tried to commit suicide twice but was saved by his mother on each occasion.
- He often credits his time on YouTube and the support of his subscribers as the key reasons he was able to get out of his darkest times. One of the early adopters of the platform, he was named as one among the ‘Top 500 YouTube Partners’ of 2010.
- He has a tattoo marked ‘11.12.07’, the date he had joined YouTube, to show his gratefulness towards YouTube and his subscribers.
- He was born with the name Hunter and had later changed it to Jeydon Kyle Ingham and then to Parker Jeydon Wale, before eventually settling on Luke Wale.
- Another thing that had helped him get through the tough times was music and he had started creating original music in 2006. He was attracted to the art form from a young age and has been a massive follower of and . He had bought a guitar and taught himself how to play the instrument.
Featured Image by Luke Wale / Instagram
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Facts of Luke Wale
- full nameLuke Wale
- weight66 kg
- height5 ft 10 in