This should serve as a warning to parents to be wary of any sudden fame that comes from their kid’s YouTube “performances”. They may hit the big time, but they may also end up in jail at 19 or worse at 27.
If this guy had some better guidance instead of just letting the Hollyweird vultures at him, he could have gracefully retired at 18 and went on to do something productive.
Letting your kid go into the entertainment business is tantamount to child abuse with all of the predators in that industry.
He was pretty good about staying out of trouble when his mother was traveling with him.