Video Emerges of Jake Paul Dropping N-Word in Freestyle Over 'Throw Sum Mo'

The uproar comes on the heels of another scandal just days earlier when Paul uploaded a Jan. 3 video entitled "I lost my virginity," which didn't have any NSFW material, but was age-gated to discourage under-18 viewers from clicking through. The original thumbnail for the clip reportedly showed Paul lying under the semi-naked body of his girlfriend, Erika Costell.

The thumbnail was later replaced with a less salacious one; Paul had not commented on either controversy at press time. 

The concurrent scandals for the young viral star, whose YouTube channel has nearly 13 million subscribers (to go along with his nearly 3 million Twitter followers), comes just as his brother is going radio-silent in the wake of the loud backlash against his ill-conceived video of a suicide victim filmed in Japan's Aokigahara, also known as the "suicide forest" due to the high number of suicides that take place in the woods.

Jake Paul, who came to prominence on the now-defunct Vine app and his role on Disney's Bizaardvark, has developed a reputation for sophomoric prank videos that appeal to his core 13-18 year-old audience, as well as virally popular (if polarizing) hip-hop tracks ("It's Everyday Bro") and repeated clashes with his Beverly Grove neighbors, over noise complaints resulting from the boisterous clips filmed by his content farm Team 10.