Dwayne Johnson than one million downloads in its first week of release. In 2016, Johnson started a YouTube channel titled "The Rock" with the help of online personality Lilly Singh. His first video was called "The YouTube Factory" and featured several internet stars. He was featured in the site's yearly video series "YouTube Rewind" in 2016. Johnson attended the 2000 Democratic National Convention as part of WWE's non-partisan "Smackdown Your Vote" campaign, which aimed to influence young people to vote. He also had a speaking role at the 2000 Republican National Convention that same year. In 2017, he told "GQ" Magazine that
Dwayne Johnson has been in the top twenty every year since. He was the world's highest-paid actor of 2016. "Time" named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. In 2015, "Muscle & Fitness" named him "Man of the Century". Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson ("née" Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler, and his maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestling's few female promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro