ThisIsACommentary

Tré Melvin, known by his YouTube username ThisIsACommentary, is an American actor, vlogger, philanthropist and YouTube personality. He is known for his show, This Is A Commentary, which features sketch comedy, viral parody and other subjects. As of March 2014, his main channel has over 2.1 million subscribers and 168 million video views.

Biography
Melvin was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. He graduated from Stivers School for the Arts, where he studied theater between grades 7 through 12. Melvin studied Business Marketing at the University of Cincinnati, and currently resides in Orlando, Florida. He began acting professionally at the age of twelve; performing in countless stage plays, musicals, television commercials, short films, and radio spots.

YouTube
The channel, ThisIsACommentary, was created on October 8, 2011. The pilot episode of the series, Niggas These Days, premiered via Melvin's Facebook profile on October 9, 2011, and worldwide via YouTube later the same day. As of October 20, 2011, in merely one week and four days, the channel reached 1,000+ subscribers and 100,000 video views as of October 28, 2011.

On June 13, 2013, in less than two years of production, the channel reached 1 million+ subscribers and 100 million+ video views.

Melvin's most popular video, named ''73. Ghetto Christmas Carols'', was posted on December 14, 2012. As of March 2014, it has over 9.7 million views.

Outside YouTube
Between December 2006 and March 2007 at age 14, Melvin conceived and operated Making A Way On Valentine's Day, a fundraiser for a local charity in his community, The Dayton Foundation. In merely a couple of months, Melvin raised $4,000 for the organization, which was placed into a grant and donated to The Salvation Army. The funds contributed to the construction of the Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center located in Dayton. In November 2007, Melvin received the Association of Fundraising Professionals - Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award. Melvin has partaken in several similar projects since the completion of Making A Way On Valentine's Day.

On October 24, 2013, Melvin introduced the Tré L. Melvin College Scholarship, making him the first YouTuber to start a college scholarship for his viewers.