American Instagram and YouTube star A1saud is best known for his eye-catching Instagram posts and his vlogs, Q&As, hauls, challenges, and pranks that he posts with his girlfriend, Julia Raleigh, on their collaborative YouTube channel, Jules & Saud. A1saud has also modeled for several brands. He came out as a female-to-male transgender in a YouTube video posted in April 2021.
Early Life
Saud, better known as A1saud is of Sicilian origin. He was born a girl and later revealed he was a female-to-male transgender.
Social Media Career
A1saud shot to fame with his eye-catching photos on Instagram. His content in the platform contains selfies and photos with his family and friends. He posted his first Instagram picture in July 2014. Over the years, he has managed to gain over 396,000 followers on the platform. He has also posted lip sync clips set to pop and rap songs on Instagram. In October 2021, he posted a picture of himself after a reconstructive surgery on his chest. The post received more than 55,000 likes.
He has been equally popular on TikTok. He has amassed over 58.2 million likes and more than 3.2 million followers on the platform. On Twitter, he has gained over 19,000 followers.
He and his girlfriend, fellow social media celebrity Julia Raleigh, have a collaborative YouTube channel, Jules & Saud. They launched the account on May 27, 2014. Their content mostly consists of pranks, challenges, vlogs, Q&As, shopping hauls, routines, and reactions. They also flaunt their love for each other on the platform.
Some of their most popular videos on the platform are REACTING TO OLD PHOTOS OF MY GIRLFRIEND & HER EX.., IGNORING MY BOYFRIEND FOR 24 HOURS, ANNOYING MY GIRLFRIEND WHILE SHE DOES HER MAKEUP PRANK *Gone Too Far*, and SPYING ON MY BOYFRIEND (I Caught Him).
They have also featured couple challenges on YouTube, such as their October 2021 video, Couple Break Up For 24 Hours - *Challenge*. The channel has amassed over 2.6 million subscribers, over the years.
The couple’s social media family has been named the A1Family. A1saud has also promoted brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and FashionNovaMen. A1saud and Julia also sell their own brand of merchandise, such as hoodies and phone covers.
Family Life
A1saud grew up with his two brothers, one of whom is named Antonio. A1saud began dating social media star and dancer Julia Raleigh in 2016. Julia had apparently found him on Musical.ly (later renamed TikTok) and texted him. Eventually, A1saud flew to Kentucky to meet Julia.
Since then, they have been living together. The couple also owns three dogs: Pai, Piglet, and Pudge. Piglet is a red-nosed Pitbull and has appeared in many of their YouTube videos. Piglet has a separate Instagram account dedicated to her.
In April 2021, A1saud came out as a transgender on YouTube. He revealed he was born a girl but could never identify as a girl. He also added that he always played with the boys, dressed like a boy, and even hid his ponytail under his beanies, as a child.
