David Brown (British musician)

David Paul Brown (born 24 August 1987), better known by his online alias Boyinaband, is an English musician, songwriter, rapper, actor, comedian, and YouTuber. Brown is known for his song "Don't Stay in School", being the lead vocalist for the rock band You And What Army and collaborations with other YouTubers such as iDubbbz, Roomie, Andrew Huang, TheOdd1sOut, Emma Blackery, Dan Bull, Corpse Husband and PewDiePie. His work spans various genres including electronic, hip hop and heavy metal as a producer, vocalist, rapper, songwriter, DJ and instrumentalist.
Among other endeavors are his former electronicore band You and What Army, which had various successes playing Download Festival and Sonisphere Festival. The band was put on hiatus in 2014. Other video content of his include vlogs, music tutorials, education, comedy skits, raps, and challenges.
Career.
Brown's YouTube channel was created on 14 November 2007. Most early videos were focused on his band You and What Army, or were tutorials, educational, vlogs, reviews and interviews with other musicians.
From 2011 onwards, parodies and skits were more prominent on the channel, for example "How to Play Dubstep Guitar" and "Appropriate Faces for 10 Genres of Music".
In 2015, Brown published a song featuring fellow YouTubers "Cryaotic" and "Minx" focusing on LGBT issues and him voicing his support for the community in collaboration with the UK-based LGBT charity "somewhereto_".
In 2017, Brown collaborated with iDubbbz to create a diss track against RiceGum titled "Asian Jake Paul" as part of iDubbbz's "Content Cop" series.
On 31 March 2019, Brown collaborated with PewDiePie and RoomieOfficial in an upbeat rap/synth pop/hip hop music video titled "Congratulations". The music video was based on sarcastically congratulating T-Series in surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers, while also bringing up the corporation's past scandals and criticizing the caste system in India.
Don't Stay in School.
On 2 February 2015, Brown published the music video for his song "Don't Stay in School", which went viral. In the track, he criticizes the school systems for teaching topics he deems unnecessary, instead of teaching practical life skills or topics that interest students.
The song has been subject to controversy for seeming to encourage students to drop out of school. However, Brown has stated that it is merely meant to critique the school system, and the words "Don't Stay in School" refer to the topics discussed in the song.
Despite drawing controversy, the song has also received praise from students, teachers and parents. The video was reacted to by parents on the Fine Brothers channel, with many sympathizing with his arguments.
Over time, Brown released a series of follow-up videos to "Don't Stay in School". His final follow-up video, "You don't legally have to go to school", discusses various unconventional educational options: alternative schools, charter schools, "unschooling", and homeschooling. In the video, Brown also interviews a student from one of these progressive schools.