At 17 and 13, Robenson and Christopher are already stars on social media in Saint Martin. Their Sheguey_life page has 7000 followers on Facebook, nearly 2000 on Youtube and more than 4000 on Instagram. They publish videos in which they question the population of the island on funny or absurd questions, and sometimes vulgar answers.
The success of their sidewalks depends on their good humor, but also on their tone. Christopher, the youngest, can be ruthless: "if you give me the wrong answer or you make a mistake in French I will not miss you". Originally Robenson had started on his own. “When I was twelve I noticed that there weren't many Youtubers here. I decided to make funny videos and also where I was dancing. But I stopped because I was criticized too much. And then one day I was thinking on my sofa. I told myself that we shouldn't stop because of the people, ”he recalls. In 2017, he then decides to go and ask passersby in Marigot, if they have a message to pass on to their ex. "I deleted my old page and created Sheguey_life. In one hour the video had already 30 views, thousands of "likes" and shares, "he said. Since then, he has chained questions like this: "how to have a girlfriend in Saint-Martin?" "," Do SXM boys prefer white or black? "," How to keep your boyfriend / girlfriend "," What nationality most deceives? "," What don't you like in your neighborhood? »… Last April, when he carried out his sidewalk microphone with the question:“ What nationality would you not go out with? », He meets Christopher, who immediately becomes his brother at heart and continues the microtrack with him. Since, they do not leave each other. When one films, the other speaks, and vice versa.
In addition to the sidewalks, which they are starting to monetize on YouTube, the visibility of Sheguey_life sometimes gives them the opportunity to record advertisements for local merchants. They also happen to be more serious like when they offered a pair of sneakers to an homeless person. "We want to change the mindset of adults and show them that young people are not just staying in the block, smoking weed and pointing the Chinese," they explain. Despite their young age, Robenson and Christopher are ambitious. They dream of becoming journalists / presenters to be in front of a camera and make people laugh.
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