In , at age 19, Dawson began making videos on YouTube and garnered over half a billion views by Some of these impressions later drew criticism for their offensive content, including racial stereotypes. During this time, Dawson also had a short-lived music career, releasing six original songs such as " Superluv! In , he launched his podcast, Shane and Friends , which ran for four years and produced episodes. The following year, Dawson released his first and only feature film, Not Cool , and appeared on an accompanying 10 episode docu-series The Chair. In , Dawson began his show on YouTube about conspiracy theories , which includes his web series Conspiracy Series with Shane Dawson.