Matt Diaz was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and has loved comedy and writing since childhood. He started a Youtube channel at the age of 16 known as "MyAnnoyances" where he wrote, starred in and edited videos on popular news stories, celebrities and personal grievances. This channel gained some attention over time, garnering over 15,000 subscribers and 1.2 million video views.Over time he substituted the videos with more personal writing pieces on MattJosephDiaz.tumblr.com. In March of 2015, he gained sudden popularity after a video he posted, showing his excess skin from 270 pounds of weight loss.These days he's become more of an advocate for body positivity, self-love and feminism, attempting to use the attention to give back to the people who have given him so much.