Karl was born on July 19, 1998, in New York originally than moving to North Carolina, to an American mother of French-Canadian descent and a Canadian father. He graduated from Fort Dorchester High School in 2016. For 2 years, he attended Portland Community College from 2016 to 2018 and studied multimedia. He started working as a salesman at Starlite Gaming from May to August 2016. From February 2014 to June 2017, Karl remained a review writer and editor for GameTZ. Karl has an old YouTube channel called Game Patrol, that streams Roblox. He started streaming on Twitch under the username GamerBoyKarl in 2017. He initially appeared on MrBro's Last To Leave Halloween Candy Wins $10,000 challenge in 2019 and often served as a camera operator at that time.