Believe it or not the very first video Lilly Singh posted to youtube was a very serious spoken word piece. The psychology grad had no inclination that she would begin a journey to the top as one of the worlds most celebrated online talents. In fact, she was battling depression when she first got on the platform in 2010 and found that the more she made others laugh the more she would laugh and feel better. She also noticed that there was little to no south Asian female talent using the platform. Inspired by an S shaped ring she had owned since her youth Lilly began entertaining the world from the confines of her bedroom in her parents home. Mom and Dad have finally becoming accepting of her using their likeness in her videos, but it was a long hard fought battle to convince them that her YouTube career would pay off.