He became popular with his transformation videos on YouTube, which showcased his changing physique starting at 14 years old as a result of weightlifting.

After David's father died from falling off of a docked cruise ship when he was two years old, she immigrated to the United States with her son.

[4] While playing hockey, Laid was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 14, and soon after—inspired by fitness YouTubers such as the Hodgetwins, Marc Fitt, and Jeff Seid and by mockery from his peers for his then-thin frame—he began working out and bulking.

[8] Laid also became popular as a trainee of bodybuilder Elliott Atwell, who, in 2023, was arrested and charged with six felony counts, including accusations that, from 2013 to 2020, he pressured his underage training clients to record themselves having sex and to send the videos to him.

[15] MEL's Angelina Chapin wrote that Laid had become a "role model" for young boys on YouTube by 2016, while, that same year, ABC News wrote that he "look[ed] to be the poster boy for physical perfection" and compared his habits to "bigorexia".