Michael Talamantez

Michael Talamantez was a Creative Director and Talent for DOPE or NOPE. He quit DOPE or NOPE and transferred to work with Catherine to be a Producer for her channel, and to pursue his music ambitions.

On October 12th, 2020, it was announced by Catherine that both her and Michael were "let go" from Hi5 Studios with much suspicious as to Michael's whereabouts after it was announced Catherine was signed to Hi5 Independent.

On February 8th, 2021, Catherine released a video on her channel titled "Addressing Why Michael And I No Longer Work Together." Catherine and Michael were upset that there were still false narratives and assumptions being made and wanted to address the situation. They revealed that Catherine had to fire Michael because he was not fulfilling some of his duties. Simply, Michael was trying to achieve his own personal goals and projects and became overwhelmed with additional duties that Catherine needed him to take on when her own tasks become too burdensome to tackle alone.

Since then he has had various jobs, including Subway, Burger King, Dillards, Walmart, Lockheed Martin, IHOP, and The National Weather Service. Most recently he has found satisfaction by working on his upcoming mariachi album which an announcement stated would be titled All My Homies (be Hip Hoppin'). No further announcements have been made. He is also a huge Star Wars fan who carries a Luke Skywalker wallet around him with a $2 bill his father gave him before he left for, and subsequently died, in the Iraq war in 2005. He has a brother named Elliott and an iguana named Rainbow. He also heavily supports the LGBT+ community despite being heterosexual, by his admission on various Dope or Nope videos. He has a deep phobia of the zombie apocalypse and always has a bottle of Aspirin in his car because of the headaches it sometimes gives him. His favorite Nintendo character is Goku. His last video on Dope or Nope was "10 Roulette Games You Don't Want To Lose". This video being his last due to Covid hitting shortly after. The channel then went on to go through many different changes.

Background

 * His last name is Talamantez, but his stage name is Mantez.
 * He attended California State University-Northridge between 2015-2017 and received a Bachelor's degree in Film Production.
 * He also works as a Choreographer/Instructor in his spare time.
 * His favorite food is Burger King onion rings and his favorite drink is Ice Mountain bottled water
 * His favorite movie is unknown
 * He sleeps in a bedroom
 * He is known for always washing his hands for 45 seconds straight after using the restroom

Quotes

 * "It's after lunch and I'm feeling W3!RD."
 * "Hello."
 * "Wanna get some dank memes, am I right, fam?"
 * "I wish I worked there."