Austin Mahone at the Radio Disney Music Awards 2013. (Gisele Rebeiro/PR Photos)
On Saturday, YouTube-incubated teen pop sensation Austin Mahone (aka Justin Bieber the second) performed at a Manhattan bar mitzvah.
The over-the-top bash, held at a downtown nightclub, was thrown by Republic Records’ EVP Charlie Walk and his wife Lauren for their sons Jesse and Jagger, Page Six reports.
Mahone was introduced via video by Ryan Seacrest, who apparently has a thriving second career in the bar mitzvah industry. He was followed by “up and coming 16-year-old DJ/producer” Ares Carter.
Mazel tov boys. If you weren’t massively popular already, that has certainly changed.
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