Johnny Rapid

Johnny Rapid
Born
Hylan Anthony Taylor

(1992-08-26) August 26, 1992 (age 32)
Years active2010–present
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Children2
Websitejohnnyrapid.com Edit this at Wikidata

Hylan Anthony Taylor (born August 26, 1992), better known by his stage name Johnny Rapid, is an American gay pornographic film actor.[1] Since 2010, he has appeared in over 200 pornographic scenes for Men.com studio, and now runs his own website.

Early life

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Hylan Anthony Taylor was born on August 26, 1992,[2] in Conyers, Georgia, near Atlanta.[3]

As a teenager, he was a car enthusiast, and a boxer.[4] He graduated from Rockdale County High School in 2010, where he was a member of the school's wrestling team.[1][5][6]

When he was 16–17, he got his girlfriend pregnant, who then gave birth to their daughter.[7][8]

At 18 years of age, he lost his job in the middle of summer, and decided to act in porn films to make money quickly.[4]

Career

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Rapid started his pornography career with Boys First Time and Bukkake Boys studios. He then signed with Men.com as an exclusive, and released his first scene with them in November 2011.[9]

He has starred in a documentary called I'm a Porn Star (2013), in which he talks about his life as a porn star, also describing his fantasies of rough sex and fast cars.[10][11][12] Rapid won the Cybersocket Web Award for Best Pornstar in 2014.[13]

In January 2015, Rapid publicly offered $2 million to Canadian singer Justin Bieber to shoot a pornographic scene with him.[14] The singer never answered. Rapid went on to play Bieber in a gay porn parody by Men.com.[15] He also played the role of Ash Ketchum in Men.com's gay porn parody of Pokémon Go in 2015,[16] and the Flash in parodies of The Flash and Justice League[17] released by Men.com in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

In 2017, he was one of the most sought after actors on Pornhub in the gay porn category.[18] Partnering with Men.com in 2019, he launched a new website "JohnnyRapid.com" devoted entirely to him.[19] By April 2021, Rapid's prolific pornographic film work included doing 300+ scenes with over 180 different male pornographic actors.[20]

Joseph Brennan has written a paper titled Going Bareback: Time and Aging in a Gay-for-Pay Porn Career discussing the event of Johnny– "arguably the biggest gay porn performer of the 2010s"– making his bareback debut in 2015,[9] focusing on Str8UpGayPorn’s coverage of Rapid.[21]

Personal life

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Discreet about his private life, Rapid previously defined himself as heterosexual and thus a gay-for-pay actor; however, in 2024 he came out as bisexual.[7]

In December 2014, Rapid was arrested in Rockdale County, Georgia, and charged with battery for allegedly hitting and choking his girlfriend after she refused to participate with him in a sexual act with a 14-year-old girl.[1][22][23]

According to Gay Star News, Rapid's girlfriend had contacted the officer writing the report in an "attempt to get [him] to forget the whole thing, that she's lying, that she made the whole thing up."[24][25]

In March 2024, he posted a video on Instagram talking about his past. He revealed that he grew up in a broken home, where his mother was on drugs and his father was in jail, so his grandmother took him in. Addressing his arrest, he confessed that he was in an abusive relationship. He mentioned that he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, went to anger management and cognitive behaviour therapy, and started taking medication for ADHD and depression. He talked about struggling with his sexuality, how he refused to admit that he was attracted to both men and women. He also mentioned that he was in a polyamorous relationship.[7]

Rapid has been married to a woman, and has a daughter and a son.[26][27]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gay porn star, Newton resident arrested after assaulting girlfriend". The Covington News. January 18, 2015. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "portal-garockdale.tylertech.cloud/JailSearch/JailingDetail.aspx?JailingID=4658125". portal-garockdale.tylertech.cloud. Archived from the original on March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Ríos, José Manuel (March 21, 2024). "Prison Shower: Qué sucedió con actores de película gay explícita". Homosensual (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Fap, Thomas (July 31, 2016). "Johnny Rapid : l'hétéro qui a couché avec le plus de gays au monde !". Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Fils, Manny (January 19, 2009). "Bulldogs finish in 3rd place at state duals Wrestlers come back from early 16-0 hole". Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen. Archived from the original on March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  6. ^ Archive (May 29, 2009). "Pinning a pair of wins". Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen. Archived from the original on March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c James, Michael (March 9, 2024). "Gay Porn Star Johnny Rapid Opens Up About His Past". Star Observer. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Johnny Rapid Interview (Prison, Consent, and The Adult Industry)", YouTube, Reno Gold, July 29, 2021, retrieved March 23, 2024
  9. ^ a b Brennan, Joseph (February 1, 2022). "Going Bareback: Time and Aging in a Gay-for-Pay Porn Career". Sexuality & Culture. 26 (1): 373–396. doi:10.1007/s12119-021-09897-8. ISSN 1936-4822. PMC 8286046. PMID 34305388 – via Springer.
  10. ^ Mercer, John (March 30, 2017). Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78672-091-7.
  11. ^ Sullivan, Paul G. (April 9, 2020). "Girl's Shoes in Gay Pornography". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  12. ^ I'm a Porn Star documentary film - exploring the lives of gay, trans and bisexual performers. Border2Border Entertainment. February 19, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ Street, Sharan (January 28, 2014). "2014 Cybersocket Web Awards Announced AVN". AVN. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  14. ^ Lynch, Joe (January 15, 2015). "Justin Bieber Offered $2 Million to Do Gay Porn". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  15. ^ Tharrett, Matthew (September 26, 2018). "Gay Porn Star Who Offered Justin Bieber $2 Million For Sex Will Play Him In "Pop Star" Parody". NewNowNext. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  16. ^ Wong, Curtis M. (September 1, 2016). "The Gay Pokémon Go Porn Parody You Didn't Know You Wanted Is Here". HuffPost. Archived from the original on September 8, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  17. ^ Peppard, Anna (December 8, 2020). Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4773-2163-8.
  18. ^ "2017 Year in Review – Pornhub Insights". www.pornhub.com. January 9, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  19. ^ Knowles, Betty (November 22, 2019). "New Site Launches from Johnny Rapid AVN". AVN. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  20. ^ "Countdown To 200 Cocks: Here Is The Complete List Of Every Single Man Who Has Fucked Johnny Rapid". Str8upgayporn.com. February 1, 2020. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  21. ^ Zach (September 8, 2021). "U.S. Government Publishes NIH Research Paper Analyzing The Effects Of Johnny Rapid's Bareback Debut On His Career As An "Aging Twink"". STR8UPGAYPORN. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  22. ^ Hennie, Matt (January 20, 2015). "Gay Atlanta porn star arrested for battery". Project Q. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  23. ^ Hennie, Matt (January 22, 2015). "Gay Atlanta porn star says arrest a bunch of 'lies'". Project Q. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  24. ^ Morgan, Joe (January 20, 2015). "Gay porn star Johnny Rapid arrested after 'attempted threesome with 14-year-old girl'". Gay Star News. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015.
  25. ^ St. Amand, Jason (January 20, 2015). "Porn Star Johnny Rapid Wants Bieber, But May Get Jail Instead | EDGE United States". EDGE Media Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  26. ^ Karr, John F. (October 7, 2014). "Behind the booty". Bay Area Reporter. Archived from the original on March 23, 2024.
  27. ^ "I'm a Porn Star documentary film - exploring the lives of gay, trans and bisexual performers", YouTube, Border2Border Entertainment, February 19, 2022, retrieved March 23, 2024
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