Dallin McKay was born in Selah, Washington and raised in Hermiston, Oregon. He began his career at the age of 12 as a Singer/Songwriter on YouTube, uploading videos as he taught himself how to play the piano and later sing, play the ukulele, and play the guitar. While in High School he went on a foreign exchange to Mexico, where he became fluent in Spanish and also went on tour singing a song that he wrote for Mexico called "Se Llama Mexico". He then returned to live with his family in Utah to finish his Senior year of High School where he made many of his own professional music videos. Since then he has lived in El Salvador, Belize, and Guatemala and is now based out of Los Angeles, California. The first role he ever got on camera was the lead role of "Tommy" in the Feature Length film "Teenage Girl".