Teen pop idol Justin Bieber was arrested earlier this month for allegedly driving under the influence and drag racing in Florida, marking the latest incident in a string of troubling behavior that reportedly includes drug use, throwing eggs at his neighbor’s house, and spray-painting graffiti in Brazil. Here is a timeline of Justin Bieber’s path from YouTube sensation, to global superstar, to front-page delinquent:
June 2008: Bieber is first discovered singing soulful spirituals while tilling an Ottawa-area cotton field
July 2008: Before packing up and moving to Atlanta to meet with manager Scooter Braun, Bieber experiences his last normal interaction with other human beings
Feb. 2010: Bieber’s music video “Baby” becomes the most watched YouTube video of all time, topping the previous records set by “How To Set Up Your Epson XP-410 For A Wireless Network,” “Setting Up Your Epson XP-410 For Windows 8,” and “My Review Of The Epson XP-410”
Aug. 2010: Ominous tone begins to creep into Behind The Music narrator’s voice
Dec. 2010: The teen icon begins an on-again-off-again relationship with popular ’90s Latin recording artist Selena
Sept. 2012: Bieber starts lifting weights, and it shows
Feb. 2013: Something snaps
Nov. 2013: Bieber suffers a full emotional breakdown after coming across a crude drawing he made at age 5 depicting him and his parents standing in front of a house, smiling
Jan. 2014: World makes laughably naive judgment that Justin Bieber has hit rock bottom
