Jason Itzler

“ Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the greatest streamer of them all? You are, Jason! HA! ” — Jason "Mr. Based" Itzler's catchphrase

“ If Josh dies, we're going to be part of like the biggest story in the world for a little while... The way he lives his life, it's not like someone who expects to be here very long. ” — Jason to Alex Novell in 2024, speaking about Josh's situation

Jason Itzler

Jason "Mr. Based" Itzler, inside his apartment

Name: Jason Lubell Itzler

Aliases: Jason Itzler • Mr. Laced • King Of All Pimps • MrBasedNYC • "World's Greatest Live Streamer" • Mr. Beast

Time Active: c. Jul 2023 - present

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DOB: 27th Febuary, 1967

Gender: Male

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Nationality: American

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Parents: Ronnie Lubell, Leonard Allen Sylk

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Jason Lubell Itzler, born Jason Lubell Sylk (February 23, 1967) better known online as Mr. Based, is an American live streamer and former founder of the illegal prostitution ring disguised as an escort agency, New York Confidential. Jason has spent time in prison for money laundering, drug charges (incl. trafficking), and prostitution. He currently has warrants in a variety of states, including New York. Itzler has recently been charged with making a terroristic threat and two separate charges of criminal contempt stemming from an arrest at Durgy's Bar on April 11th, 2025.

Jason's project for a time was Joshua Block. Jason set Josh up on the streaming platform Parti, and had been streaming with Josh since mid-2024. In this time, Jason has filmed Josh extremely intoxicated, during mental health crises, and general at the lowest points of his life. Before streaming with Josh, Jason's content consisted of sun gazing as well as filming IRL (in real life content) where he has assaulted fellow IRL streamers in the IP2 community and has made several unwanted sexual advances on women, including discreetly recording women underneath their skirts.

Background

Early Life

Jason Lubell Itzler was born February 23, 1967 as Jason Lubell Sylk and is the only son of Ronnie Lubell and Leonard Allen Sylk. Itzler is of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. Following his parents’ divorce, Itzler moved to New York with his mother. Jason's mother remarried Ron Itzler, a lawyer in the firm of Fischbein, Badillo, Wagner, and Itzler, and so the family moved to the suburbs in New Jersey. Jason attended a number of private schools, including the Elisabeth Morrow School, the Dwight-Englewood School, the Hotchkiss School, and Tenafly High School. Jason spent many of his evenings at the New York Friars Club, and summers in the Catskills, where he worked as a cabana boy at the Concord Hotel. Jason graduated from The George Washington University with degrees in political science and art history.

Business and Criminal Activities

While in law school, he started a phone sex operation called M2 Communications, Inc., where he would charge $4.98-a-minute, and soon become a young millionaire. Jason continued to have a variety of sex businesses in the phone sex, webcam sex, and prostitution industries, and has claimed that his client list included high-profile celebrities.

In 2010, Jason Itzler shared an apartment with Zoltan Prepszent. While sharing the apartment, university-aged Julia Sumnicht died of a GHB overdose in the apartment. No charges have been filed and onus of responsibility as well as what happened to Julia is widely speculative.

History with Josh

Background

Before Josh Block met him, Mr. Based/Jason was working to establish himself as a streamer on Kick and content creator specializing in the sun-gazing space. Sun Gazers are people who believe there are benefits to staring directly at the sun. Mr. Based claims he had been informed of Josh by a friend and instructed on how to come in with contact with Josh.

Early Interactions with Josh

On July 8, 2023, during a live stream, Jason confronted Josh while the latter was conducting a tour. Upon introducing himself, Jason was rebuffed by Josh, who reportedly shouted "SCRAM, BITCH!" before instructing his tour guests to flee. The interaction lasted approximately one minute.

Approximately one week later, a second encounter occurred between the two. Jason attempted reconciliation by apologizing and offering friendship, prompting a similar reaction from Josh, who again demanded that Jason leave. Witnesses reported Josh shouting "Get him, get him!" while a tour guest to take action against Jason. The confrontation escalated when Josh threw a drink at Jason, who then pursued him. Josh subsequently fled into the street amid oncoming traffic, continuing to shout during the altercation.

Josh and Jason would cross paths once again, during a 2024 solar eclipse viewing.

Early Streams

On May 20, 2024, Jason streamed on Kick with Josh. The details of the stream are unclear, other than that they were at a bar, and Josh abruptly left.

Jason would continue to have Josh on his streams (how many is unclear at the moment), but was banned from the Kick platform on June 7, 2024, possibly due to Josh's outbursts towards donations. Notably, Jason was banned off kick again on June 24, apparently for sexually assaulting fellow streamer Carldo's girlfriend. Jason was once again suspended for one month on July 2, due to a situation where he sexually assaulted a woman, gaining notable attention on Twitter (X).

From this point, the streams with Josh would become notable, as they began happening regularly.

Josh's Crashouts

Jason would begin streaming on YouTube after his Kick suspension, and these earlier streams would become notable for Josh being heavily intoxicated and belligerent on stream. The intensity of Josh's outbursts, or crashouts, were significantly worse than anything else that had been seen from him up to this point.

July 5

The stream begins with Jason doing miscellaneous activities, including purchasing alcohol, before Josh shows up to his apartment about an hour into the stream. Jason and Josh wander out into the nearby streets for a while before returning to the apartment. At 3:11:30, Mr Based offers Josh a hit from his weed pipe, which triggers Josh to vomit onto his own clothing. Due to his heavily inebriated state, Josh shows minimal reaction, merely wiping the vomit on himself before continuing.

Josh was changed into an orange t-shirt, but the remainder of the stream would escalate significantly. At about 3:45:30, Josh would become increasingly hostile toward TTS donations. At 3:45:57, a donor called out Jason's alleged exploitation of Josh, notably causing him to lash out from being called "DISABLED." Further donations escalated into Josh eventually shouting slurs, his usual complaints about being middle class, threatening to kill donors (while Jason clarified the threats were "in Minecraft"), and hurling alcohol at the camera. Jason concludes the stream by leading Josh to a Citizens Bank ATM to pay him, before allowing him to leave.

July 19

This stream was uneventful, with Jason initially engaging with viewers for approximately 16 minutes before Josh arrived at his residence. Upon entering, Josh complained of what he described as "hangover sweats" and requested a Twisted Tea. The subsequent hours of the stream featured TTS interactions between donors and the two. Later, they visited several bars in Manhattan, though the stream remained uneventful for much of the evening. Near the end of the stream, after leaving a bar, Josh becomes significantly paranoid about interacting with strangers, claiming that it was putting his "life in danger." The stream would abruptly end after Based began interacting with a group of Josh fans, where Based pinky-promised Josh to stop interacting with anyone. What makes this stream noteworthy is the events that followed the next day.

July 20

Main article: Hallucinations "Make it stop" Incident

A series of live streams on July 20, 2024, would become one of the most significant events in the saga with Jason.

Josh arrived at Jason's residence already inebriated, displaying drowsiness and slurred speech. Jason provided Twisted Tea and Beatbox beverages, both high in alcohol content, exacerbating Josh’s condition. Over several hours, Josh exhibited severe impairment, including multiple stumbles, public urination, and immediately after doing so, falling into the street. Jason downplayed Josh’s intoxication during the stream, attributing it to minimal alcohol consumption.

By ~01:20:00 into the first stream, NYPD officers intervened, assisting Josh indoors after bystanders expressed concern. Josh resisted hospitalization, being adamant about his lack of insurance. Subsequent streams showed Josh unconscious on a couch, intermittently roused by TTS donations or Jason splashing water on him, which awoke Josh. A couple arriving for Josh’s scheduled NYC tour encountered him in a volatile state; Josh lashed out physically, striking the woman and shouting incoherently before stumbling into the streets.

The final streams involved Josh being once again passed out on Jason's couch, with police entering and taking Josh away. Prior to this, a 7-minute long version of Taps played, and other donations attempting to wake him up. Josh was taken away while "17:00 Somewhere" played.

July 22 - 31

The most significant of events during these streams were Josh getting a manicure, and Jason being swatted.

Alex Saga

Alex Novell begins filming a documentary on Mr. Based and Josh, culminating in an incident where Jason hit Alex in the face with a tripod. Both figures remain extremely controversial among the community.

During a Parti livestream, Alex accompanied Based prior to the release of the documentary that was later revealed to be a hit piece. It remains unclear whether Alex had already intended the documentary to take that direction at the time of filming.

During the stream, Alex recorded Based at a shopping mall, where text-to-speech played the song "Erika." Based marched along to the music inside the mall, an action that reportedly made Alex visibly uncomfortable. Later in the stream, the two were seen sharing a joint. Based remarked that Alex did not know how to inhale properly.

Josh Studio Sessions

Jason pays for multiple studio sessions in order for Josh to record music.

Return to Kick

Mr. Based moves back to Kick in October 2024.

Galaxy Gas Streams

On December 23, 2024, in a very controversial stream, Jason provided Josh with "Galaxy Gas", flavored nitrous oxide that had been trending earlier in the year.

Parti Deal

Jack Doherty sets Josh up with a deal on the streaming platform Parti, which subsequently involved Jason streaming on there too.

"A divorced dad getting his disabled son one weekend a month, right before he drops him off at mom's."

Arrested Live

Jason was arrested during a live stream on Parti; in an unexpected moment Jason expected Josh to get arrested, even laughing at the matter, until Jason was handcuffed.

Arrested Again

“ Not again... I have to feed your dog now ” — Josh's blunt reaction to Based getting arrested

Jason was arrested once again at Durgy's Bar on April 10, 2025, presumably after a viewer or a troll who was interacting with Josh and Based earlier during the stream, called police. Jason had a warrant out for his arrest, which was already suspected by the community due to him appearing to be paranoid. His arrest was on 3 counts, one of them being making terroristic threats. Subsequently, Jason was released on bail, then banned from Parti.

Pets

Jason owns two pets; Frankie, a dog, and Bambi, a cat. These pets are often seen and interacted with on Jason's streams.

Itzler commonly feeds his pets a combination of Kentucky Fried Chicken and/or Kraft Singles American Cheese. He doesn't use animal food as he believes his pets deserve a human meal. He has also fed Frankie, his dog, chocolate products on various occasions with little regard for his pets health.

Criticism

Criticism of Jason stems from the view that he enables Josh's alcoholism, as well as exploiting Josh's worsening state solely for profit.

See also

• Wikipedia:Jason Itzler