Meet Chazz and Chaze Clemons: The 16-Year-Old Founders of the Viral Glizzy Street Hot Dogs

At just 16 years old, twin brothers Chazz and Chaze Clemons have transformed a summer break idea into Glizzy Street, one of Southern California’s most vibrant culinary brands. With an initial $400 investment, the Long Beach Poly High School students launched Glizzy Street Hot Dogs.

​What began as a humble cart quickly exploded into a viral sensation and hour-long lines for their signature $5 bacon-wrapped hot dogs. In just a year, after being featured in a TikTok that drew more than 3 million views and 213,00 likes, Chazz and Chaze have become viral sensations, emerging as inspiring figures in teen entrepreneurship. Since its inception, Glizzy Street has attracted local fans and out-of-state travelers alike to taste creations firsthand.

The viral momentum of Glizzy Street has rapidly caught on as Chazz and Chaze have made appearances on The Jennifer Hudson Show, TODAY, CBS Mornings, and FOX 11 Los Angeles.

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As the saying goes, “Numbers don’t lie.” In its first year, Glizzy Street has reportedly grossed more than $200,000 in profit. And they are just getting started.

Recently, on National Hot Dog Day and to celebrate their first anniversary, Glizzy Street teamed up with Raising Cane’s to host a community giveback event at Lincoln Park in Downtown Long Beach, CA, where they gave away more than 1,000 hot dogs to the community.

Along with their delicious products, Glizzy Street is anchored in resilience. Tragically, the twins lost their mother at birth, leaving their father and older siblings to raise them. With strong family support, Chazz and Chaze grew up with a deep work ethic and sense of community.

​For the Clemons brothers, entrepreneurship also runs in the family. After watching the business acumen of their father, they were inspired to launch their own venture.

“We learned a lot from our family because our dad actually owns a gas station. He has trucks and everything,” Chaze told The Root. “We used to work there every single day, every single week.

He said one thing their father taught them was that every cent counts.

When asked why they chose hot dogs for their business enterprise, Chazz said that the idea came to them after they “were going outside the stadium and we saw a hot dog cart.” After seeing that the price was $7-$8, they told their older brother that they wanted their own hot dog stand.

“Our brother Jay asked us what we wanted to do for the summer. He probably thought we were going to ask for something else,” Chaze explained. “We said we wanted to start a business.”

After making $100 on opening day, Glizzy Street now sells around 150 hot dogs a night. At $5 each, the stand now grosses roughly $750 to $1,000+ per evening in just four hours.

“We took $400 that we saved from working, and we bought a cart. We ran the numbers and thought that  $5 was a good price for us, so we just did it,” Chazz added. “We knew social media would be our advantage, and it blew up.”

As their business began to take off across social media, they caught the attention of Todd Graves, co-CEO of Raising Cane’s. After getting in touch with the Clemons brothers, he became one of their business mentors and biggest supporters.

“​Last fall, we met with Todd,” Chazz recalled. “He tried our dogs, and he loved them. He really taught us about making a good product and to keep it simple. We took everything he said to heart.”

​Chazz also shared how nervous he was to meet a teenager with an established CEO.

“I was super super nervous to meet him. I’m still nervous thinking about it. I can’t believe we met him, but we’re very grateful to have a supporter like him,” Chazz said. “We talked about SOPs, building a good team, how to expand, building a good product and sticking with that product, keeping it simple and trying to give back to the community.”

While they love being entrepreneurs, education is their priority. Along with running a booming business, the moguls-in-the-making are required to maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher by their family.

“School is what’s most important,” Chaze said. “Our family helps out when we’re in school. We take over on evenings and the weekend.”

​As they continue scaling up their business, the twin duo remains proof that having a good product is a winning recipe for lasting success. Here’s advice they would give to young entrepreneurs.

“One message that we’ll give young kids like ourselves: anything’s possible. We started with $400. We always wanted to start a business, and we took advantage of social media because it is the biggest thing in the world,” Chazz explained. “Anything’s possible. You have to remind yourself. We cook hot dogs for only a week, and then go out there and do it.”

​The dynamic duo also envisions franchising their brand in the near future.

“​We want to see Glizzy’s everywhere. We went to New York and saw a lot of hot dog carts, and we really liked how there are so many hot dog stands on the street,” Chaze said. “That’s where we want to be.”