OC Teen Receives Threats After Hit YouTube Video

Rebecca Black's music video "Friday" has logged more than 100 million views.

Rebecca Black's music video "Friday" has logged more than 100 million YouTube views. (YouTube)

KTLA News

7:58 a.m. PDT, April 20, 2011

ANAHEIM (KTLA) -- Police in Orange County are investigating at least two threats against a 13-year-old singer whose music video recently made her a YouTube sensation.

Rebecca Black's "Friday" has earned more than 100 million views since it was posted online in February. The music video also earned her some harsh criticism, helping her become a trending topic on Twitter. Black also made an appearance on the Tonight Show and is currently 51 on iTunes charts.

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Black's family now says the girl's management company and production company have received threats via e-mail and telephone demanding that the video be taken off the Internet, Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick Martinez told the OC Register.

Martinez told the Register that investigators don't know the intent of the threats but are taking them seriously.

Black is an eighth grader at an undisclosed Orange County middle school.