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Olajide Olayinka Williams"JJ" Olatunji(born 19 June 1993), known professionally as KSI, is an English social media influencer, professional boxer, and musician. He is a co-founding member of YouTubegroup the Sidemen, the CEO of Misfits Boxing, and the co-owner of Prime Hydration, XIX Vodka, Sidemen Clothing, restaurant chainSides and ...
For any inquiries contact Mams Taylor – Mams@properloud.com
- Early Life
- YouTube
- The Sidemen
- Establishment
- 2017
- In Other Media
- Business Ventures
- Wealth
- Trivia
- External Links
KSI was born to Jide and Yinka Olatunji in June 1993. He has a younger brother called Deji who is also an online YouTube personality. Both brothers have a peanut allergy. Deji, Jide and Yinka have featured in various videos on his channel - mainly in the early-2010s. JJ and Deji also have a notable uncle and a maternal grandfather who passed away b...
JJ created his first YouTube channel called JideJunior in April 2008 as part of a school project he was assigned at the age of 14. He uploaded his first video called "LOOKING THROUGH SPACE" which he made with an old school friend called Patrick. He proceeded to post more videos to the channel and it became an infrequent hobby. He began uploading a ...
JJ was one of the founding members of The Sidemen. At the time of their formation in October 2013, he was by far the most established and well-known YouTuber in the group, as well as one of the most famous in the United Kingdom. He was best known for his "Get Hyper" and "Heskey Time" videos, both of which were popular in British schools at the time...
In the mid-2010s, JJ's career continued to skyrocket and he was one of the first YouTuber's to cross over into mainstream media. He made his first appearance on British television in 2013 with an appearance on The Gadget Show in 2013. JJ was the online face of the BBC's Sport Relief campaign in 2014. This was followed by appearances on Friday Downl...
Evolving
In early-2017, JJ "blacked-out" all his social media accounts. He posted a series of since-deleted tweets where he explained that he had come to dislike his "fame" and the special privileges he knows he gets on the grounds of being a "celebrity". He also tweeted a quote by Charles Darwin that says: "We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realised that they were inside us." JJ didn't post anything to YouTube or social media from February to June 2017. This period in his career h...
Sidemen Beef
1. Main article: 2017 Sidemen War On 3 August 2017, KSI tweeted out that he was planning to leave the Sidemen. He followed this up with a YouTube video citing Ethan as his main reason for quitting. After having the blame put on him, Ethan released a disstrack against JJ named "Drama" on 7 August. Out of nowhere, on 8 August, W2S released his own track called "KSI Sucks". After a week, on 12 August, JJ released (with RiceGum) his own diss track against Behzinga called "Earthquake". On 13 Augus...
JJ's first and only acting appearance was in a film called Laid in America which premiered in September 2016. It stars JJ (as Duncan) and Caspar Lee(as Jack) about two foreign exchange students in America who, on their last day in the country, go on a quest to lose their virginity. However, with over half a million people downloading the movie ille...
With the Sidemen in 2021, JJ launched the restaurant chain Sides, specialising in burgers and dishes which would ordinarily be considered "side dishes". In January 2022, JJ launched a new beverage brand called Prime. This was a joint business venture with Logan Paul, with the goal of celebrating old rivals coming together and creating something spe...
JJ's prominent career on YouTube led to him becoming one of the wealthiest YouTuber's in the U.K. very early on. He bought a Lamborghini Aventador in 2014, estimated to have cost him around £500,000. Even when he was doing YouTube whilst still in secondary school, he was earning around £1500 a month. Following his musical career taking off in the m...
KSI has a combined total of over 30 million subscribers across his two YouTube channels.KSI's singles - Down Like That, Wake Up Calland Poppin have received over 300 million streams globally.KSI's main channel is the second most subscribed UK YouTuber channel after DanTDM."KSI" stands for "Knowledge Strength Integrity".He got these words tattooed on his body in 2017.KSI (@ksi) • Instagram photos and videos. 13M Followers, 652 Following, 357 Posts - @KSI on Instagram: "Account run by Team KSI Founder @drinkprime CEO @misfitsboxing “Easy” with Bugzy Malone and R3HAB out now".
On 26 January 2011, JJ made his second YouTube channel called "KSIOlajideBT". The purpose of the channel was to solely upload gaming videos (with the intention of making the KSI channel a vlogging channel).
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