KSI (entertainer)
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Olajide William Olatunji 19 June 1993 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
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| Pseudonym | KSIOlajideBT, KSI | ||||||||||
| Channel | KSIOlajidebt | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2008–present | ||||||||||
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| Subscribers | 15+ million | ||||||||||
| Total views | 3+ billion | ||||||||||
| Network | MakerGen | ||||||||||
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| Years active | 2008–present | ||||||||||
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| Website | ksiofficial |
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Olajide William "JJ" Olatunji (born 19 June 1993), better known as KSI (shortened from his online alias KSIOlajideBT), is an English YouTube personality, rapper, comedian, and actor. After establishing himself on his YouTube channel, which, as of February 2017[update], has reached over 3 billion video views and 15 million subscribers as the 23rd most subscribed channel, he has also become well known for his music. KSI released his debut EP Keep Up in 2016, reaching number one on the UK R&B Albums chart, as well as charting in several other countries.
The pseudonym "KSIOlajideBT" comes from a gaming community he was in (KSI), his given name Olajide, and BT British Telecom, according to his website. His videos mostly consist of FIFA gameplay/commentary, whilst playing other games on various platforms as well as occasional vlogs. KSI was voted Vlogger of the Year at the 2016 NME Awards.
Before his successful channel, KSI had a YouTube channel (which is still online) called JideJunior, which he created on 24 April 2008. KSI opened his current YouTube account on 24 July 2009, with a video about the FIFA video game franchise.
KSI was the centre of a controversy following his actions at a Eurogamer event in 2012, raised after he appeared at the Xbox One launch party in London. With the reasoning of the controversy due to supposed sexual harassment on attendees of the event, Microsoft cut ties with the video game commentator, and he was banned for life from the Eurogamer Expo. A message from KSI's manager states "Sexism is not something he condones or wants to be associated with. He wishes to apologise for any offence the video of 15 months ago may have caused in the short time it was on his YouTube channel, references to it since and subsequently used by other people. In recent months, he has also been actively avoiding certain content seen in the distant past and wants to be judged on the great content and value he gives to brands and partners, without controversy." Due to the severity of the controversy, it spilled over to involve VideoGamer.com.
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