Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, better known as KSI, is an English YouTuber, internet personality, rapper, actor, and boxer. He is also a member and co-founder of the British YouTube group known as the Sidemen. His debut studio album Dissimulation, which was released on 22 May 2020, debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. He has received over 33 million subscribers and over 7 billion video views across his two individual channels.
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Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, better known as KSI, is an English YouTuber, internet personality, rapper, actor, and boxer. He is also a member and co-founder of the British YouTube group known as the Sidemen. In 2009, KSI registered his YouTube account under the name KSIOlajideBT. He built his following from posting gaming-commentary videos of the FIFA video game series. As of November 2020, he has received over 33 million subscribers and over 7 billion video views across his two individual channels. In 2015, Variety ranked KSI as the most influential celebrity among US teens. In 2019, he was ranked as the second most influential online creator in the United Kingdom by The Times. His debut studio album Dissimulation, which was released on 22 May 2020, debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. KSI has been involved in three high-profile boxing bouts; the first two were amateur white-collar events, and the third was a professional bout. As an actor, he featured in the British comedy film Laid in America, and was the subject of KSI: Can’t Lose, a documentary film following the build-up to his first amateur boxing fight. He has written and produced comedy rap songs in his early YouTube career, but has since recorded more serious releases, achieving ten top 40 singles on UK Singles Chart. He was the centre of controversy following his actions at a Eurogamer event in 2012. Accused of verbally and sexually harassing staff and attendees at the event.
In October 2013, he signed with Maker Studios, a sub-network with ties to Microsoft, to produce his next album, which will be released in May 2020. K SI has since apologised for any offence caused in the video of 15 months ago, and references to it were subsequently used by other people on his YouTube channel and on other people’s YouTube channels. He stated his desire to ‘be judged on the great value and value he gives to brands and brands, without the great content and content and without the controversy he gives without the help of brands’ KSI was banned from all future Eurogamer events in 2013, with Microsoft cutting ties with him and cutting all ties with KSI and Maker Studios. In 2014, he visited Las Vegas, where he discussed YouTube’s launching of a paid-channel subscription project. The same year, he also spoke about YouTube’s launch of a Paid-Channel subscription project in Las Vegas. His parents initially disapproved, but have since become supportive and have featured in a number of his videos. His father is from Ibadan, Nigeria and his mother is from Islington, London. He was born and raised in Watford, Hertfordshire, and grew up with his younger brother Oladeji Daniel \”Deji\” Olatinji. He met future Sidemen member Simon Minter at Berkhamsted School. He registered his first account on YouTube in 2008 while in early teens.
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