- School drop-out, video-game
obsessive, multi-millionaire.
- Makes millions playing video games.
You may not have heard of Olajide
Olatunji - better known by his alias,
KSIOlajidebt , or KSI for short - but
there’s a good chance your children,
nieces or nephews will be very familiar
with him.
The 21-year-old is one of the UK’s
most popular digital media superstars,
boasting more than 9,000,000
subscribers to his two YouTube
channels (to put that into context, Tom
Cruise has just 4,000), and a portfolio
of brand endorsements to rival David
Beckham.
His videos - bombastic, bawdy,
borderline - have been watched more
than a billion times.
The concept behind his spiralling
success (he is already very wealthy,
but more on that later) may baffle
those whose teenage years are behind
them, but it has been hugely effective.
Olatunji films himself playing video
games - usually his beloved Fifa - and
then uploads the footage to YouTube.
He makes up to 40 videos a month.
Each is watched around two million
times. The business model is simple:
the more clicks his videos receive, the
more cash he earns (through YouTube
partnership programmes, which split
the revenue from pre-roll adverts).
While his subject scope has widened, it
is Fifa , the Electronic Arts football
game for which he is best known.
“Fifa is my baby. I have to pinch
myself sometimes… I am living a
lifestyle most guys my age would love
to lead, playing computer games and
earning good money.
“I would say in a year I spend maybe
half of that playing Fifa. I love it that
much. I think I must have spent 200
hours on the new game already.
“It’s pretty cool I’m known for Fifa," he
adds.
Born in Watford,
Hertfordshire , he can sometimes be
seen wearing traditional Nigerian dress
in his videos. His surname "Olatunji"
means "Wealth awakes again" in
Yoruba .
In February 2013, KSIOlajidebt
appeared on the video "KSI VS FIFA //
The Record Slam" made by GWRomg
in which he broke the previous world
record for 'the most goals scored
against computer' of 110 goals, by
scoring 190 goals. As a result, his
name appeared in the Guinness World
Records Gamer's Edition (2013).
You can hardly blame a 21-year old
from a modest background for
splashing the cash when it suddenly
lands in his lap. Olatunji says he
spends his money on things like
trainers (there are limited-edition pairs
strewn everywhere). His latest sports
car was one of his more extravagent
purchases: "I bought the car last year...
I hardly ever splash so I thought I
might as well get something really
good."
Olatunji's popularity is not limited to
these shores, either. He was recently
voted the fourth most influential figure
among American teenagers
in a survey commissioned by Variety,
ranking above Hollywood mainstays
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo Di
Caprio, and pop stars Katy Perry and
Beyonce.
Olajide branched out into music,
mainly as a rapper.He has released some chart topping songs one of which is a track titled '' lamborghini''On 29 March 2015, he gained his first
UK Top 40 single with "Lamborghini"
as it debuted at #30 on the UK Top
100 chart.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11139724/Meet-the-21-year-old-YouTuber-who-made-millions-playing-video-games.html

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"Olatunji" means "wealth awakes again". I just love this name.