Table of Biography
Deji Olatunji is an English YouTube Star as well as a Comedy Shorts Gamer. Deji Olatunji is immensely famous for his work as a YouTuber with his channel posting videos relevant to comedy, gaming, and family pranks.
Early Life and Childhood
Deji Olatunji is 27 years old as of 2023. He was born on December 9, 1996, in Watford, English, United Kingdom. Likewise, he was born and raised by English parents Jide Olatunji and Yinka Olatunji. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He grew up along with his brother Olajide Olatunji, a Gamer and a YouTube Personality with a lot of subscribers on his YouTube channel.
Furthermore, Deji Olatunji belongs to British nationality and ethnicity of English. Deji Olatunji lives in Peterborough with his parents. Moreover, he is allergic to nuts. He also has asthma and Yinka keeps his inhaler in her purse so he can use it as needed. On September 3, 2016, he was in a car crash with one of his friends as a passenger causing a shoulder and arm injury. His friend was not hurt.
Additionally, he is a self-proclaimed “nerd” and he can be violent when someone wakes him up while he’s asleep. He also changed his YouTube name from ComedyShortsGamer to Deji on August 26, 2018, as he doesn’t do gaming anymore.
Caption: Deji Olatunji’s childhood photograph with his brother KSI. Source: Instagram
Deji Olatunji – Professional Life
Talking about Deji Olatunji’s professional life, he initiated his career as a YouTuber with a channel ‘Deji‘ focusing on the game Halo 3 with the help of his brother KSI. He started gaining popularity which increased his channel’s views rapidly. He creates videos that incorporate a unique blend of comedy, gaming, and family pranks. Besides that, he is famous for being the younger brother of the eminent YouTuber, KSI with whom he has collaborated on several videos most of the time. Furthermore, he has also uploaded challenges and reaction videos.
He started out posting gaming videos to YouTube, including FIFA. He also used to make short sketches, utilizing a parody style in making these sketches, with his brother and dad, but by 2016 he stopped uploading these kinds of videos. Also, he has and still does create a lot of challenges and prank videos and started releasing music videos in 2017.
Furthermore, he acquired a lot of his fame by being in his brother KSI’s videos. He recently bought his own house, where he lives with his mum and his dad, and they often feature in the videos. Despite calls from both his brother and parents, he has refused to leave home and become independent.
His father often competes with him in challenge videos or they together react to viral videos. He also helps him in filming his videos. Just as he had been a part of his brother’s YouTube channel for a long time, his brother also appeared in a lot of his videos.
Subscriber milestones
- 1 million subscribers: November 18, 2013.
- 2 million subscribers: June 29, 2014.
- 3 million subscribers: December 22, 2014.
- 4 million subscribers: April 30, 2015.
- 5 million subscribers: August 28, 2015.
- 6 million subscribers: March 1, 2016.
- 7 million subscribers: August 7, 2016.
- 8 million subscribers: March 23, 2017.
- 9 million subscribers: February 21, 2018.
- 9.98 million subscribers: March 2020.
Second channel
- 1 million subscribers: November 28, 2019.
- 1.09 million subscribers: March 2020
Video View Milestones
- 1 billion Video Views: June 23, 2015.
- 2 billion Video Views: July 24, 2016.
- 3 billion Video Views: January 13, 2018.
- 3.7 billion video views: March 2020
Deji Olatunji Controversy
Randolph vs Deji
In a Sidemen Sunday video SIDEMEN FAMILY FORTUNES, they asked Randolph which YouTube channel he thought was dead. He responded by saying he. Then he responded by making a video roasting Randolph for being a slave of KSI and doing everything for him, as well as insulting Randolph’s wife.
After this, Randolph made a video saying that it was just a simple joke, and he released a diss track “Manchild” aimed at him. He then responded with his diss track “RAN”. However in the video, while talking about how JJ paid for Randolph’s wedding, he leaked JJ’s bank details for which JJ criticized him, which further led to the KSI vs. Deji beef.
Randolph then released a second diss track, titled “Victory Speech”. his reaction to the track caused him to get into a further beef with JJ, so his involvement with Randolph has likely settled down. Randolph made a video later to explain that the beef got out of hand and that he wasn’t going to acknowledge he begged for attention any longer.
Brother Beef
The beef between him and Randolph spilled over into a brother beef between KSI and Deji when KSI reacted to both Randolph and his diss track and affirmed the truth of Randolph’s disses whilst calling out him as well his parents for exposing his private bank account.
He then responded with a video saying that KSI had taken Randolph’s side and it was an unfair beef with 6 vs. 1. He then went on saying that he had never gotten a girl pregnant (something Randolph mentioned in his second diss track) but then commented that JJ had, giving even more bad vibes between them. The beef then escalated with the tweeting out that JJ had blocked him and JJ then tweeting “get rid of negative delusional people, even if they are family” although this was deleted shortly after.
He then made a full video calling out his brother for preferring his friends over family and calling his brother a god complex. JJ immediately tweeted that he loved his brother and made a video apologizing for certain things. He then uploaded a huge diss track titled “Unforgivable” with Jallow, Dax, and Crypt.
Some of the disses were calling out the fact that JJ had gotten a girl pregnant, though it was made before JJ’s video apologizing for certain things, and he uploaded the diss track to keep things fair for the people featured in the diss track. The apologetic tweets and videos by JJ were deleted shortly after. He came on the Logan Paul podcast “Impulsive” to explain the situation and called JJ manipulative and his friends (The Sidemen) fake and only having JJ’s back on the surface but not truly.
The beef goes on
On Christmas Day, KSI came to visit the family, which resulted in a fight between him and him. KSI claimed on Twitter that he kicked him out and his parents just stood there and watched, with him threatening to call the cops if he didn’t leave. He tweeted that KSI wanted to smash his computer and to make him delete the diss track.
Moving on, he later stated that KSI attacked their mom and insulted both of their parents. Later that day made another video titled “My bro” calling him a bully, manipulative, and attacking and making their parents cry. He later deleted the video, which is speculated he deleted due to subscriber loss.
As a result, he lost thousands of subscribers from the drama with his brother, due to him uploading more videos talking about the situation. However on January 6, 2019, he uploaded an apology video to KSI for his actions, and he deleted the “Unforgivable” diss track, thus ending the beef.
However, on May 2, 2019, the beef between the two was reignited, when he made the diss track that was thought to be deleted, public again on YouTube. On the 25th of May, 2019 he uploaded a serious video, explaining why he made his diss track back to the public, and talking about the suffering from the psychical abuse and the suicidal thoughts, as the result of the latest drama situation.
More controversy between siblings
Later, on May 30, 2019, he made a follow-up video called “he’s gone too far”, where he called out his brother for trying to find dirt on him for a response video and threatened his brother with a lawsuit if JJ lied about him. He also calls out JJ for forgetting about their Mum’s birthday.
Furthermore, on June 3, 2019, KSI finally responded to him with a video titled “Ending it all”. KSI debunked all of the claims against him and showed Deji’s manipulation and hypocrisy, he did also apologize to him about violent videos and sleeping with the girl he had a crush on. The video caused him to lose subscribers and KSI started to regain his subscriber loss. The next day he uploaded a video titled “Moving on”, where he stated that the beef was “over” and that he would keep things private with his bro.
However, on June 18, 2019, he uploaded a video titled “I can’t do this anymore”, where he came forward and said he was suffering from mental health. He later has a mental breakdown and begs people to stop seeing him as a “bad guy”.
The next day he went live on Twitch and told his viewers that he finally agreed to attend therapy with his brother and said he would take some time off the internet to focus on getting better mentally. It appears that the beef is over after he voiced support for his brother for the boxing rematch against Logan Paul.
#SaveTank
On December 17, 2019, he announced his dog, Tank, was going to be put down for biting an elderly neighbor that took place back on July 23, 2018. He was fined, while his mother was ordered to pay the victims compensation. After Tank was seized by the police, the court said she did not feel able to take the dog off a lead. She said while most dogs accept a muzzle, she found Tank “was very frightened with the attempts to muzzle him”.
As well as ordering the euthanization of the dog, his mother had to pay £8,000 in compensation to the victim. He also gave her a 12-month community order and 80 hours of unpaid work. He was fined £2,500, while both were also ordered to pay kennelling costs and given a restraining order from contacting the victims for four years. The Olatunji family had 28 days from Friday to appeal against the decision to put down their dog.
Deji Olatunji – Net Worth 2024
The young and talented English YouTuber and Comedy Short Gamer, Olatunji has earned a decent sum of money in his profession. His estimated net worth is around $5 million.
Is Deji Olatunji in a relationship?
Reflecting on Deji Olatunji’s relationship status, he is in a relationship. He is currently dating a girl who goes by the username @dounjax on Instagram.
He was dating Marina Joyce. She is a YouTube sensation popular for her channel Raindrops, where she routinely uploads makeup tutorials as well as other things beauty-related. Likewise, he uploaded the video “Try Not To Laugh Challenge With My New Girlfriend” which became one of his most popular videos.
Caption: Deji Olatunji posing for a photo with girlfriend Tanja. Source: Instagram
Furthermore, there is no information regarding his previous relationship. Besides that, he has not been part of any notable controversies in his career. He has been successful in maintaining a good profile.
Body Measurements
Deji Olatunji has an amazing personality. He has a height of 5 feet 8 inches and weighs around 77kg. Likewise, he has black hair color and brown eyes.
Caption: Deji Olatunji posing in his cool outfit (Source: Wattpad)
Social Media
Deji Olatunji is socially active on media sites like Instagram, and Twitter, and does not have a Facebook account. He has accompanied a great fan following. Likewise, he has around 2.5 million followers on his Instagram account and more than 2 million followers on Twitter. Besides these, he has about 9.98 million subscribers on YouTube. Likewise, on his second YouTube channel, he has 1.09 million subscribers. He joined Twitter in March 2012 and on Instagram has 259 posts shared as of March 2020.