Born Olajide Olatunji on the 19th June 1993, in Watford, Hertfordshire England, of Nigerian descent, he is a YouTube personality, best known for his channel “KSI”, and also is a musician, rapper, and songwriter, best known for the songs “”Lamborghini”, and “Friends with Benefits”, among others. His career has been active since 2008.
Have you ever wondered how rich KSI (his short online alias) is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources it has been estimated that KSI`s net worth is as high as $3 million, earned through his successful career in the entertainment industry.
KSIOladjedebt Net Worth $3 Million
KSI grew up wth his younger brother Deji, who later also became a YouTube personality. His career began in 2008, when he started his channel, KSIolajidebt, and little by little built his way up when it comes to YouTube stardom, and in 2009 started new channel, with the same name, releasing a video with him playing the popular video game FIFA. He became more and more successful within YouTube, amassing many more subscribers, thanks to his interesting and funny comments on the popular game. He widened the specter of the video games, and also switched to different platforms such as Xbox. Nowadays, he has over 14 million subscribers and more than 2 billion views on his channel, which has only increased his net worth.
To speak further of his accomplishments on YouTube, he has collaborated with other YouTube stars, such as Ethan Payne, Josh Bradley, Simon Minter, Tobi Brown, Harry Lewis, and Vikram Barn, with whom he formed the YouTube group Ultimate Sideman. Also, KSI will appear in the YouTube film “Laid in America” (2016), alongside Caspar Lee, Josh Leyva and Timothy DeLaGhetto, which will also add to his net worth.
Apart from his YouTube career, KSI has tried himself as a musician as well; starting in 2011 when he teamed with Randolph, who is also a YouTube star, writing and singing a song about Emile Heskey, a former England soccer star, called “Heskey Time”. He then started a segment on his channel “Football Rap Battles”, and then “Epic Rap Battles of History”. After receiving positive crtiques from viewers, KSI decided to make his singing a little more serious, and released the single “Lamborghini” in 2015, a collaboration with rapper P-Money. The same year, he released an EP entitled “Keep Up”, on which he collaborated with such musicians as Jim, Sway, and others. The EP topped the UK R&B chart, and its sales certainly increased his net worth. Most recently he released a single entitled “Goes Off”, which features rapper Mista Silva.
Regarding his personal life, little is known about KSI`s private life, although he frequently releases daily vlog`s his relationship status is still an apparent secret. Apart from YouTube, he also has numerous fans on other social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter.
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