Olajide William Olatunji's Net Worth as of 2024
$3 Million
Olajide William Olatunji was born on 19th June 1993 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom and is a social media celebrity and rapper. He owns a YouTube channel called KSI, which reached 17 million subscribers in 2017. He is known under the nickname KSIOlajideBT or just KSI. Olajide has been active in the industry since 2008.
How much is the net worth of Olajide Olatunji? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as 3 million, as of the data presented at the end of 2017. Internet and music are the major sources of Olatunji net worth, of course he adds sums from various endorsement deals, too.
Sidemen Net Worth $3 Million
To begin with, Olajide Olatunji grew up in England and when he first started YouTube channel, he lived with his parents in Watford with his brother, Deji Olatunji. Their channel was entitled the ComedyShortsGamer, which contained sibling rivalry. He is also the member of Sidemen (formally the Ultimate Sidemen), a group of seven British YouTube personalities who rose to prominence through their video game and videos, triggering events known as the Sidemen War, posted on the site and created a commercial brand from their name. Sidemen have earned good money from millions of followers on social media, who continue to watch their uploaded videos on YouTube.
Before his current channel Olajide had another YouTube channel (which still exists) called JideJunior. Olajide opened the YouTube user account in the middle of 2009, with FIFA video. According to the JideJunior website, other YouTube users such as Weepeler and Hjerpseth inspire him to start his own YouTube channel. His main channel focuses on FIFA videos. On its second channel, KSI plays other games like Grand Theft Auto V and other PC games. Olajide family is sometimes seen in his videos, especially his brother Deji and father. His other channel (KSIOlajidebtHD) includes more casual arcade games. His brother Deji Olatunj also makes videos on his channel ComedyShortsGamer. In February 2013, KSIOlajidebt appeared in GWRomg’s “KSI VS FIFA // The Record Slam” video, where he broke the most goals against the computer (110 goals) – a record, making 190 goals. That’s why his name was released in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition in 2013.
Moreover, Olajide is also known as a rapper. KSI began her music career with his YouTube friend Randolph when they released a rap piece called “Heskey Time” (2011) in iTunes. Following the song, he started a series on his YouTube channel called “Football Rap Battles”, in which he presents some footballers and managers like Mario Balotelli and Sir Alex Ferguson. Olajide also appeared in Droidek’s music video for the song “Get Hyper” in 2013. KSI released his first single “Lamborghini” in 2015, featuring Rapper P Money. In November, 2015 KSI released the song “Keep up”. The following year, the EP “Keep Up” (2016) was released, which topped the UK R&B chart. Afterwards, the singles among others “Friends with Benefits” (2016), “Two Birds One Stone” (2017) as well as the EPs “Jump Around” (2016), “Space” (2017) were released, yet they were not so popular. The EP “Disstraktions” (2017) topped the UK R&B chart.
To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the total size of Olajide Olatunji net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of the social media star and rapper, he was in relationship with Seana Cuthbert. Currently, he is single.
