Deji Olatunji is a YouTuber with the YouTube name ComedyShortsGamer.
Deji Olatunji Biography (Age)
Oladeji Olatunji was born in London on 9 December 1996 to Nigerian parents (Olajide and Yinka Olatunji). He currently lives with his parents in his native city.
Deji’s parents didn’t buy his idea of choosing YouTubing as a career at first, but they changed their minds after seeing how their older son excelled at it. They gave him all the support he needed and appeared in some of his YouTube videos. In fact, the video Prank with My Mum, which he made with his mother, is one of the most-watched videos on his channel.
How It All Began…
Deji is known for starring in his own game channel called ComedyShortsGamer, and he keeps his subscribers happy by incorporating a unique blend of comedy, games, and family pranks into his content.
In August 2011, Deji was launched on YouTube with a lot of attention that he received through appearances in his brother’s videos (KSIOlajideBT). His first YouTube channel TheAngelzKid only had one video called Ninja Gaiden at that time, but he recently changed the channel’s name to Deji and uploaded random content there.
He also used to do short sketches with his brother and father, but he won’t upload such videos again until 2016. Today, his YouTube channel ComedyShortsGamer has over 9 million subscribers and records over 3,078,251,207 hits.
He has also uploaded videos in which he participated in deadly challenges that sometimes caused him physical pain. These challenges included the Hot Sauce Challenge and the Do Not Do Challenge. His most popular video is the Marina Joyce video titled Try Not To Laugh Challenge With My New Girlfriend, which has 19,423,591 views.
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In 2015, Deji came second on the BBC’s Tubular Labs list as “Britain’s most influential YouTube creator”, behind his brother. In the same year, he entered the 2015 Legends of the Games competition with other YouTube players such as Calfreezy and Wroetoshaw and also finished second.
He has also ventured into acting. In 2016 he starred in the comedy Laid In America alongside his brother KSI and another YouTube star, Casper Lee in the leading role, and The Rackaracka
His Relationship With KSI
Deji is a younger brother of the YouTube sensation KSI, whose real name is Olajide William, and who is also known on the Internet as KSIOlajideBT.
KSI created his YouTube channel in July 2009 and his viral videos, which are usually game videos (especially FIFA), then vulgar, sometimes sexual humor, comedy skits, pranks, and music videos. By December 2012, his channel already had up to one million subscribers.
KSI’s YouTube channel is currently the 42nd most subscribed YouTube channel in the world with over 17 million subscribers and more than 3.5 billion views of its videos, and according to Forbes, it is the fifth-largest YouTube star in the world in 2015. With this fame, KSI started his music career and took it to the next level.
His debut album entitled Keep Up, released in 2016, topped the British R&B album charts.
So Deji Olatunji gained popularity online long before he launched his YouTube channel in 2011 because his big brother always showed him alongside his father in his videos. Deji also introduced his brother in some of his videos.
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How Tall Is Deji Olatunji?
He stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches, his other body measurements are not easily available online.
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The YouTube sensation recently launched its own clothing line called Tank. Tank produces beanies, baseball caps, t-shirts, bracelets, and backpacks, which are sold through its website.
Deji is very active on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He also uses these platforms to promote his YouTube channel. He currently has over 2 million followers on Instagram and over 1.64 million on Twitter.
How much he earns, well, his annual salary is said to be between $146.8k and $2.3 million (not yet confirmed) and his net worth is estimated at $5 million.
He was involved in a horrible accident in 2016 in which his car crashed, but thank God he came out alive.
Deji has a taste for good cars, he used to own two cars; a Lamborghini Huracan which he sold, and an Audi TT which was heavily damaged in the accident. He currently drives a Porsche 91 Cayenne 4s, which is said to be worth $112,000.00, and a Range Rover.
Recently he bought his own house, but according to his information, he will still live with his parents until he has finished repairing the new house.