Deji Olatunji (born December 9, 1996) is a British Digital Content Creator, Actor, Rapper, Musical Artist, and Social Media Star from Watford, London. He is well recognized for being one of the most subscribed YouTube stars with over 10.4 million subscribers. This content creator mainly entertains his audience by posting comedy and gaming videos on his channel ‘Deji’.
As an actor, Deji was starred in ‘Laid In America’ which is an American comedy-themed movie that came out in the year 2016. He portrayed one of the supporting roles as Freddie. His brother ‘KSI’ remained as the lead role in the movie who acted as Duncan. In this article, I will cover the biography of this YouTuber in detail.
Wiki / Trivia
| Full Real Name | Oladeji Daniel “Deji” Olatunji. |
| Known as | Deji Olatunji, Deji, and ComedyShortsGamer. |
| Famous For | Having over 10 million subscribers on YouTube. |
| Net worth | USD $5 million US Dollars (approx.). |
| Profession | Digital Content Creator. |
| Birthday | December 9, 1996. |
| Age (as of 2020) | 24 years old. |
| Place of Birth | Watford, London, England, The United Kingdom. |
| Nationality | British. |
| Education | Graduate. |
| Profiles | Instagram: comedygamer YouTube: ComedyShortsGamer & TheAngelzKid Facebook: ComedyShortsGamerPage Twitter: Deji |
| Religion | Christianity. |
| Height (approx.) | In Feet Inches: 5′ 8″. In Meters: 1.72 m. In Centimetres: 172 cm.  |
| Weight (approx.) | In Kilograms: 65 kg. In Pounds: 143 lb. |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown. |
| Hair Color | Black. |
| Parents | Dad: Olajide “Jide” Olatunji. Mom: Yinka Olatunji. |
| Siblings | Elder Brother: Olajide “JJ” Olatunji. |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius. |
| Ethnicity | Nigerian. |
Deji Olatunji Biography
Deji Olatunji Wikipedia – This content creator whose real full birth name is Oladeji Daniel “Deji” Olatunji was born to his loving parents on the 9th of December 1996 making him 24 years old, as of 2020. His birthplace is said to be Watford, London, England, The United Kingdom.
According to my thinking, Deji Olatunji’s sun sign is one of the fire signs that is Sagittarius who are known for being kind and visionary. At a very early age, Deji decided to follow the footsteps of his elder sibling and began working towards it.
In 2011, he started his channel and after two years of posting videos in 2013, he tasted success for the first time and there is no turning back since then.
Family & Ethnicity
His whole family has been featured on his YouTube channel numerous times. In fact, the videos where he used to prank his father Olajide “Jide” Olatunji went viral various times after he failed to fool his dad. Olajide “Jide” Olatunji and his wife Yinka Olatunji (Deji’s mother) moved to London from Nigeria after their marriage.
Initially, Deji Olatunji’s parents didn’t comfortable with their sons pursuing a YouTube career but after seeing their elder son’s success they are relieved about their career choices. Olajide is now a major part when it comes to producing Deji’s YouTube videos.
Parents & Siblings
He and his older brother Olajide “JJ” Olatunji aka KSI shares a very strong bond and support each other in each other’s career. KSI is a popular English YouTuber, actor, rapper, and professional boxer. In 2015, he managed to win the title of UK’s Most Influential YouTube Creators.
As per the source, Deji is inspired by his elder brother who was born on 19 June 1993. The success of KSI on YouTube motivated him to start his own channel in the year 2011 and entertaining his amazing subscribers since then.
Internet Career
On YouTube, you can find content related to comedy, gaming videos, pranks, vlogs, viral challenge videos, and much more. Deji Olatunji is very consistent on his channel and uploads videos at least 3 to 4 times a week. Almost every video of Olatunji has crossed one million+ view.
In the initial days of his career, his main focus was to post gaming videos which includes games like Tekken 6, Halo 3, Modern Warfare 3, FIFA 12, and much more. His debut video name is ‘Short: Winning The Game’ which was posted on the platform on December 04, 2011.
Luckily, the video received a decent response and bagged more than 432+ K views within a few weeks of its upload. Many people started to recognize him after he made several appearances on his brother’s channel who has over 13 million subscribers on his channel titled JJ Olatunji.
Later, Deji began to upload his daily lifestyle in the form of Vlogs, prank videos, trending videos, and much more. In 2013, this digital content creator started to taste success after his videos began touching the mark of 1+ million views.
Many sources claim that the main reason that Deji Olatunji is still popular is because of his dedication when it comes to uploading videos on YouTube on time and that too on a regular basis. The most-watched video on his channel is ‘Try Not To Laugh Challenge With My New Girlfriend’ with 21+ million views as of June 2021.
In the year 2015, he received nationwide fame after bagging the second spot in the list of ‘UK’s Most Influential YouTube Creators’ conducted by Tubular Labs for BBC. In this list, his brother was the one who managed to bag the top spot.
The same year, Deji Olatunji participated in one of the famous gaming shows ‘Legends of Gaming’ which is a gaming competition. He competed against big names of the YouTube community including Calfreezy and Wroetoshaw. He again came second in the competition.
As a musical artist, his track ‘Sidemen Diss’ went viral on the internet and watched by over 20 million people. Some of his other popular videos are ‘Try Not to Laugh with My Bro’ (19+ m views), ‘Pranking My Mum’ (18+ m views), Would You Rather With My Bro (17+ m views), ‘American Candy Nearly Killed Me’ (14+ m views), and much more.
As an actor, he played Freddie in the 2016 movie ‘Laid In America’ under the direction of Sam Milman and Peter Vass.
Some of the other main casts of the movie were Angela Trimbur as Amber, Caspar Lee as Jack, Madison Iseman as Kaylee, Josh Leyva as Tucker, Angela Kinsey as Lisa, Bobby Lee as Goose, etc. He was also featured in the movie ‘KSI: Can’t Lose – Extended Cut’.
Relationships & Girlfriend
This young content creator is in a relationship with his girlfriend Dounja. The couple lives in Peterborough, England in a lavish home as per my research. Dounja is also a fellow YouTuber who has more than 292+ K subscribers as of June 2021. Deji and his lover often make appearances on each other’s channels numerous times.
Olatunji starred in various videos like ‘I can’t trust my boyfriend’, ‘Deji’s friends hate me’, ‘How I really met Deji’, and much more. Earlier, he remained in a longtime relationship with his former partner ‘Marina Joyce’. The most-watched video on his channel was with Marina Joyce which gained 21+ million views. As per my research, he also had romantic links with Claira Hermet in the past.
8 Facts You Didn’t Know about Deji Olatunji
- Apart from YouTube, Deji also earns money by selling beanies and snapbacks of his own clothing line ‘Tank’ which is available on his official website.
- A few years back, this content creator met with an accident after he smashed his Audi TT as he lost control of the car. Fortunately, he didn’t endure any serious injury. Although, Deji got nine stitches on his arm.
- Due to his hard work, Olatunji is a proud owner of Lamborghini Aventador S. In the past, he also had Range Rover and Lamborghini Huracan.
- In the beginning, his channel name was TheAngelzKid.
- His videos where he used to upload FIFA gaming videos received huge popularity from the audience.
- Deji 2nd is the name of his second channel which has over 1.17 million subscribers where he mainly posts gaming and random stuff.
- His famous track Sidemen Diss was released when his brother KSI left Sidemen in 2017 and it targeted all the six members of it majorly Simon. In October 2020, they resolved their issues and now Simon considers Deji as his little brother.
- In 2018, he had a major fight with Jake Paul after KSI challenged Logan Paul to fight against him and Deji against Logan’s brother Jake. During their boxing match, Deji and Jake insulted each other very much. Jake came out as a winner.
