{"id":18443,"date":"2022-10-13T14:55:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T05:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/?p=18443"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T10:34:21","slug":"deji-olatunji-is-much-more-than-you-think-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/deji-olatunji-is-much-more-than-you-think-he-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Deji Olatunji Is Much More Than You Think He Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 7 million subscribers and 2 billion views on his channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/comedygamer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deji Olatunji<\/a> is a well-known YouTube personality. In fact, he is so admired that in 2015, following his older brother Olajide &#8220;JJ&#8221; Olatunji, who took the top spot on the list of &#8220;UK&#8217;s Most Influential YouTube Creators,&#8221; he was ranked second. Deji primarily creates gaming videos, humorous videos, and outrageous challenges, among other things. Deji has established his own clothing brand, &#8220;Tank,&#8221; which manufactures beanies and snapbacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/comedygamer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18455 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-2-270x337.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/a>Deji was born on\u00a0December 9, 1996, in London, England to\u00a0Nigerian parents.\u00a0 His parents, Olajide &#8220;Jide&#8221; and Yinka Olatunji, immigrated to England to raise their two children after leaving Nigeria. His older brother JJ, often known as KSI, is an extremely well-known YouTuber who reportedly has over 15 million subscribers to the 23rd most subscribed channel on the platform. At first, their parents had doubts about the YouTube platform as a feasible professional path. Their older son&#8217;s achievement, though, persuaded them. They now actively participate in many of the videos the two brothers create for their different channels and are highly supportive of the boys&#8217; efforts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18454 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-ksi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-ksi.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-ksi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-ksi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-ksi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-ksi-337x337.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deji Olatunji has put a lot of effort into growing his online presence. He devotes a great deal of time to entertain his fans on a regular basis. He creates hilarious videos on relevant topics and likes to surf\u00a0the trending waves. But in an effort to forge his own personality, he has added a variety of videos to his channel, including funny Q&amp;A series, adult pranks, and vlogs. He has stayed true to his individuality in his films and has even participated in &#8220;deadly&#8221; tasks like the &#8220;Do Not Do Challenge&#8221; or the hot sauce challenge, which gave him pain and discomfort.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18456 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-1-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/deji-1-507x337.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deji has amassed over 7 million subscribers in no time. However, critics frequently point out that Deji is capitalising on his famous brother, who is a far bigger internet celebrity, and that this is the main reason for his success. But he and his brother frequently demonstrate through their collaborative videos that they do not mind learning from and supporting one another. They have both progressed enormously as they now each own a Lamborghini and have proved to haters that both the brothers do walk their talk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 7 million subscribers and 2 billion views on his channel, Deji Olatunji is a well-known YouTube personality. In fact, he is so admired that in 2015, following his older brother Olajide &#8220;JJ&#8221; Olatunji, who took the top spot on the list of &#8220;UK&#8217;s Most Influential YouTube Creators,&#8221; he was ranked second. Deji&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,134,48,3,1,5],"tags":[470,1407,549,148,93,170],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18443"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21801,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18443\/revisions\/21801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatorshala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}