KSI has left the gaming community in mourning after announcing he’s leaving popular YouTube group, The Sidemen.
The collective is made up of KSI, real name Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji; Simon Minter, known online as Miniminter; Joshua Bradley, known online as Zerkaa; Tobi Brown, known online as TBJZL; Ethan Payne, known online as Behzinga; Vikram Barn, known as Vikkstar123 and Harry Lewis, known as W2S.
Formed in 2013, the group produce videos of various challenges, sketches, and video game commentaries across their YouTube channels, which collectively have more than 155 million subscribers.
Such is their success that in 2024 the group made The Sunday Times
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