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American YouTuber (born 2000)

JiDion
Personal information
Born (2000-12-12) December 12, 2000 (age 24)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
OriginClear Lake City, Houston, Texas
Occupations
YouTube information
Also known as
  • DeMarcus Cousins III
Channels
Years active2018–present
Genre(s)Comedy, Christian
Subscribers8.04 million
Total views160.6 million
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: November 6, 2024

Jidon Armani Adams (born December 12, 2000), better known online mononymously as Jidion (styled JiDion) or GiDeon, is an American YouTuber and online streamer. He hosted a comedic vlogging and prank-oriented YouTube channel before shifting to Christian-based content in September 2023.

Career

In December 2021, Adams attempted to get an autograph from DeMarcus Cousins during a game in Houston, which prompted a Toyota Center security guard to try and halt the interaction. Cousins told the security guard that he was "taking job too serious" and went on to sign Adams's jersey. In March 2022, he crashed a Harvard University life sciences lecture for a comedy video.

In January 2022, Adams was banned from Twitch after being accused of harassing Twitch streamer Pokimane and having his viewers spam her chat with "L + RATIO." Adams later apologized and made amends with Pokimane. In April 2023 Adams announced a partnership with the alt-tech platform Rumble, where he would exclusively live-stream during his Twitch ban. On May 6, 2024, Adams announced that Twitch has reversed their ban and re-instated his channel, to which point he returned to streaming on Twitch.

In September 2023, Adams announced that he would be retiring from making prank videos in turn of following Christianity. The following month, Adams took down all of his prank and non-Christian content from his main and second channels and followed this up with the video, "Why I Deleted All My Videos...", and began making Christian content on a secondary channel, GiDeon. However, he returned a couple of months later to his main channel, and also streams on Twitch under the name JiDionPremium Adams started a series on his main channel called EDP Watch where he catches predators by impersonating as underage minors on dating apps and organizing a meet up where they get arrested by the police.

Controversies and pranks

In October 2021, Adams uploaded a video where he was kicked out of a Best Buy by an employee, due to Adams entering the store shirtless. Later the same day, he brought a large group of other shirtless men to the Best Buy in order to harass the employee who had kicked him out. That same month, he was banned from Wimbledon for his disruptive antics (which included repeatedly sounding an air-horn) during the quarterfinal match between Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic.

In September 2022, he was removed from the 2022 US Open men's finals after getting a haircut during the match.

In July 2023, Adams received a lifetime ban from all NBA and WNBA events for a stunt he pulled at a WNBA game which included him sleeping while the match was playing.

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2022 12th Streamy Awards Creator of the Year Nominated
2023 13th Streamy Awards Nominated

References

  1. "The Story of JiDion aka Demarcus Cousins III: From Uber Eats to YouTube Star". Complex. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "About JiDion". YouTube.
  3. "The Story of JiDion aka Demarcus Cousins III: From Uber E..." Complex. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  4. "Who is YouTuber JiDion?". The US Sun. September 7, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  5. "DEMARCUS COUSINS GOES OFF ON SECURITY GUARD Let Me Sign A Jersey!!!". TMZ. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  6. "JiDion: Jidon Adams films lecture prank at Harvard University". Insider. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  7. "YouTubers Disguised as Harvard Students Crash Classes". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  8. Arshad, Sahar. "3 gaming influencers are embroiled in a messy feud involving accusations of harassment, misogyny, and lies". Insider. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  9. Shadee (December 12, 2022). "From Internet beef to burgers, How Pokimane and JiDion squashed bad vibes". Shadee Care. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  10. "Rumble Signs Exclusive Livestreaming Agreement with JiDion". GlobeNewswire (Press release). April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  11. D'Alelio, Marco (May 6, 2024). "Twitch Has Unbanned JiDion". Game Rant. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  12. Glaze, Virginia (September 25, 2023). "Is JiDion quitting social media? YouTuber 'turns life to Christ'". Dexerto. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  13. ""Why I deleted all my videos" by JiDion". YouTube.
  14. ""Goodbye Jidion, Say Hello to..." by JiDion". YouTube.
  15. "Coming Out...I mean Back Video". YouTube. JiDionPremium.
  16. "'Free the nipple!': YouTuber brings shirtless men to Best Buy to harass employee enforcing store dress code". The Daily Dot. October 11, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  17. ^ "YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands". CBS Sports. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  18. "YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands". USA Today. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  19. "WATCH: YouTube prankster kicked out of US Open when he gets haircut midgame". Washington Examiner. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  20. "Un hombre deja atónito al público del US Open cortándose el pelo en pleno partido de tenis". La Vanguardia. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  21. "YouTuber JiDion banned from NBA events after prank sleeping at WNBA game". NBC Sports. July 22, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  22. Hipes, Patrick (October 27, 2022). "Streamy Awards Nominations: MrBeast Tops List Again". Deadline.
  23. Brant, Brian (August 27, 2023). "Streamy Awards 2023: Complete Winners List". People. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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