Jideon Armani Adams (born December 12, 2000), better known online mononymously as Jideon (styled JiDion) or GiDeon, is an American YouTuber and online streamer. Initially hosting a comedic vlogging and prank-oriented channel, Adams shifted from this style in favor of Christian-based content in September 2023 and organising and uploading predator sting operations.
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| Born | December 12, 2001 Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||
| Origin | Clear Lake City, Houston, Texas | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2018–present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Comedy (formerly), Christian (current), Sting operation (currently) | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 8.04 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 160.6 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: November 6, 2024 | ||||||||||
Career
editIn 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 [his] job too serious" and went on to sign Adams's jersey.[3] In March 2022, he crashed a Harvard University life sciences lecture for a comedy video.[4][5]
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."[6] In April 2023 Adams announced a partnership with the alt-tech platform Rumble, where he would exclusively live-stream during his Twitch ban.[7] 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.[8]
In September 2023, Adams announced that he would be retiring from making prank videos in turn of following Christianity.[9] 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...", [10] and began making Christian content on a secondary channel, GiDeon.[11] However, he returned a couple of months later to his main channel, and also streams on Twitch under the name JiDionPremium [12] Adams started a series on his main channel called EDP Watch where he catches predators by impersonating as an underage girl on dating apps and organizing a meet up where they get arrested by the police.
Controversies and pranks
editIn 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.[13] 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.[14]
In September 2022, he was removed from the 2022 US Open men's finals after getting a haircut during the match.[14][15][16][17]
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.[18]
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2022 | 12th Streamy Awards | Creator of the Year | Nominated | [19] |
| 2023 | 13th Streamy Awards | Nominated | [20] |
References
edit- ^ "The Story of JiDion aka Demarcus Cousins III: From Uber Eats to YouTube Star". Complex. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ a b "About JiDion". YouTube.
- ^ "DEMARCUS COUSINS GOES OFF ON SECURITY GUARD Let Me Sign A Jersey!!!". TMZ. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "JiDion: Jidon Adams films lecture prank at Harvard University". Insider. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "YouTubers Disguised as Harvard Students Crash Classes". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ Arshad, Sahar. "3 gaming influencers are embroiled in a messy feud involving accusations of harassment, misogyny, and lies". Insider. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ Inc, Rumble (April 10, 2023). "Rumble Signs Exclusive Livestreaming Agreement with JiDion". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved April 11, 2023.
{{cite press release}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ D'Alelio, Marco (May 6, 2024). "Twitch Has Unbanned JiDion". Game Rant. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
- ^ Glaze, Virginia (September 25, 2023). "Is JiDion quitting social media? YouTuber 'turns life to Christ'". Dexerto. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ ""Why I deleted all my videos" by JiDion". YouTube.
- ^ ""Goodbye Jidion, Say Hello to..." by JiDion". YouTube.
- ^ "Coming Out...I mean Back Video". YouTube. JiDionPremium.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ a b "YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands". CBS Sports. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands". USA Today. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "WATCH: YouTube prankster kicked out of US Open when he gets haircut midgame". Washington Examiner. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "YouTuber JiDion banned from NBA events after prank sleeping at WNBA game". NBC Sports. July 22, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (October 27, 2022). "Streamy Awards Nominations: MrBeast Tops List Again". Deadline.
- ^ Brant, Brian (August 27, 2023). "Streamy Awards 2023: Complete Winners List". People. Retrieved August 28, 2023.