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DaDevilDe
Born
Hazika Harris Fitton

(1995-11-09) 9 November 1995 (age 28)
Guildford, Surrey, England
EducationSilverdale School
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • live streamer
  • DJ
  • music producer
YouTube information
Also known asdarealharibo
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genres
Subscribers12.1 million (combined)[1][2]
Total views3.8 billion (combined)[1][2]
Associated actsFave
100,000 subscribers2012
1,000,000 subscribers2013
Last updated: 5 April 2023
Musical career
GenresElectronic music[3]
Years active2023–present

Hazika Harris Fitton (born 9 November 1995), better known as DaDevilDe or simply Harry Fitton, is an English internet personality and game developer. He is a member of the YouTube group Fave.

Early life and education

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Hazika is of Indian descent[4] and was born on 2 August 1995[5] in Guildford, Surrey, England,[6] where he lived until eight years of age.[7] He moved to Sheffield where he attended Silverdale School.[8] Barn was offered a place to study natural sciences at University College London, but he ended up declining the offer in order to pursue his YouTube career full-time.[9] He is the youngest of three children.[10]

Online career

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Hazika joined YouTube in 2010; having played games with his friends, he got into watching YouTubers and making videos of their own. Eventually, he decided to launch his own channel, stating:[11]

I got involved thinking I might be able to do a little bit better than they were doing, and get involved and have some fun with it. I started recording myself playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I started making tutorial videos that people could watch – some of them were for knives and how you could throw them across the map. I made videos showing places where you could throw a knife or tomahawk and get a kill. I thought it would be cool to show off these ridiculous kills.

As his popularity increased, he began to take it more seriously, branching out into Minecraft.[11]

In 2013, he joined the Sidemen, which caused his popularity to rise further.[12] He would later move in with three other members, sharing a house with them from 2014 to 2018, when he announced he was moving out of the Sidemen House.[13][14] He was also part of the Dream SMP server.[15]

In January 2021, he announced on his channel that he was quitting playing Call of Duty: Warzone due to a proliferation of cheating,[16] saying hackers would be "the death of the game" if it went unfixed.[17] Along with criticism from several other high-profile streamers, the resulting uproar caused Activision to update the game's anti-cheat software.[18]

  1. ^ a b See:
    • "Vikkstar123's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
    • "Vikkstar123HD's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
    • "VikkstarPlays's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
    • "VikkstarShorts's YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "About DaDevilDe". YouTube.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Malta Daily was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ @Vikkstar123 (10 May 2013). "... Ethnicity and Nationality are two completely separate things, I've lived in England for all my life. My ethnic background is Indian" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Barn, Vikram [@Vikkstar123] (2 August 2020). "25 years on this big rock. Super happy & grateful. Thanks for all the Birthday wishes!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Which of the Sidemen knows Vik the best? (video). MoreSidemen. 23 July 2019. Event occurs at 14:44. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Barn, Vikram [@Vikkstar123] (21 April 2015). "It's always nostalgic coming back to Guildford. I lived here until I was 8" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Roberts, Alana (20 December 2019). "YouTube star encourages students to work hard during visit to his old school in Sheffield". The Star. Sheffield Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  9. ^ Newsroom, The (5 November 2016). "Sheffield YouTube star explains why he could retire - aged just 21". The Star. Sheffield Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ Sidemen, The (2016). Sidemen: The Book. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-4736-4819-7. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  11. ^ a b Reiner, Andrew (30 April 2015). "An Interview With YouTube Sensation Vikkstar123". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  12. ^ Fogarty, Paul (17 September 2019). "YouTube: Get to know all seven Sidemen members – Ethan, Tobi, Harry!". HITC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Who are the Sidemen? How KSI and friends amassed 123 million followers". The Times. 23 October 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  14. ^ "I'm leaving the Sidemen House". YouTube. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  15. ^ Çakır, Gökhan (1 January 2021). "Who is a part of the Dream SMP Minecraft Server?". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  16. ^ Criddle, Cristina (1 February 2021). "Gamer Vikkstar quits Call of Duty: Warzone over cheating". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  17. ^ Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (2 February 2021). "'Call of Duty: Warzone' Bans More than 60,000 Cheaters". Vice. Vice Media. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  18. ^ Criddle, Cristina (3 February 2021). "Call of Duty: Warzone 'enhances' its anti-cheat software". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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