
KSI, real name Olajide Olatunji’s rise to music fame was not an easy ride to say the least. Before we go into his music history let’s start off at the very beginning of his journey to the top. Jide as he is referred to by his family members and close friends is a Youtube sensation who basically made his millions by playing video games inside his room and posting it on youtube. Yep you heard it right HE MADE MILLIONS BY PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. For years youtube was his number one job and only had eyes on that but as he said himself he likes to switch things up and make it interesting and that’s when the music came into place.
Although he experimented with different sports and even acting, his love for music has always been one of his main focuses. He has always loved music and used rap as a way remember his homework and to study. He had joke songs at the start like heskey time and fifa funny’s. His first hit song was Lamborghini which was released in March 2015 was an instant hit and got over 100 Million hits as of today. After the success of Lamborghini he released his first EP Keep Up which also had hits such as Keep Up and Kilimanjaro. He also performed some of his main hits all over the UK. He released his second EP Space in June 2017 after taking 3 months away from the Internet and working on himself. The EP Space was something he felt he needed to do and his way of expressing his feelings. The main hits were Transforming and Creature. The summer of 2017 was a hectic couple months as the group he’s in called The Sidemen who included W2S, Miniminter, Zerkaa, Behzinga, TBJZL, and Vikkstar123 were making disstracks at each other and other people.
He also made songs from the start with Randolph but only started making proper music together last year and their first song together was ‘Slow Motion’ which they released April 2018. They also released songs such as Beerus and Red Alert. They have reveled that they are going on tour in the summer of 2019 which means they will be making more songs in the near future for their joint album.