JiDion

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JiDion
Personal information
Born (2000-12-12) December 12, 2000 (age 24)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Origin Clear Lake City, Houston, Texas
Occupations
YouTube information
Also known as
  • DeMarcus Cousins III [1]
Channels
Years active2018–present
Genre(s) Comedy (formerly), Christian (current), Sting operation (currently)
Subscribers8.04 million [2]
Total views160.6 million [2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 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. [3] [4] Initially hosting a comedic vlogging and prank-oriented channel, Adams shifted from this style in favor of Christian-based content in September 2023 and organizing and uploading predator sting operations.

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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 [his] job too serious" and went on to sign Adams's jersey. [5] In March 2022, he crashed a Harvard University life sciences lecture for a comedy video. [6] [7]

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." [8] Adams later apologized and made amends with Pokimane. [9] In April 2023 Adams announced a partnership with the alt-tech platform Rumble, where he would exclusively live-stream during his Twitch ban. [10] 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. [11]

In September 2023, Adams announced that he would be retiring from making prank videos in turn of following Christianity. [12] 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...", [13] and began making Christian content on a secondary channel, GiDeon. [14] However, he returned a couple of months later to his main channel, and also streams on Twitch under the name JiDionPremium [15] 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

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. [16] 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. [17]

In September 2022, he was removed from the 2022 US Open men's finals after getting a haircut during the match. [17] [18] [19] [20]

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. [21]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryResultRef.
2022 12th Streamy Awards Creator of the YearNominated [22]
2023 13th Streamy Awards Nominated [23]

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  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.
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  10. ↑ 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)
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  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. 1 2 "YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands". CBS Sports . September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
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