Jidion Armani Adams (born December 18, 2000), better known online as Jideon (styled JiDion) or Gideon, is an American prankster 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.
Professional Journey
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In December 2021, Jidion tried to get an autograph from DeMarcus Cousins in a basketball match in Houston, leading to a confrontation between the ExxonMobil employee and a Toyota Center security guard. Cousins sarcastically informed the security guard that he was taking his job too seriously and then proceeded to sign Adams’ jersey. He hosted a comedy clip for a live lecture on life sciences at Harvard University in March 2022.
In early January 2022, Jidion was suspended from Twitch for egging on the fanbase to rain havoc on Pokimane’s stream, including sending her obscene messages, ‘L+RATIO.
A similar joke was made in September 2023 when Jidion told viewers that he would be retiring from producing the Poke videos since he has embraced Christianity. The next month, Adams removed all his prank and non-Christian-related videos from the main and secondary channels and later posted the video titled, “Why I Deleted All My Videos, He then began creating Christian content on the Jidion channel, the second channel. He came back a couple of months later to his main account and also streams on Twitch, and Jidion Premium. In April 2023, Jidion stated that he had joined hands with Rumble, the platform that’s considered to be an alt-tech version of YouTube for livestreaming during his ban on Twitch. Twitch unblocked him and his channel on May 6, 2024; Adams then stated that he came back to streaming on this platform.
Challenges and Humorous Exploits
In October 2021, Jidion 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 Best Buy 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 airhorn) 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, Jidion received a lifetime ban from all NBA and WNBA events for a stunt he pulled at a WNBA game that included him sleeping while the match was playing.
Jidion Adam’s Controversial Reign on YouTube
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Jidion is bad,” or at least that’s what 7 million subscriber YouTuber Jidion Adams said in a live stream back in April, as he or she was seriously struggling to pronounce the name natively. It was the title of a commentary video in which a person going by the username AugustTheDuck took the time to give their take on Adams’s run.
Some of the comments in the video description were very harsh to Adams, stating that he was engaging in ”public harassment”, which is quite apparent from most of his videos in which he interviews and plays pranks on strangers. “Jidion, a huge YouTuber who makes videos with the sole purpose of messing with people,” a caption under the video read. At one point, Gideon, when he was reading the title of the video in his stream, a smile appeared on his face right away. Wait a minute, do I have my first hate video?‘ He questioned himself while responding to the video that he was so excited about.
Jidion dismissed this, stating that he was not a “public harasser”; however, he was happy to receive the backlash as recognition, which is a “W,” an internet term for victory.
It seems that controversy is the source of income for the YouTuber because of the playing tricks that have led him to be expelled from large events and start new fights with influencers. Looking at his online character development, one can see that the things Jidion pranked people with became only more provocative.
Besides gaining popularity on YouTube as a full-blown content creator amassing 6 million subscribers, Adams’ modus operandi and claim to fame rooted in online trolling have taken their tolls: Adams has been permanently suspended from the gaming-specific and live-streaming platform Twitch in January; his unapologetic undesirable behavior targeted other influencers as well, for which he had to issue public apologies. This is how a young man of 21 years, who creates videos and films and uploads them on the YouTube channel, made it big while getting unpopular on social media.
Jidion’s YouTube Journey with Prank-Style Content
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In a September interview with pop culture publication Complex, Jidion said that it took a while for him to get his YouTube career off the ground.
Though he had built up a following of 244,000 people from early 2019 to April 2020, he told the outlet that he was frustrated that his videos only received around 4,000 views each.
Adams told Complex that he worked as an Uber Eats driver while trying to build up his platform, delivering orders for seven to eight hours a day and filming during the rest of the day and night.
Over time, Jidion, who also uses the moniker DeMarcus Cousins 3 became known for posting outlandish pranks in public settings, like pretending to kidnap a child and encouraging people to say racial slurs. In October 2021, a prank in which he snuck into a lecture hall and got a haircut during the class went viral on TikTok, introducing him to a new audience.
Jidion Faces Backlash Following Twitch Streamer’s Allegations of Provoking Online Hate
There are many participants of interest, but Jidion, in particular, started streaming on Twitch in August 2021 and gained over 300,000 followers among the members of the audience. On January 12, a famous Twitch streamer with the nickname Pokimane, or Imane Anys, felt the streamer’s hell: a flood of negative comments. As was mentioned in Insider, some of the viewers of Anys said that the commenters had been identified to belong to Jidio’s‘ Twitch.
On January 14, Anys vented about misogyny, stating that women in gaming have normalized getting hate, which she claimed is not okay. The same day, many Twitch streamers expressed their support for Anys. On the same day, Jidion defended himself on Twitter with the message, “My hatred has nothing to do with gender but her as a person.”
Jidion Receives Lifetime Twitch Ban Due to Incident Escalation”
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Speaking in a tweet on January 13, Jidion made it clear that his online clash with Anys made him face a 14-day ban on Twitch. In a video posted on the platform four days later, he said that the platform extended the ban following complaints from the users, who suggested that the punishment was not severe enough.
He stated that he felt he violated the terms of service of the platform regarding prohibited conduct, whereby he felt a two-week ban was reasonable but a permanent ban was deemed harsh on him.
How am I supposed to do better next time if I can never get a next time?” he said.
On the same note, when approached for comments by Insider at the time, a Twitch spokesperson noted that according to their commonality policies, the platform does not allow any form of harassment or any content that encourages harassment in any form to others as they aim to provide a fairly safe and inclusive environment for everybody, adding that it also reserves all rights to ban any account that is in breach of such policies or that it considers to be dangerous to the community.
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)
What is Jidion’s real name?
Jidion’s real name is Jidon Adams. He also goes by DeMarcus Cousins III after his grandfather, whose name is Demarcus Cousins I.
Is Jidion a part of Prime?
Yes, Jidion is a member of the Prime Squad.
The Prime Squad is made up of influencers, fronted by famous YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI.
Conclusion
Jidion has managed to find his specific audience on YouTube, which enjoys watching his wonderful and funny prank videos. Using humor while being creative has made him popular and taken him from comparatively obscurity into Internet fame. Besides the laughter, Jidion is an example that proper entertainment is still valued and sought after in the modern world, where fake accounts and copied content lack originality.
As he continues to push boundaries and surprise viewers with his next prank, one thing remains clear: Jidion is not merely a playful prankster but a comedian and inventor of new forms in the vast spectrum of joke-sharing on the Internet.
