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Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | December 18, 2000|||||||||
Origin | Clear Lake City, Houston, Texas | |||||||||
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Years active | 2018–present | |||||||||
Genre(s) | Comedy (formerly), Christian (current) | |||||||||
Subscribers | 7.86 million[2] | |||||||||
Total views | 141.05 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: August 28, 2024 |
Jidon Armani Adams (born December 18, 2000), better known online mononymously 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.
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.[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 livestream 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]
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.[13] 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.[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]
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] |
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