JiDion

Jidon Armani Adams was born on December 12, 2000, in Clear Lake City, Texas, a neighborhood in the greater Houston metropolitan area. He attended Clear Lake High School.{{cite web |title=I GOT SUSPENDED FOR HUSTLING AT MY SCHOOL.....|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOkwQo_y3zo|website=YouTube |publisher=JiDion}}

JiDion launched his YouTube channel on July 2, 2018, initially posting challenge videos and vlogs filmed during his high school years. As he refined his style, he shifted his focus to comedic vlogs and pranks, granting him massive success. 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' jersey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/20/demarcus-cousins-bucks-nba-security-autograph-fan-covid/|website=TMZ|title=DEMARCUS COUSINS GOES OFF ON SECURITY GUARD Let Me Sign A Jersey!!!|access-date=2022-09-28}} In March 2022, he crashed a Harvard University life sciences lecture for a comedy video.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/jidon-harvard-university-lecture-prank-2022-3|website=Insider|title=JiDion: Jidon Adams films lecture prank at Harvard University|access-date=2022-09-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/3/2/youtubers-disguised-crash-classes/|website=The Harvard Crimson|title=YouTubers Disguised as Harvard Students Crash Classes|access-date=2022-09-28}}

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."{{Cite web |last=Arshad |first=Sahar |title=3 gaming influencers are embroiled in a messy feud involving accusations of harassment, misogyny, and lies |url=https://www.insider.com/pokimane-ninja-jidion-twitch-feud-hate-raid-ban-2022-1 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Insider |language=en-US}} Adams later apologized and reconciled with Pokimane.{{Cite web |last=Shadee |date=2022-12-12 |title=From Internet beef to burgers, How Pokimane and JiDion squashed bad vibes. |url=https://shadee.care/2022/12/12/from-internet-beef-to-burgers-how-pokimane-and-jidion-squashed-bad-vibes/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Shadee Care |language=en-US}} In April 2023 Adams announced a partnership with the alt-tech platform Rumble, where he would exclusively live-stream during his Twitch ban.{{Cite press release |date=2023-04-10 |title=Rumble Signs Exclusive Livestreaming Agreement with JiDion |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/04/10/2644006/0/en/Rumble-Signs-Exclusive-Livestreaming-Agreement-with-JiDion.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=GlobeNewswire |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |last=D'Alelio |first=Marco |date=2024-05-06 |title=Twitch Has Unbanned JiDion |url=https://gamerant.com/twitch-jidion-ban-lift/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}

In September 2023, Adams announced that he would be retiring from making prank videos in turn of following Christianity.{{cite web |last1=Glaze |first1=Virginia |title=Is JiDion quitting social media? YouTuber 'turns life to Christ' |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/is-jidion-quitting-social-media-youtuber-turns-life-to-christ-2309320/ |website=Dexerto |access-date=19 December 2023 |language=en |date=25 September 2023}} The following month, he began making Christian content on a secondary channel, GiDeon.{{Cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=KxaVq9PSILo?si=7AOGXjOnLM6x_MCq|title="Goodbye Jidion, Say Hello to..." by JiDion|website=YouTube }} He returned a couple of months later to his main channel, and also streams on Twitch under the name JiDionPremium {{cite web |title=Coming Out...I mean Back Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzs9dgKfU4Q |website=YouTube |publisher=JiDionPremium}} Adams started a series on his main channel called EDP Watch which are amateur sting operations where he impersonates minors on dating apps in an attempt to a catch child predators, who are then arrested by the police.{{Cite web |title=JiDionPremium |url=https://www.youtube.com/@jidionpremiunm/videos |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=YouTube |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/free-the-nipple-fake-rally-best-buy-jidion-youtube-tiktok/|website=The Daily Dot|title='Free the nipple!': YouTuber brings shirtless men to Best Buy to harass employee enforcing store dress code|date=11 October 2021 |access-date=2022-09-28}} 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.

In September 2022, he was removed from the 2022 US Open men's finals after getting a haircut during the match.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/tennis/news/youtuber-jidion-kicked-out-of-us-open-after-getting-haircut-during-quarterfinal-match/|website=CBS Sports|title=YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands|date=7 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/have-you-seen/2022/09/08/youtuber-jidion-kicked-out-us-open-after-haircut-stunt-stands/8023897001/|website=USA Today|title=YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands|access-date=2022-09-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/youtube-prankster-kicked-out-of-us-open|website=Washington Examiner|title=WATCH: YouTube prankster kicked out of US Open when he gets haircut midgame|date=7 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/youtube-prankster-kicked-out-of-us-open|website=La Vanguardia|title=Un hombre deja atónito al público del US Open cortándose el pelo en pleno partido de tenis|date=7 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-28}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-22 |title=YouTuber JiDion banned from NBA events after prank sleeping at WNBA game |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/youtuber-jidion-banned-from-nba-events-after-prank-sleeping-at-wnba-game |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}

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