Psyiconic
{{Short description|American influencer (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Psyiconic
| image =
| caption = Campbell as "Terri Joe"
| birth_name = Kelon Campbell
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|07|18}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Influencer
- comedian
}}
| years_active = 2020–present
| website =
| relatives =
| module = {{Infobox TikTok personality| embed=yes
| page = _itzpsyiconic_
| followers = 3.2 million
| likes = 79 million
| stats_update = May 11, 2025
}}
}}
Kelon Campbell (born July 18, 1995), known online as Psyiconic, is an American influencer and comedian. He is best known for portraying the satirical character of Terri Joe, a homophobic, racist, Southern and Christian woman, whom he rose to fame portraying on TikTok in livestreams starting in 2022.
Life and career
Kelon Campbell{{cite web |last1=Tinoco |first1=Armando |title=Billboard Music Awards 2023 Photo Gallery: Mariah Carey, Peso Pluma, Karol G, TikTok's Terri Joe & More |url=https://deadline.com/gallery/billboard-music-awards-2023-red-carpet-photos/2023-billboard-music-awards-arrivals-3/ |website=Deadline |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=November 20, 2023}} was born on July 18, 1995,{{Cite Instagram |user=_psyiconic_ |postid=Cu2oMsDyMzl |title=28 years down 2 more to go! Because I'll be DAMNED if I have to run around here telling people I'm 🤢 thir- 🤮 |date=July 18, 2023}} and raised in Humble, Texas{{cite web |last1=McKenzie |first1=Zach |title=Going Live with Terri Joe |url=https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2023/06/going-live-with-terri-joe/ |website=OutSmart |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=June 2, 2023}} and has three brothers, among whom he has described himself as the "odd one out" for his affinity for pop music and other "gay stuff". He has also said that he was "very shy" growing up.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he began livestreaming on his TikTok account under the name Psyiconic{{cite web |last1=Bustard |first1=Andy |title=Diddy & Lil Uzi Vert Catch Strays As City Girls Get Roasted By Internet Comedian Terri Joe |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/diddy-lil-uzi-vert-terri-joe-city-girls |website=HipHopDX |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=October 26, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Twersky |first1=Carolyn |title=Madonna Sings an Ode to Balenciaga In a Wild TikTok Live |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/madonna-balenciaga-terri-joe-tiktok-song |website=W |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=October 13, 2022}} in a "grandma costume" he wore for a previous Halloween on TikTok. While working for a technology startup, he began livestreaming on TikTok as the character Jeorgia Peach, a party girl from Los Angeles, in 2022, improvising his interactions with others on the platform. He also created and portrayed the character of Amethyst Jade, a goth vampire from Salem, Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/terri-joe#rebelltitem4|title=Terri Joe Isn't Iconic, She's Psyiconic|last=Hess|first=Tobias|website=Paper|date=January 26, 2023}} He later started livestreaming as the satirical character of Terri Joe, a "devout Christian, Caucasian, heterosexual woman" who wears a floral print dress and a cross necklace. He based her on characters from the television series True Blood, particularly Maxine Fortenberry. As Terri Joe, he appears in front of a green screen and roasts those who joined his livestreams as "homaseggyuhs" (a Southern pronunciation of "homosexuals") and frequently breaks character by laughing.{{cite web |author1=Kavi |title=Kavi: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/02/kavi-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet |website=The Guardian |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=November 1, 2023}}
Clips of his livestream highlights, uploaded by fans, went viral on Twitter. By April 2022, he began doing TikTok livestreams full-time. Also in 2022, he did livestreams as Terri Joe with various celebrities, starting with Doja Cat and later including Madonna, Hunter Schafer, James Charles, Bob the Drag Queen, Ziwe, Lizzo, Kali Uchis and Baby Tate.{{cite web |last1=Hess |first1=Tobias |title=Terri Joe Isn't Iconic, She's Psyiconic |url=https://www.papermag.com/terri-joe |website=Paper |access-date=February 12, 2024 |date=January 26, 2023}} Kaiya Shunyata wrote in 2022 for The Daily Dot that Campbell had "attracted a largely queer, and sometimes famous, fanbase".{{cite web |last1=Shunyata |first1=Kaiya |title='Are you a hommasexyuh?': Itzpsyiconic is TikTok Live's hilarious and bizarre rising star |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/itzpsyiconic-tiktok-live-terri-joe/ |website=The Daily Dot |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=September 29, 2022}} By late 2022, he had over one million followers on TikTok.{{cite web |last1=Zhan |first1=Jennifer |title=It's Terri Joe's World, But Kelon Is Running It |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/psyiconic-terri-joe-tiktok-live-interview.html |website=Vulture |access-date=16 February 2024 |date=22 December 2022}} Campbell was included on TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices list, which honored Black creators on the platform.{{cite web |last1=Victoria |first1=Kenyatta |title=Meet TikTok's 2023 Visionary Voices Honorees |url=https://girlsunited.essence.com/article/tiktok-black-visionary-honorees/ |website=Girls United |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=January 31, 2023}} In March 2023, Campbell created and began portraying the British character Amoura Rose on TikTok.{{cite web |last1=McCafferty |first1=Kenna |title=Introducing Amoura Rose, Terri Joe's New Alter Ego |url=https://www.papermag.com/terri-joe-amoura-rose |website=Paper |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=March 10, 2023}} By June 2023, Campbell had more than 2.4 million followers on TikTok.{{cite web |last1=Mahadevan |first1=Tara |title=Soulja Boy in Shock After Being Told He Ate TikTok Star's Ass While on Percs |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/cmplxtara-mahadevan/soulja-boy-shocked-by-story-tiktok-star-terri-joe |website=Complex |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=June 13, 2023}} He appeared as Terri Joe in a promotional video for a Victoria Monét remix of the Summer Walker song "Girls Need Love" in October 2023.{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Tyler Damara |title=Summer Walker is teasing a 'Girls Need Love' remix with Victoria Monét |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/summer-walker-teases-a-girls-need-love-remix-with-victoria-monet |website=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=October 3, 2023}}
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In 2023, Tobias Hess of Paper called Campbell "a staple of TikTok". Alexander Cole of HotNewHipHop described the character of Terri Joe as "very quick-witted" and "irreverent", also writing, "If you are someone who watches a lot of TikTok, then you have certainly heard of Terri Joe at some point."{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Alexander |title=TikTok Star Terri Joe Questions Diddy & Lil Uzi Vert's Sexuality In Front Of Yung Miami & JT: Watch |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/728404-terri-joe-diddy-lil-uzi-vert-sexuality-yung-miami-jt |website=HotNewHipHop |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=October 26, 2023}} Queerty{{'}}s Charlie Grey similarly wrote in 2023, "Anyone's who's scrolled through their TikTok 'For You' page and come across a Live video has likely seen Kelon by now," and compared Terri Joe to The Boondocks character Uncle Ruckus.{{cite web |last1=Grey |first1=Charlie |title=Even among A-listers, TikTok star Kelon is his own icon |url=https://www.queerty.com/even-among-a-listers-tiktok-star-kelon-is-his-own-icon-20230227 |website=Queerty |access-date=February 16, 2024 |date=February 27, 2023}} Campbell has compared his roasting style of comedy to that of drag queen Bianca Del Rio. He is queer.
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Category:LGBTQ people from Texas
Category:People from Humble, Texas
Category:American LGBTQ comedians
Category:American gay entertainers
Category:21st-century African-American people
Category:21st-century American comedians
Category:African-American LGBTQ people