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JiDion
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Personal information
Born
Jidon Armani Adams

(2000-12-12) December 12, 2000 (age 24)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
YouTube information
Channel
Also known as
  • DeMarcus Cousins III[1]
Years active2018–present
Genre(s)Comedy, Vlog, Christian, Interview Pranks
Subscribers8.38 million[2]
Views194 million[2]
Associated acts
Silver Play Button100,000 subscribers2019
Gold Play Button1,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: July 11, 2025

Jidon Armani Adams (born December 12, 2000), known online as JiDion, is an American YouTuber and online streamer.[3] He initially gained recognition for his vlogging and prank-oriented YouTube channel, but later shifted his focus to catching online predators through sting operations.[4]

Early life

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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.[5]

Career

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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 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] In March 2022, he crashed a Harvard University life sciences lecture for a comedy video.[9][10]

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."[11] Adams later apologized and reconciled with Pokimane.[12] In September 2022, he was removed from the 2022 US Open men's finals after getting a haircut during the match.[7][13][14][15] 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.[16]

In April 2023 Adams announced a partnership with the alt-tech platform Rumble, where he would exclusively live-stream during his Twitch ban.[17] 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.[18]

In September 2023, Adams announced that he would be retiring from making prank videos in turn of following Christianity.[19] The following month, he began making Christian content on a secondary channel, GiDeon.[20] He returned a couple of months later to his main channel, and also streams on Twitch under the name JiDionPremium [21] 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.[22][23]

Awards and nominations

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Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2022 12th Streamy Awards Creator of the Year Nominated [24]
2023 13th Streamy Awards Nominated [25]
2024 Harrison Arkansas Ambassador of Peace Civil Service Won

References

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  1. ^ "The Story of JiDion aka Demarcus Cousins III: From Uber Eats to YouTube Star". Complex. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "About JiDion". YouTube.
  3. ^ "The Story of JiDion aka Demarcus Cousins III: From Uber E..." Complex. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "He Came to Meet A 13 Year Old Girl, Meets Cops Instead!". YouTube. JiDion. Archived from the original on December 22, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  5. ^ "I GOT SUSPENDED FOR HUSTLING AT MY SCHOOL..." YouTube. JiDion. Archived from the original on December 22, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  6. ^ "'Free the nipple!': YouTuber brings shirtless men to Best Buy to harass employee enforcing store dress code". The Daily Dot. October 11, 2021. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands". CBS Sports. September 7, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "DEMARCUS COUSINS GOES OFF ON SECURITY GUARD Let Me Sign A Jersey!!!". TMZ. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  9. ^ "JiDion: Jidon Adams films lecture prank at Harvard University". Insider. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  10. ^ "YouTubers Disguised as Harvard Students Crash Classes". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  11. ^ Arshad, Sahar. "3 gaming influencers are embroiled in a messy feud involving accusations of harassment, misogyny, and lies". Insider. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  12. ^ Shadee (December 12, 2022). "From Internet beef to burgers, How Pokimane and JiDion squashed bad vibes". Shadee Care. Archived from the original on April 20, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  13. ^ "YouTuber JiDion gets kicked out of US Open match after getting his haircut in stands". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "WATCH: YouTube prankster kicked out of US Open when he gets haircut midgame". Washington Examiner. September 7, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  15. ^ "Un hombre deja atónito al público del US Open cortándose el pelo en pleno partido de tenis". La Vanguardia. September 7, 2022. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  16. ^ "YouTuber JiDion banned from NBA events after prank sleeping at WNBA game". NBC Sports. July 22, 2023. Archived from the original on October 13, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  17. ^ "Rumble Signs Exclusive Livestreaming Agreement with JiDion". GlobeNewswire (Press release). April 10, 2023. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  18. ^ D'Alelio, Marco (May 6, 2024). "Twitch Has Unbanned JiDion". Game Rant. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  19. ^ Glaze, Virginia (September 25, 2023). "Is JiDion quitting social media? YouTuber 'turns life to Christ'". Dexerto. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  20. ^ ""Goodbye Jidion, Say Hello to..." by JiDion". YouTube. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  21. ^ "Coming Out...I mean Back Video". YouTube. JiDionPremium.
  22. ^ "JiDionPremium". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 12, 2025. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  23. ^ Arnold, Mike (July 15, 2025). "YouTuber's predator sting leads to Citrus County arrest of convicted sex offender". Chronicle Online. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  24. ^ Hipes, Patrick (October 27, 2022). "Streamy Awards Nominations: MrBeast Tops List Again". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  25. ^ Brant, Brian (August 27, 2023). "Streamy Awards 2023: Complete Winners List". People. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.