KSI: Last News

Franz Ferdinand and Sam Ryder are among the artist ambassadors who have been announced for National Album Day 2022.The theme of the fifth annual edition of National Album Day will be Debut Albums, following previous focuses Women in Music and The 80s.“The Debut Albums theme will look to showcase a broad range of first album releases across multiple genres and decades – from debut recordings that have gone on to become classics to those that are perhaps only now being fully appreciated or which, years later, merit reappraisal,” according to a press release.National Album Day 2022 will take place on October 15, with Franz Ferdinand and Ryder being joined by KSI, The Mysterines and The Staves as ambassadors.A post shared by National Album Day (@albumdayuk)“What a glorious medium the album is,” Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos said in a statement. “On the most basic level it’s a bunch of songs that sound good together, but what I love is that it is a moment in time for the artist and the listener, a way to define a period of a lifetime.

KSI has spoken about the mixed response to ‘Thick Of It’, and said that he hopes to avoid becoming a meme with the new single he has coming out later this month. Read the interview below or watch it in full via the video above.The artist, boxer and influencer spoke to NME while on the red carpet for the 2025 BRIT Awards, and opened up about the huge response he got with his single ‘Thick Of It’ – including both the positive and negative.The track saw him collaborate with Trippie Redd, and earn his second BRIT Award nod, being nominated in the Song Of The Year with Mastercard category.

Katy Perry due to headline. Find all the details below.This year’s edition of the two-night event will be held at The O2 in London on Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8.

KSI has visited a mosque in Bradford and apologised again for using a racial slur in one of his YouTube videos.The rapper, boxer, gamer and YouTube personality received backlash earlier this week, following a video of him with his group The Sidemen. In the footage, KSI played a Countdown-style game with the group, and created a four-letter derogatory word for people of Pakistani origin.Following an initial apology, KSI has now used a boxing preview event to apologise again for the “hurt and disappointment” caused, and visited a mosque to “educate himself”.Shared to Twitter, the new footage shows the rapper – whose real name is Olajide William Olatunji – visiting Bradford’s Al-Hikam Institute, and “educating himself” on the impact of the slur.The clip, which has over 1.7million views, shows the 29-year-old wearing a red covering during the visit, and listening to Imam Muhammed Asim Hussain.In the footage, the Imam can be heard discussing KSI’s recent controversy.

KSI has announced that he’ll be making a return to boxing this summer.The YouTube star turned rapper first stepped into the ring back in 2018 facing off against British YouTuber Joe Weller. The amateur fight was put on to settle a feud between the pair following a number of diss tracks and public disagreements on Twitter.KSI – known in the ring as ‘The Nightmare’ – then went on to take part in a few other fights over the next 18 months, most notably his two bouts against American YouTuber Logan Paul, the brother of Jake Paul.Yesterday (May 4), the ‘Holiday’ hitmaker took to Twitter to announce that he would be re-entering the world of boxing after three years away.“I’m back,” he wrote, followed by a purple devil emoji.

BPI All About The Music 2022 yearbook today (April 13). The publication is distributed free to BPI members but can also be purchased and viewed here.Figures reveal that the collective share of music consumption from independent labels including Dirty Hit, Partisan and PIAS was now at 26.9 per cent, up from 25.9 per cent in 2020 and 22.1 per cent in 2017.Indie label shares of artist album sales also grew in two years across every format, from 30.4 per cent in 2019 to 34.2 per cent in 2021.

Day two of Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball with Barclaycard was just as star-studded as the last with Mel C, Anne-Marie, JLS and Ian Wright among the stars who rocked up for the festivities. The Voice UK judge Anne-Marie was a pretty belle as she posed on the red carpet at London’s O2 Arena in a chic pastel blue smock dress. She teamed the backlash number casually with a pair of chunky black trainers. Spice Girls star Mel C wrapped up warm against the chill in an Adidas coat with a grey turtleneck and smart black trousers.

KSI has released a deluxe version of his new album ‘All Over The Place’ and revealed new UK tour dates for 2022.The rapper and YouTube personality, who is performing at this weekend’s Reading & Leeds festivals, released his new album last month.The expanded edition, released today (August 27), features new music with Anne-Marie, Jay-1 and more.Listen to the deluxe edition of ‘All Over The Place’ below:Alongside the release of the new deluxe edition, KSI has also detailed a full UK tour, set to take place ahead of his previously announced and sold out gig at London’s Wembley Arena.The gigs will begin on February 10, 2022 at the O2 Academy in Sheffiled, with six dates then following before the tour wraps up at Wembley.See the new tour dates

KSI has added another superstar collaboration to his repertoire, teaming up with Lil Wayne for new track ‘Lose’.The release of ‘Lose’ comes just under a month since KSI released his second studio album, ‘All Over The Place’, which saw him link up with Future, 21 Savage and more.‘Lose’ is tinged with pop-punk and emo elements, coming with a music video that sees both rappers attend a therapy session as animated scenes showcase their dreams and nightmares.Watch the video for ‘Lose’ below:In a review of ‘All Over The Place’, NME‘s Kyann-Sian Williams wrote that it’s “clear that he’s still finding his footing in music and figuring out what works for him.

KSI has revealed that he made £7million in cryptocurrency last year, only to lose it all in the Bitcoin crash.The YouTuber and rapper shared the revelation during an appearance on Made In Chelsea star Jamie Laing’s podcast, Private Parts.When he was asked about “a lot of money” he had invested in Bitcoin by the host, KSI replied: “I put £2m into Bitcoin – well, I say Bitcoin. I put [in] £2m last year – November, December – but this was into cryptocurrencies.“I made £7m and now I’ve lost it all.

KSI has shared his new collaboration with Future and 21 Savage, ‘Number 2’ – you can hear the track below.The song features on KSI’s second studio album ‘All Over The Place’, which is out today (July 16).The YouTuber/rapper has recruited an array of guest stars for his latest project, including the likes of Yungblud, Bugzy Malone and Lil Durk.The arrival of ‘All Over The Place’ today has brought the release of ‘Number 2’, which features the Atlanta pair Future and 21 Savage. You can hear the track below.Speaking about ‘All Over The Place’ prior to its release, KSI said: “I’m super excited for the people to hear this album.

Lightning Seeds ‘Three Lions’ has become one of the country’s most enduring football anthems.He posted the simple caption ‘It’s…’, a reference to the track’s ‘It’s coming home’ refrain. He later posted a picture with Olympic athlete Mo Farah, saying “Might be coming home a bit faster with this lovely fellow on hand.”It’s… pic.twitter.com/ct3HCXwvD5— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) June 29, 2021Might be coming home a bit faster with this lovely fellow on hand.

KSI has announced that his second album ‘All Over The Place’ will arrive in June, as well as confirming details of a one-off show at Wembley’s SSE Arena in 2022.The YouTube star and rapper will release the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Dissimulation’ on July 16, featuring collaborations with the likes of 21 Savage, Lil Durk and Jay1.“I’m super excited for the people to hear this album. I’ve improved on everything I did with ‘Dissimulation’,” KSI said of the new record.

Arlo Parks, KSI, Girl In Red and more.The new list spotlights “some of Europe’s most popular social media entertainers as well as the continent’s most promising talents.”The Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Entertainment list for 2021 was put together by judges including Years & Years‘ Olly Alexander, TikTok’s Gina Jackson, Amazon Studios’ Georgia Brown and more.Included on the list alongside Arlo Parks, KSI and Girl In Red are the likes of MNEK, Ms Banks, Mahalia, Shygirl, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm star Maria Bakalova and Emma Corrin, who played Princess Diana in season four of Netflix‘s royal drama The Crown.Normal People stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal also both make the list, alongside It’s A Sin‘s Lydia West.

Rapper and YouTube star KSI has offered advice to young people who want to follow in his footsteps, urging them to work hard.

KSI has looked back on his controversial YouTube content of the past and admits he’s ‘not proud’ of the videos he used to make. 

PewDiePie has settled his feud with KSI, admitting that the pair of them are now ‘cool’ – although the same can’t be said for fellow YouTuber Trisha Paytas.

KSI has debunked Jake Paul’s claims that the pair will be coming to blows in a boxing match in New York City, with the UK star focusing on his music career.

KSI released his first album Dissimulation in May and in just two months its already become the biggest debut studio album of 2020 so far. Dissimulation is sitting pretty at the top spot when it comes to the the top 10 debut albums of the first six months of the years, according to The Official Charts.Not a bad feat for a YouTube star’s first attempt at breaking into the music biz, with KSI saying such an achievement shows he is ‘breaking the boundaries of what a YouTuber can do’.

Deji suspects he has contracted coronavirus.

KSI has decided to take a break from Twitter.In a now-deleted tweet, the YouTube star said he would be away from the social media site ‘for the forseeable future’.A further tweet read: ‘Blame the sidemen video lmao.’The latest video from the Sidemen quizzed the members on what their fans thought of them.One question asked what people voted as KSI’s irrational fear and the popular answer was trypophobia, a fear of irregular clusters of small holes.In the video, Sidemen member Harry Lewis aka W2S joked that his followers should send KSI pictures to set off his trypophobia.‘Then I won’t be on Twitter,’ the rapper replied.Despite KSI – real name Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji – putting ‘Forehead’ as his answer, people still tweeted pictures of small