KSI: Meet The Real JJ Olatunji (E285)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
KSI is a multi-talented internet personality who has made a name for himself as a YouTuber, musician, and professional boxer. Known for his high-energy persona and relentless drive, KSI, whose real name is JJ Olatunji, continues to push boundaries across multiple fields, amassing a global fanbase.
In this episode, Jake sits down with KSI to dive into the complexities of balancing his various pursuits. KSI opens up about how he maintains his success across YouTube, music, and boxing, revealing the strategies that keep him at the top of his game.
He also discusses the difference between his public persona, "KSI," and his true self, JJ, shedding light on how he navigates the pressures that come with his multifaceted career.
This episode offers a raw and honest look at the complications of KSI’s life, exploring themes of self-discovery, the importance of communication, and the power of collaboration.
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| 0:00.0 | People see KSI, you know, whenever I'm doing music, boxing, etc. |
| 0:04.6 | They're like, oh, he's being that guy. |
| 0:07.6 | Whereas me, I'm just, you know, very to myself. |
| 0:11.3 | Sometimes you need to go into your past, you know, figure out what your trauma is and |
| 0:17.1 | attack it head on. |
| 0:18.5 | I've been through hardship, I've been through traumatizing things. |
| 0:22.4 | It's made me the person I am today. If you want to be one of the top people, you have to be obsessed. You have to love it. It's just having that mental force being able to just say nothing can beat me nothing can stop me. |
| 0:38.4 | You just heard the voice of J.J. Oletungi, known to millions as KSI. The latest guest here on high performance, a man who I have |
| 0:46.3 | been chasing to get onto this show for so many years and I'm delighted that finally we've done |
| 0:52.3 | it because this is the show that delves a little deeper into the stories and the ideas of some of the most extraordinary people in the world and JJ certainly fits that bill. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm Jay Comfort and like a lot of you I'm just fascinated by unlocking a better version of myself by discovering not just how people achieve great things but the why that drives them. And how do I sum up a serial success story like |
| 1:16.7 | KSI, a man who's just been named as one of the richest gamers in the world? |
| 1:21.3 | Well, quite simply I believe he's a pioneer and you can criticize or |
| 1:25.0 | deride him all you like but you name me someone else who's revolutionized |
| 1:28.6 | boxing, marketed a drink that the whole world knows about, has had a number one album and |
| 1:34.7 | collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, all whilst amassing over 6 billion, |
| 1:39.9 | yes billion with a B views on YouTube in this conversation we're going to discuss how |
| 1:47.1 | he's changed the landscape in boxing and that fascinates me we spoke as |
| 1:51.1 | JJ was recovering from an injury which means he can't fight at the sold out |
| 1:55.2 | three arena in Dublin on August 31st. So what does he do? Well, he creates a moment by performing a live concert on the night, and that's the first time in two years |
| 2:05.2 | that people will have heard music from him and moments is what we discuss in this episode |
| 2:10.7 | how to create them and why they're central to his success. |
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