Tobi Lerone - Youtubers, Career and Life

Tobi started posting videos on YouTube at the age of 17. He was a natural when it comes to football, but before chose FIFA to be his primary streaming game, he mostly uploaded games feeds of him playing Call of Duty and Fable. Tobi posts Q&A vlogs usually when something out of the ordinary happens in his life. In these uploads, he answers questions from fans asked on Twitter. In one such vlogs, he was asked where he sees himself in five years and his answer was pretty humbling. Tobi said that he has no idea and he did not expect to have these many subscribers in his channel. He always wanted to be a footballer since his childhood, but life has its way opening new gates to new future often. He states that YouTube has given him the confidence to talk to people in the same video. At this time, TBJZL has 2.5 million subscribers and over 200 million video views.

Anyone who has visited Tobi’s YouTube channel would agree that he is a really cool person to hang out with, even on the internet. He’s got a knack to react and respond politely when there are intense moments while playing a game. This sort of serene attitude has become a rarity in people of his age. He always sticks to morals values and plays fair most of the time, even when the odds are against him. Tobi also sheds light on various real life scenarios and advises on how to deal with things. It can be viewed on his channel as a playlist. Not only he values time, he also tells his audience what needs to be done to manage time efficiently. In his group of friends, the Sideman, he is considered to be one of the smartest along with another sideman, Vikram Barn.

Tobi is one of the Sidemen, a group of YouTubers who are known for their similar interests and have their own show which is aired on Comedy Central UK, called ‘The Sidemen Experience’. The show boasts a gleeful set of challenges, and games which as they say is “guaranteed to keep you entertained.” Tobi’s advice for those who want to become a famous YouTubers is, “put out something that you yourself would wanna watch.

Tobi started his childhood in Hackney, and later moved to Southeast London at the age of 10. He went for piano lessons at that time but he can’t play piano now. Tobi has a younger brother named Emmanuel John Brown (Manny) who also appears in a few of his videos. Other than making YouTube videos, Tobi spends his time on his education or watching other YouTube videos. His favorite YouTuber is Ryan Higa and says that every video in his channel (nigahiga) is hilarious and interesting. As mentioned, Tobi is one of the 7 Sidemen, where the British rapper Jamie Adenuga in an unofficial member who seems to have played a key role in forming the group. The Sidemen own an online clothing store called Sidemen Clothing, where they sell official merchandise.