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April 4 2025
KSI
Misfits Boxing co-president Mams Taylor confirmed X Series 22 was moved to May 16, and X Series 21 was cancelled.
2025
KSI
KSI launches and begins participating in the Baller League UK, a six-a-side football league
March 29 2025
KSI
KSI scheduled to fight Danis in the 'Unfinished Business' boxing event, to be broadcast on DAZN
2025 Planned release of fourth cover album Under the Covers, Vol. IV.
2025
KSI
KSI appears in the music track '365' by Talia Mar, performing as himself
2025
KSI
Planned release of his third solo studio album 'Caught In Two Minds', expanding his music discography.
February 27 2025 Released her second studio album 'Salvation'.
2025
KSI
KSI served as a guest judge in Series 18 auditions of Britain's Got Talent, standing in for Bruno Tonioli.
February 14 2025
KSI
KSI participated in 'Match for Hope 2025', a football charity event in Doha, Qatar, as a player and co-captain for team AboFlah & KSI. The team defeated team Chunkz & IShowSpeed 6-5, raising more than $10.7 million for charity.
February 2025 In an interview with NME, Black expanded on her sexuality, describing being gay as 'an energy' and identifying herself as queer, bisexual, and pansexual, shortly after the 14th anniversary of her viral song 'Friday'.
February 2025
KSI
KSI nominated for Song of the Year at The BRIT Awards for his track 'Thick of It'
February 4 2025
KSI
Dillon Danis was announced as KSI's replacement opponent, scheduled to headline X Series 21 – Unfinished Business at Manchester Arena.
January 24 2025 Original planned release date for the album Salvation, which was postponed due to the 2025 L.A. fires affecting her hometown.
January 23 2025
KSI
'Thick of It' was nominated for Song of the Year at The BRIT Awards 2025.
January 18 2025
KSI
During X Series 20 broadcast, KSI revealed his original opponent had withdrawn and engaged in a face-off with Wayne Bridge, which escalated into a confrontational brawl involving personal comments about John Terry and Bridge's former girlfriend.
January 18 2025
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During the X Series 20 broadcast, KSI revealed a planned bout after initially being set to fight Wayne Bridge.
January 17 2025 Rebecca Black has scheduled the release of her extended play 'Salvation' as a self-released digital download.
January 3 2025
KSI
Misfits Boxing announced KSI's upcoming boxing return, with a full announcement planned for the X Series 20 broadcast on 18 January.
January 1 2025 Publicly announced his engagement to Thea Booysen.
2024 Release of Angry Video Game Nerd: BFG Disc 10 Blu-ray, containing episodes 188-206
2024 MrBeast set a Guinness World Record for having the most subscribers on YouTube, further solidifying his status as a top content creator.
2024 Became a subject of a class action lawsuit alleging mistreatment, sexual harassment, and unpaid expenses in his reality television series, Beast Games. Won Favorite Male Creator at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.
2024 Won Young Adult Fiction award at the Golden Crown Literary Society for 'Girls Like Girls'
2024 MrBeast voiced the character of Panda Pig in 'Kung Fu Panda 4'.
2024 MrBeast won the Favorite Male Creator award at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for the fourth time.
2024 MrBeast appeared as himself in the documentary 'The Sidemen Story'.
2024 During the first filming sessions for Beast Games in 2024, several contestants were hospitalized due to complaints of being denied food, water, medication, and beds. Over a dozen contestants reported various injuries while participating in the challenges, with many observed being removed from the arena on stretchers.
2024 MrBeast set a Guinness World Record for the Most subscribers on YouTube.
2024
KSI
KSI will host the reality show 'Inside', created by the Sidemen.
2024
KSI
KSI is set to appear in a special spin-off episode of 'The Chase: Sidemen Edition'.
2024
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KSI is featured as himself in the documentary 'The Sidemen Story'.
2024
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KSI received the Brit Billion Award for amassing over one billion music streams in the United Kingdom.
2024 Releases new album 'Salvation' with singles 'TRUST!' and 'Sugar Water Cyanide'
2024 Stars in the series The Edge of Sleep.
2024 Set to appear in FNAF the Musical: Shadows of Agony and star as Dave in the television adaptation of The Edge of Sleep
2024 Markiplier launches 'PowerWash Pals', a show based on his YouTube series, continuing to the present
2024 Markiplier was nominated for Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Male Creator
December 2024 Announced a 2025 tour in support of her upcoming album 'Salvation'.
December 25 2024 Became engaged to Thea Booysen.
December 13 2024
KSI
KSI released his third single of the year, 'Dirty', which had previously been leaked in July 2024.
November 2024 Uploaded a video detailing his progress after drawing everyday for a year.
November 2024
KSI
KSI was announced as the president of the UK version of Baller League, a six-a-side football league.
November 1 2024 The law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, hired by MrBeast to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations against Tyson, concluded that the claims were baseless after interviewing 39 individuals and reviewing over 4.5 million documents.
October 3 2024
KSI
KSI released both songs 'Low' and 'Thick of It' as a double-single release.
September 2024 In September 2024, MrBeast was named as one of the subjects in a class action lawsuit concerning alleged mistreatment, sexual harassment, and unpaid expenses and wages on his reality television series Beast Games.
September 2024 In September 2024, MrBeast announced the launch of the Lunchly brand of snack kits, marketed as a healthier alternative to Lunchables, in a joint venture with fellow YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul.
September 2024
KSI
KSI, Logan Paul, and MrBeast founded a kids lunch kit company known as Lunchly, a joint venture between Prime and Feastables.
August 31 2024
KSI
KSI performed a two-part concert at MF & DAZN: X Series 17, where he previewed two unreleased singles, 'Low' and 'Thick of It' featuring Trippie Redd.
August 17 2024
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KSI, along with the Sidemen, was ranked 21st on The Times's list of 'The UK’s top 30 richest gamers and creators in 2024', with an estimated fortune of £50 million shared among the group.
August 1 2024
KSI
KSI confirmed his withdrawal from the planned bout on Twitter due to an injury he sustained.

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