Jump to content

Twomad: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→Life and internet career: Clarify the penis incident
→Life and internet career: Clean up controversies section
Line 35: Line 35:
In the following years, Sedik gained a reputation as an [[Internet troll]] and [[Practical jokes|prankster]]{{Emdash}}one whose fans eagerly consumed his "outlandish [[Sketch comedy|sketches]] and awkward online encounters". The website ''[[The Daily Dot|Passionfru.it]]'' said he was known for his [[cringe comedy]], and many of his antics became popular Internet memes among [[Generation Z]] users.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Friedberg |first=Brian |date=2020 |title=SPACE INVADERS: THE NETWORKED TERRAIN OF ZOOM BOMBING |url=https://mediamanipulation.org/sites/default/files/2020-07/TSC002_Zoombombing.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Technology and Social Change |pages=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220121016/https://mediamanipulation.org/sites/default/files/2020-07/TSC002_Zoombombing.pdf |archive-date=February 20, 2024 |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref> ''Passionfru.it'' thought Sedik's content was "a fever dream. Made for teenagers, it is full of extreme and [[wikt:edgy|edgy]] editing."<ref name=":3" />
In the following years, Sedik gained a reputation as an [[Internet troll]] and [[Practical jokes|prankster]]{{Emdash}}one whose fans eagerly consumed his "outlandish [[Sketch comedy|sketches]] and awkward online encounters". The website ''[[The Daily Dot|Passionfru.it]]'' said he was known for his [[cringe comedy]], and many of his antics became popular Internet memes among [[Generation Z]] users.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Friedberg |first=Brian |date=2020 |title=SPACE INVADERS: THE NETWORKED TERRAIN OF ZOOM BOMBING |url=https://mediamanipulation.org/sites/default/files/2020-07/TSC002_Zoombombing.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Technology and Social Change |pages=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220121016/https://mediamanipulation.org/sites/default/files/2020-07/TSC002_Zoombombing.pdf |archive-date=February 20, 2024 |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref> ''Passionfru.it'' thought Sedik's content was "a fever dream. Made for teenagers, it is full of extreme and [[wikt:edgy|edgy]] editing."<ref name=":3" />


Sedik enjoyed further attention during the [[COVID pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]]. In April 2020, he asked his [[Twitter]] (now known as [[Twitter under Elon Musk|X]]) followers to message him links to [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] meetings so that he could join and play pranks on them, an [[Internet]] trend known as "[[zoombombing]]". He spent several weeks disrupting their unsuspecting [[online classes]].<ref name=":0" /> One of the resulting videos became the most viewed on his YouTube channel, and [[BBC News]] showed clips from it in a report on zoombombing.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7" /> ''Passionfru.it'' credited him with popularizing the trend.<ref name=":3" /> In 2020, Sedik's channel rose dramatically from 960,000 to 2.2 million subscribers.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Weiss |first=Geoff |date=2020-04-16 |title=A Lot Of YouTube Creators Just Disclosed Their Declining AdSense Rates Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic. Most Are Down At Least 20%, With A Few Bright Spots. |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/04/16/creators-disclose-declining-adsense-rates-coronavirus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529153812/https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/04/16/creators-disclose-declining-adsense-rates-coronavirus/ |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Tubefilter]]}}</ref> A 2021 article stated he had over 844,000 Twitter followers.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Oh |first=Won-Seok |date=2021-12-06 |title=BTS와 마오쩌둥 합성한 사진 들고 콘서트 인증한 유튜버 |trans-title=Certification of BTS concert with ‘Mao Zedong BTS composite’ photo… Racism is loud |url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25029843 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=[[Joongang Ilbo]] |language=ko |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223213936/https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25029843 |url-status=live }}</ref> His [[cost per mille]] on YouTube decreased by 8% to $3.40, a minor loss compared to other YouTubers during the pandemic.<ref name=":4" /> Sedik was also a member of EpicSMP, a ''[[Minecraft]]'' series featuring many well-known content creators.<ref name=":5" /> In 2022, he did a suggestive [[cosplay]] photoshoot with internet personality [[Belle Delphine]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Chung |first=Gabrielle |date=February 15, 2024 |title=YouTuber Twomad Dead at 23 |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1395245/youtuber-twomad-dead-at-23 |access-date=March 18, 2024 |website=[[E! Online]] |archive-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318101836/https://www.eonline.com/news/1395245/youtuber-twomad-dead-at-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Sedik enjoyed further attention during the [[COVID pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]]. In April 2020, he asked his [[Twitter]] (now known as [[Twitter under Elon Musk|X]]) followers to message him links to [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] meetings so that he could join and play pranks on them, an [[Internet]] trend known as "[[zoombombing]]". He spent several weeks disrupting their unsuspecting [[online classes]].<ref name=":0" /> One of the resulting videos became the most viewed on his YouTube channel, and [[BBC News]] showed clips from it in a report on zoombombing.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7" /> ''Passionfru.it'' credited him with popularizing the trend.<ref name=":3" /> In 2020, Sedik's channel rose dramatically from 960,000 to 2.2 million subscribers.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Weiss |first=Geoff |date=2020-04-16 |title=A Lot Of YouTube Creators Just Disclosed Their Declining AdSense Rates Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic. Most Are Down At Least 20%, With A Few Bright Spots. |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/04/16/creators-disclose-declining-adsense-rates-coronavirus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529153812/https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/04/16/creators-disclose-declining-adsense-rates-coronavirus/ |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Tubefilter]]}}</ref> A 2021 article stated he had over 844,000 Twitter followers.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Oh |first=Won-Seok |date=2021-12-06 |title=BTS와 마오쩌둥 합성한 사진 들고 콘서트 인증한 유튜버 |trans-title=Certification of BTS concert with ‘Mao Zedong BTS composite’ photo… Racism is loud |url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25029843 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=[[Joongang Ilbo]] |language=ko |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223213936/https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25029843 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sedik was also a member of EpicSMP, a ''[[Minecraft]]'' series featuring many well-known content creators.<ref name=":5" /> In 2022, he did a suggestive [[cosplay]] photoshoot with internet personality [[Belle Delphine]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Chung |first=Gabrielle |date=February 15, 2024 |title=YouTuber Twomad Dead at 23 |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1395245/youtuber-twomad-dead-at-23 |access-date=March 18, 2024 |website=[[E! Online]] |archive-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318101836/https://www.eonline.com/news/1395245/youtuber-twomad-dead-at-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Sedik attracted criticism and controversy. In 2023, he [[tweeted]] a photo of [[Murder of Brianna Ghey|Brianna Ghey]], a recently murdered [[transgender]] teenager, claiming she was his "girlfriend".<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" /> In 2019, he was criticized by [[K-pop]] fans and accused of [[racism]] after portraying [[BTS]] member [[Jimin]] in a video by wearing [[Whiteface (performance)|whiteface]] and a blond wig. In 2021, Sedik attended a BTS concert wearing an [[Asian conical hat]] and holding a [[Photograph manipulation|manipulated photograph]] blending the faces of BTS member [[V (singer)|V]] and [[Mao Zedong]], joking that it depicted his father.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Jeon |first=Hyeong-ju |date=2021-12-13 |title=美 유명 유튜버, BTS 정국+中마오쩌둥 합성사진 들고 '내 아빠' |trans-title=Famous American YouTuber holds a composite photo of BTS's Jungkook and China's Mao Zedong and says, 'My dad' |url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2021121314034674494 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=[[Maeil Business Newspaper]] |language=ko |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223214848/https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2021121314034674494 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, he started selling "[[Nigger|N-word passes]]". In 2022, police were called and removed Sedik from [[Six Flags Magic Mountain]] after an altercation, causing another guest to the call the police in a now-deleted video.<ref name=":3" />
In 2023, Sedik was criticized after [[tweeted]] a photo of [[Murder of Brianna Ghey|Brianna Ghey]], a recently murdered [[transgender]] teenager, stating she was his "girlfriend".<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" /> In 2019, he was criticized by [[K-pop]] fans and accused of [[racism]] after portraying [[BTS]] member [[Jimin]] in a video by wearing [[Whiteface (performance)|whiteface]] and a blond wig. In 2021, Sedik attended a BTS concert wearing an [[Asian conical hat]] and holding an edited photograph blending the faces of BTS member [[V (singer)|V]] and [[Mao Zedong]], joking that it depicted his father.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Jeon |first=Hyeong-ju |date=2021-12-13 |title=美 유명 유튜버, BTS 정국+中마오쩌둥 합성사진 들고 '내 아빠' |trans-title=Famous American YouTuber holds a composite photo of BTS's Jungkook and China's Mao Zedong and says, 'My dad' |url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2021121314034674494 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=[[Maeil Business Newspaper]] |language=ko |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223214848/https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2021121314034674494 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, police were called and removed Sedik from [[Six Flags Magic Mountain]] after an altercation, causing another guest to the call the police in a now-deleted video.<ref name=":3" />


An [[obituary]] in the ''[[Manila Bulletin]]'' stated multiple people have accused Sedik of harassment; ''[[osu!]]'' YouTuber Goldibell accused Sedik of repeated [[sexual assault]] and harassment and shared alleged screenshots of inappropriate messages she had received from him.<ref name=":5" /> Goldibell also accused him of stalking her after they cut ties. Sedik vehemently denied the allegations online.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Ganz |first=Jami |date=February 14, 2024 |title=YouTuber Twomad found dead at 23 of suspected overdose |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/14/youtuber-twomad-death-suspected-overdose-assault-allegations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215001158/https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/14/youtuber-twomad-death-suspected-overdose-assault-allegations/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 15, 2024 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> Sedik usually responded to queries with Internet memes and disingenuous remarks. Because of the controversies, fellow [[Content creation|content creators]] began to distance themselves from Sedik. After he went on a year-long YouTube hiatus and his tweets became more disturbing and nonsensical, some raised concerns about his mental health.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7" />
An [[obituary]] in the ''[[Manila Bulletin]]'' stated multiple people have accused Sedik of harassment; ''[[osu!]]'' YouTuber Goldibell accused Sedik of repeated [[sexual assault]] and harassment and shared alleged screenshots of inappropriate messages she had received from him.<ref name=":5" /> Goldibell also accused him of stalking her after they cut ties. Sedik vehemently denied the allegations online.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Ganz |first=Jami |date=February 14, 2024 |title=YouTuber Twomad found dead at 23 of suspected overdose |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/14/youtuber-twomad-death-suspected-overdose-assault-allegations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215001158/https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/14/youtuber-twomad-death-suspected-overdose-assault-allegations/ |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |access-date=February 15, 2024 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> Sedik usually responded to queries with Internet memes and disingenuous remarks. Because of the controversies, fellow [[Content creation|content creators]] began to distance themselves from Sedik. After he went on a year-long YouTube hiatus and his tweets became more disturbing and nonsensical, some raised concerns about his mental health.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7" />

Revision as of 15:41, 24 July 2024

Twomad
Sedik in 2019 on the Cold Ones Podcast
Personal information
Born
Muudea Sedik

(2000-12-17)December 17, 2000
Canada
DiedFebruary 2024 (age 23)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2016–2024
Subscribers4.66 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: March 24, 2024

Muudea Sedik (December 17, 2000 – February 2024), better known as Twomad, was a Canadian YouTuber and live streamer based in Los Angeles.

Sedik created his main YouTube channel in 2017. He made gaming videos before becoming known as an Internet troll and prankster. Several clips of him became Internet memes; the first was a viral clip in which he sings "goodnight, girl, I'll see you tomorrow" to the camera before abruptly falling over. In 2020, Sedik’s zoombombing videos went viral, and he surpassed 2 million subscribers. On February 13 2024, Sedik was found deceased in his Los Angeles residence due to a suspected drug overdose.

Life and internet career

Muudea Sedik was born on December 17, 2000,[2] in Canada to an Ethiopian family.[P 1]: 7:12 [P 2]: 1:22  As a teenager, Sedik started gaining followers online after posting comedic "meme edits" of gameplay footage on YouTube and Reddit, the first of which featured Overwatch (2016) gameplay of the character Lúcio. When he was 16, Sedik decided he was making enough online advertising revenue to drop out of school, and, much to his father's chagrin, become a full-time YouTuber.[2][P 1]: 15:42–17:30  While he created his first YouTube channel in April 2016,[P 3] his main channel was created in August 2017.[P 4]

In 2019, a short clip of Sedik saying "goodnight, girl, I’ll see you tomorrow" in a mock video message before abruptly falling over became an Internet meme. It spread to other social media platforms, such as Instagram, and was featured in other meme edits.[2] He began live streaming on Twitch early that year, playing games such as Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege (2015), but was banned later in the year after a user he was conversing with on the randomized chat website Omegle showed his penis to the camera during a livestream.[3] Afterwards, he began streaming on YouTube. Sedik was also active on Twitter, Instagram, and Discord.[4] In early 2018, Sedik started uploading popular compilations featuring short clips of himself.[3]

In the following years, Sedik gained a reputation as an Internet troll and prankster—one whose fans eagerly consumed his "outlandish sketches and awkward online encounters". The website Passionfru.it said he was known for his cringe comedy, and many of his antics became popular Internet memes among Generation Z users.[3][5] Passionfru.it thought Sedik's content was "a fever dream. Made for teenagers, it is full of extreme and edgy editing."[3]

Sedik enjoyed further attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, he asked his Twitter (now known as X) followers to message him links to Zoom meetings so that he could join and play pranks on them, an Internet trend known as "zoombombing". He spent several weeks disrupting their unsuspecting online classes.[5] One of the resulting videos became the most viewed on his YouTube channel, and BBC News showed clips from it in a report on zoombombing.[2][4] Passionfru.it credited him with popularizing the trend.[3] In 2020, Sedik's channel rose dramatically from 960,000 to 2.2 million subscribers.[2][6] A 2021 article stated he had over 844,000 Twitter followers.[7] Sedik was also a member of EpicSMP, a Minecraft series featuring many well-known content creators.[2] In 2022, he did a suggestive cosplay photoshoot with internet personality Belle Delphine.[3][8]

In 2023, Sedik was criticized after tweeted a photo of Brianna Ghey, a recently murdered transgender teenager, stating she was his "girlfriend".[2][3] In 2019, he was criticized by K-pop fans and accused of racism after portraying BTS member Jimin in a video by wearing whiteface and a blond wig. In 2021, Sedik attended a BTS concert wearing an Asian conical hat and holding an edited photograph blending the faces of BTS member V and Mao Zedong, joking that it depicted his father.[7][9] In 2022, police were called and removed Sedik from Six Flags Magic Mountain after an altercation, causing another guest to the call the police in a now-deleted video.[3]

An obituary in the Manila Bulletin stated multiple people have accused Sedik of harassment; osu! YouTuber Goldibell accused Sedik of repeated sexual assault and harassment and shared alleged screenshots of inappropriate messages she had received from him.[2] Goldibell also accused him of stalking her after they cut ties. Sedik vehemently denied the allegations online.[10] Sedik usually responded to queries with Internet memes and disingenuous remarks. Because of the controversies, fellow content creators began to distance themselves from Sedik. After he went on a year-long YouTube hiatus and his tweets became more disturbing and nonsensical, some raised concerns about his mental health.[2][4]

Death

On February 13, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Department performed a welfare check on Sedik after he had been uncommunicative for several days. Sedik was found deceased in his Los Angeles residence at the age of 23. Authorities discovered drug paraphernalia at the scene, prompting an investigation into his death as a possible drug overdose.[10][11] Subsequently, it was noted by fans that Sedik's accounts remained online on the platform Discord and video game Overwatch 2 for several days after he died.[12][13]

Shortly after TMZ reported the incident, YouTuber Jameskii publicly accused Sedik of criminal behavior such as rape and pedophilia. Jameskii also claimed Sedik had made multiple attempts on his life due to his cooperation with law enforcement in investigations against Sedik.[4] Conversely, Goldibell expressed condolences to Sedik's family, stating her neutral feelings towards his death.[8] The Manila Bulletin described Sedik's legacy as contentious and polarized, with some choosing to recognize his death as "the loss of a meme icon".[2] At the time of his death, his YouTube channel had accumulated 156 videos and garnered over 200 million views.[4]

References

  1. ^ "About @Threemad". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Eulalia, Poch (February 20, 2024). "The tragic downfall of Twomad". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Asarch, Steven (July 25, 2023). "New Court Documents Detail Abuse Allegations Against YouTube Prankster Twomad". Passionfru.it. Archived from the original on February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Who is YouTuber Twomad, found dead in his Los Angeles home?". The Indian Express. February 17, 2024. Archived from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Friedberg, Brian (2020). "SPACE INVADERS: THE NETWORKED TERRAIN OF ZOOM BOMBING" (PDF). Technology and Social Change: 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  6. ^ Weiss, Geoff (April 16, 2020). "A Lot Of YouTube Creators Just Disclosed Their Declining AdSense Rates Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic. Most Are Down At Least 20%, With A Few Bright Spots". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Oh, Won-Seok (December 6, 2021). "BTS와 마오쩌둥 합성한 사진 들고 콘서트 인증한 유튜버" [Certification of BTS concert with ‘Mao Zedong BTS composite’ photo… Racism is loud]. Joongang Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Chung, Gabrielle (February 15, 2024). "YouTuber Twomad Dead at 23". E! Online. Archived from the original on March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  9. ^ Jeon, Hyeong-ju (December 13, 2021). "美 유명 유튜버, BTS 정국+中마오쩌둥 합성사진 들고 '내 아빠'" [Famous American YouTuber holds a composite photo of BTS's Jungkook and China's Mao Zedong and says, 'My dad']. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  10. ^ a b Ganz, Jami (February 14, 2024). "YouTuber Twomad found dead at 23 of suspected overdose". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  11. ^ "YouTuber Twomad Dead at Age 23". Inside Edition. February 16, 2024. Archived from the original on March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  12. ^ "Muere a los 23 años el 'youtuber' Twomad en extrañas circunstancias" [YouTuber Twomad dies, 23, in strange circumstances]. El Correo (in Spanish). February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  13. ^ Blázquez Gil, Mario (February 15, 2024). "El youtuber Twomad muere a los 23 años" [YouTuber Twomad dies at 23]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved February 18, 2024.

Primary sources

  1. ^ a b Twomad Goes To Bed (Podcast). Cold Ones. November 25, 2019. Archived from the original on February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Sedik, Muudea (January 7, 2022). Soo I googled myself… (Video). twomad. Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "twomad 360 - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "twomad - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twomad&oldid=1236416378"