{"id":45704,"date":"2024-02-12T13:37:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1990597"},"modified":"2024-02-12T14:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:09:26","slug":"did-the-sidemen-split-up-drama-explained","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/did-the-sidemen-split-up-drama-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Sidemen split up? Drama explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one can forget the summer of 2017. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 12 February 2024 at 12:37 PM<\/p>

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Many of those who grew up watching the likes of The Sidemen, Jake and Logan Paul and RiceGum will undoubtedly remember the summer of 2017.<\/p>\n

Dubbed \u201cdiss track season\u201d, \u201cSidemen beef\u201d or the \u201c2017 Sidemen War\u201d, August 2017 saw the group of friends go head-to-head in a series of diss tracks, after KSI revealed he was leaving the YouTube group, leading to an online frenzy like no other.<\/p>\n

It seems almost a fever dream now, especially given the group are still together, almost as if they never split up.<\/p>\n

Netflix\u2019s new documentary, The Sidemen Story<\/a>, explores the group\u2019s meteoric rise to fame and all the struggles in between \u2013 including KSI\u2019s departure from the group. But did he ever really leave?<\/p>\n

In case you find yourself casting your mind back to the summer of 2017, here is a full guide to everything that went down.<\/p>\n

The Sidemen 2017 drama explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It all began at the beginning of August 2017, stemming from an original dispute between Ethan Payne (Behzinga) and Olajide \u2018JJ\u2019 Olatunji (KSI).<\/p>\n

In a video that has now reached 10 million views, KSI flew to Los Angeles and announced he was leaving the group.<\/p>\n

In the four minute clip, KSI claimed he was leaving because of Ethan, and ended the video of him recording a diss track.<\/p>\n