Ajey Nagar

Ajey Nagar is an Indian YouTuber and streamer from Faridabad, India. He is known for his comedic skits and reactions to various online topics on his channel CarryMinati.

CarryMinati
Personal information
BornAjey Nagar
(1999-06-12) 12 June 1999[1]
Faridabad, Haryana, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Also known as
  • Carry
  • Ajey
  • CarryMinati
ChannelsCarryMinati
CarryIsLive
LocationIndia
Genre
SubscribersCarryMinati: 22.3 million
CarryIsLive: 5.96 million
Total viewsCarryMinati: 1.5 billion
CarryIsLive: 552.9 million
NetworkOne Digital Entertainment
100,000 subscribers 2016
1,000,000 subscribers 2017
10,000,000 subscribers 2020
Updated 21 June 2020

Early life

Nagar was born on 12 June 1999 in Faridabad,[1] a city near India's national capital New Delhi,[2] where he is based.[3] He attended school till 2016, when he dropped out to pursue his YouTube career;[3] he decided to skip his Class-XII Board examination after feeling unconfident about the economics examination, and later completed it through distance learning.[1]

Career

Popularly referred to as 'CarryMinati', or just 'Carry',[4] Ajey Nagar is known for his distinctive and energetic Hindi-language commentary.[3][2] He is mainly involved in creating diss songs, satirical parodies and comedy, apart from live gaming.[5]

Nagar started posting videos on YouTube since he was 10 years old.[2] Initially, he posted videos where he performed mimicry of Sunny Deol and played video games.[6] His first channel featured football tricks and skills.CarryMinati is his original YouTube channel, which has been active since 2014.[3] In 2014, the channel's name was AddictedA1 and Nagar used to upload recorded video game footage along with his reactions on the game. The channel was not very successful. In 2015, the Channel's name became CarryDeol, on which Nagar uploaded footage of playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive while mimicking Sunny Deol. Subsequently, he changed the name of the channel to CarryMinati when he started 'roasting people'.[7] In early 2017, Nagar started another YouTube channel called CarryIsLive, where he live-streams himself playing video games.[3]

Along with his team, Nagar uses a part of his Faridabad house as a studio for producing content.[4]

In 2020, Nagar posted a YouTube video titled ‘TikTok vs YouTube’, which targetted the TikTok influencer, Amir Siddiqui. It was removed by YouTube India for violating the platform's terms of service regarding harassment.[8]

Discography

Singles and collaborations
Year Track Artist Notes
2019 "Bye Pewdiepie"[9] CarryMinati Diss track[10][11]
2019 "Trigger" [12] CarryMinati (with Vibgyor) First single
2020 "Zindagi"[13] CarryMinati and Wily Frenzy
2020 "Warrior"[14] CarryMinati and Wily Frenzy
2020 "Yalgaar"[15][16][17] CarryMinati and Wily Frenzy

Awards and recognition

See Also

References
  1. World, Republic (20 September 2019). "CarryMinati: How the boy from Haryana became the Roast King of India". Republic World. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. Kidangoor, Abhishyant (16 May 2019). "'You Should Be Yourself.' How a Viral YouTube Star Is Embracing His Indian Roots". Time. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. Hemrajani, Nikhil (31 March 2017). "The Indian gaming stars who catch your eye". Mint. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. "Millionaires in the Making". Business Today. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. Singal, Aastha (23 September 2019). "YouTube a Priority over Netflix – CarryMinati". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. "Social media sensations CarryMinati and Prajakta Koli: Jio changed India". India Today. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. Kamdar, Shraddha (12 July 2019). "Find your niche, says YouTuber Ajey Nagar, aka CarryMinati". Femina. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. Gill, Prabhjote (15 May 2020). "Carry Minati's 'YouTube vs TikTok' video removed for violating terms of service — fans claim injustice". businessinsider.in. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. CarryMinati (1 January 2019), Bye Pewdiepie | Carryminati, retrieved 30 March 2020
  10. "How India conquered YouTube". Financial Times. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. "Watch: Indian YouTuber CarryMinati attacks PewDiePie as T-Series 'feud' continues". Scroll.in. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. CarryMinati (20 April 2019), TRIGGER | CARRYMINATI X VIBGYOR, retrieved 30 March 2020
  13. CarryMinati (17 January 2020), Zindagi | CARRYMINATI X Wily Frenzy, retrieved 30 March 2020
  14. CarryMinati (24 April 2020), Warrior | CARRYMINATI X Wily Frenzy, retrieved 24 April 2020
  15. CarryMinati (5 June 2020), Yalgaar | CARRYMINATI X Wily Frenzy, retrieved 5 June 2020
  16. "CarryMinati continues YouTube vs TikTok battle with his latest song 'Yalgaar'". The Indian Express. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  17. "Yalgaar By CarryMinati Beats Akshay Kumar's Track To Become The Most LIKED Indian Video!".
  18. "Indian YouTuber Ajey Nagar named by Time magazine among Next Generation Leaders 2019". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  19. Pant, Harshita (17 May 2019). "India represent! Star YouTuber CarryMinati named one of the Next Generation Leaders of 2019 by TIME magazine!". Times Now News. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  20. "With nearly 7 million subscribers, Indian YouTuber CarryMinati among TIME magazine's Next Generation Leaders". Republic World. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.


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