Eman Kellam
Emmanuel Kellam Olaniyan is a Nigerian British actor, television presenter and YouTube personality better known as Eman Kellam. He is best known for his appearances on The CBBC Channel and his YouTube Webshow British Slang With Eman Kellam.
Personal life
Olaniyan was born and raised in Lewisham, London, to parents of Nigerian origin. He attended Forest Hill School and then The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology.Career
YouTube Beginnings
Olaniyan started creating content on his YouTube channel "EmansBlogs" in 2012. He started creating video blogs in his kitchen discussing topics that were popular and relevant at that point in time. It was not, however, until 2014 when he uploaded his most viewed video, "Pranking My African Dad", in which he told his father that he had impregnated a 14-year-old girl, that his channel went viral and started to pick up speed and gain subscribers. This video has had over 5 million Views as of July 2018 and has been discussed and shared across various platforms including WorldStarHipHop and Bossip. In January 2016, he appeared on the CBBC Channel as Lifebabble talent on the Scottish BAFTA award nominated show Lifebabble.French Montana "Check Come" Collaboration
On 5 November 2016, French Montana premiered his highly anticipated album MC4 on the Apple Music show OVO Sound Radio. The show was curated by multi award winning artist Drake, Noah "40" Shebib and Oliver El-Khatib in which who Drake also founded the OVO Sound record label with. Olaniyan and his father appeared on the show in a skit linked to a song on MC4 called "Check Come". The skit was taken from Olaniyan's infamous "Pranking My African Dad" prank. Olaniyan confirmed via Twitter that he knew him and his father would be featured and claims he had known and been sworn to secrecy for over two years. So it would be a funny surprise for his and French Montana's followers.CBBC and BBC "Own It"
In February 2018 Olaniyan appeared on The CBBC Channel in the United Kingdom as a guest presenter to promote "BBC Own It", a new online learning resource commissioned by the BBC aimed at 9-12 year olds. Covering a range of topics that would relate to children growing up in the digital age. Own It launched nationally on Tuesday 7 February 2018.British Slang With Celebrities Series
Olaniyan is also known for his "British Slang With Eman Kellam" series on his YouTube channel. In which he asks predominantly American actors to try and figure out the meaning of a slang word commonly used by youth in the United Kingdom. Celebrity guests who have featured include Gabrielle Union, Denzel Washington, Childish Gambino, Regina Hall, Dave Franco, Cara Delevingne and Golden Globe Award nominated actress and creator of HBO's Insecure, Issa Rae.| Episode Number | Guest/s featured in Episode | Release Date |
| 1 | Unge | 1 July 2015 |
| 2 | Ben Hardy, Tye Sheridan & Alexandra Shipp | 24 May 2016 |
| 3 | Dave Franco | 8 August 2016 |
| 4 | Nathan Zed | 24 August 2016 |
| 5 | RJ Cyler, Dacre Montgomery & Ludi Lin | 16 March 2017 |
| 6 | Becky G & Naomi Scott | 23 March 2017 |
| 7 | Kaya Scodelario & Brenton Thwaites | 24 May 2017 |
| 8 | Demetrius Shipp Jr. | 30 June 2017 |
| 9 | Cara Delevingne & Dane Dehaan | 25 July 2017 |
| 10 | Gabrielle Union & Ajiona Alexus | 6 May 2018 |
| 11 | Childish Gambino & Phoebe Waller-Bridge | 19 May 2018 |
| 12 | Denzel Washington | 11 August 2018 |
| 13 | Shameik Moore | 9 December 2018 |
| 14 | John Cena | 13 December 2018 |
| 15 | Zachary Levi | 22 March 2019 |
| 16 | Regina Hall, Issa Rae & Marsai Martin | 7 April 2019 |
| 17 | Daniel Kaluuya & Jodie Turner-Smith | 2 February 2020 |