If you're British and/or a football fan then this man shouldn't need to be introduced. But recently he's had a surge in subscribers in his few videos about Logan Paul and about the boxing fight between Logan and KSI. Because of this he recently hit one million subscribers and I may be biased but he definitely deserves it, here's a history of Brian Davis, aka The True Geordie.
Humble beginnings
The True Geordie began his journey on YouTube in a completely accidental way, his first video was entitled 'A True Geordie's View On Nile Ranger' in which he responded (explicitly) to a footballer named Nile Ranger who had criticized the fans of Geordie's beloved Newcastle United, Ranger said that if the fans are going to boo then they shouldn't come to the games (The fans booed after Newcastle lost 1-2 against Reading). Geordie explains how Ranger is a hypocrite because Ranger brought a lot of shame onto Newcastle and he isn't a good player anyways. Geordie explains that the Newcastle fans don't demand a team that wins, they only demand a team that tries and Ranger doesn't do neither of those things, because he isn't good enough anyways. Despite being a Sunderland fan I understood where Geordie was coming from, because every single football club has had to deal with a player who thinks he's bigger than the club itself.
But then the video takes a personal turn for Geordie, when he's talking about Newcastle he explains that he's had friends who've died who would've loved to be in Ranger's position and how they would've been so grateful to get a game and put on the shirt even against the lesser sides. Geordie says that his friends who've died would've understood that the fans just want a team that tries.
Ironically Geordie deleted the video the first time he uploaded it but he got a text from a friend from deep sea diving (before YouTube Geordie was a deep sea diver after he failed to get any work after college) who basically said that Geordie was saying everything the fans wanted too but didn't have the platform to do so, so he re-uploaded and the rest is history. As of writing the video has 318,000 views
After the video got 20,000 views (a lot of views for him back in 2013) he decided to continue with the opinionated football videos recorded on his trusty iPhone. Although he's privatized most of them they were reviews on Newcastle games, what made Geordie a popular figure is that he spoke the truth, he didn't sugarcoat anything. He was famous for his then catchphrase "Does my drinking offend you?"
Commentary and podcasting
After a few years of slowly building up his audience Geordie progressed onto two main things: commentating and podcasts. His first 'big gig' was commentating over Spencer Owen's Wembley Cup in 2015, a football tournament made up of Spencer Owen's team 'Spencer FC' and that year they played 'Sidemen United' it was YouTubes first big sporting event so far, and Geordie loved it. A participant on the Sidemen United team known as KSI (the biggest UK YouTuber) tweeted about how Geordie killed it on commentary and it meant a lot to Geordie as he had admired KSI's videos for years and he remarked 'If he (KSI) believes that then maybe I can do this'
He then did the Wembley Cup again in 2016 and he said he felt that he belonged at that point. Also he had started a podcast after he'd been watching Joe Rogan for years he felt that it was time to create his own. The first few episodes of the True Geordie Podcast hosted alongside Laurence McKenna had guests such as Spencer Owen and ex-professional footballer Jimmy Conrad. Then on one podcast he had the guest called Joe Weller, and Weller had explained how KSI had basically made his career
'That is literally the birth of my opportunities. That is where it all began, obviously I can't be more grateful' - Joe Weller on how KSI gave him his start on YouTube.
After this Joe Weller decided to have a boxing fight against his friend and frequent collaborator Theo Baker. By then he had done music and wrestling videos. Weller had asked Geordie to commentate said fight and Geordie done so by holding an iPhone up to his mouth over the pre-recorded footage. Weller uploaded the video and KSI sarcastically commented that he wanted to fight the winner (Weller beat Baker). Although it was originally meant as joke it took a literal meaning as Joe Weller and KSI had actually agreed to fight each other in a boxing match, and of course Geordie commentated on that fight too. Then Logan Paul uploaded the now infamous video of him going into the Japanese Suicide Forest and finding a dead body. This affected quite a lot of people and it affected Geordie too, because Geordie himself has had experience with suicide and the effects it has, as one of his close friends had committed suicide so to see Paul upload this video was a real kick in the teeth to Geordie who knows what it's like to lose someone to suicide. Geordie made a touching and powerful response video in which he grilled Logan Paul just like he did Ranger all those years earlier but something unique in that video happened too, he actually cried. This was huge because Geordie has always been the honest talking big man of YouTube, it shows the affect the video had if it's reduced to man such as Geordie to tears
"It's sad when someone feels like there's no other option or that's the best possible option: death" - Geordie in his response to Logan Paul's suicide forest video
Geordie remarked that he'd probably never meet Paul but at least he had said what he needed/wanted to say. He then interviewed Joe Weller and KSI before their big fight, and Geordie wasn't sure that Weller (a close friend) could actually win the fight itself. He knew that KSI had belief that he'd beat Weller. KSI was so confident that he asked Geordie to remind him to call out the same Logan Paul that he'd made the video on. KSI and Weller then had their fight, KSI won after being in control the whole fight in all honesty, Weller wasn't throwing any punches and it made it very easy for KSI to get the win, Geordie said it was hard to commentate as he was watching his good friend get punched and punched. After the fight Geordie then reminded KSI to call out Logan Paul like he said he would, the biggest event in YouTube history was born.
Logan Paul wasn't too happy with KSI calling him out, he had never been called out before and he's known as a guy who won't back down for a challenge. Logan wasn't too happy with Geordie because of Geordie's response video to the Suicide Forest video and was upset that Geordie reminded KSI to call him out, even though KSI had asked Geordie to do so. Paul had referred to Geordie as 'the white DJ Khaled', the stage was set, and the road to KSI - Logan Paul began. Before the fight they did two press conferences, the first one which was in LA and the second was in London. The first press conference was dominated by Logan Paul fans and KSI was well and truly not in his own turf. The UK press conference was a different story, Geordie was asked to moderate this press conference, but it'd be a lot harder than what Geordie was used too. Logan Paul definitely knew who Geordie was, however the crowd was so loud that Geordie couldn't ask any questions to Logan and the press conference just became a platform to shout abuse at Logan Paul, and Logan himself actually walked off the stage. The fight came around, Geordie, Laurence McKenna and Joe Weller were on commentary, the fight between KSI and Logan definitely lived up to the hype, although controversy arose as it ended in a draw, with some believing the fight was fixed, although I personally think it's rubbish.
This is Geordie's journey so far, the future is bright for him and the only way is up for him.
Why do I like him?
Like I said in my writing about his story, the reason people like Geordie so much is because he's a no nonsense man. But also I admire how far Geordie has come, because Geordie has said multiple times that he struggled in education and his English teacher in college said he wouldn't amount to much, it's safe to say he's proved him wrong. Although I personally love the Podcast, currently he has 100 episodes of it and each of them are amazing. He's had guests such as Shaun Atwood on, who was backed by the Mexican Mafia and who's main competition was Sammy Gravano of the Gambino Crime family, and he's Daniel Portman who played Podrick Payne, Tyrion Lannister's squire in Game of Thrones. This shows he has a variety of guests, because it's good to have different people on, because I enjoy his football content for example but I couldn't have only football podcasts, it'd get stale.
Why is he revolutionary?
He is a revolutionary as he's made a career for himself on a completely new form of media, YouTube. Because TV nowadays is slowly losing traction to the internets form of media such as: YouTube, Netflix and all the other online websites. Because it's a fact that more people are looking online for videos and their news. And considering millions of people use the new form of media it's a lot harder to make a career but Geordie has managed to do in a age where it's everyone for themselves.
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