Theifys
Theifys
Theifys (born April 12, 1997) is an American Instagram star that grew to prominence in 2018. He is lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia. [1]
About
Social media star who has risen to fame for his theifys Instagram account.
He has gained massive popularity by posting content featuring people with disabilities to spread awareness on the conditions that people experience throughout the world.
He also posts short comedic videos.
He launched his Instagram account in February 2018. He has seen his Instagram account grow to more than 80,000 followers. He has also runs a YouTube channel titled Theifys. Famous Birthdays has him featured on their website.
Before the fame
Before growing a massive following base through social media, Theifys used to play basketball for Duluth High School.
He was the captain of his team and All-Region top player.
He led his school to the playoffs for the first time since 1999.
Being the best player on his team made him well known through out the City of Duluth.
The little bit of fame started early for him, which one could say has helped him adjust to his lifestyle now.
He was always a quiet and reserved student, but very creative and ambitious.
He never used social media until his senior year of high school.
Personal Life
Theifys was born in Lagos, Nigeria.
Him and his family moved to the United States when he was five years old.
He doesn't post his family on his social media and tries to keep that part of his life very private.
He has a brother that graduated from one of the top Ivy league schools in the Country (Yale University).
Him and his brother are very close.
He and Victoria Waldrip have become close friends through their Instagram content.
Their first video they made together was in 2018.
The video went viral after a few hours and they have been friends ever since.
He has also been reposted by Rihanna and Ariana Grande
Theifys is currently enrolled in The University of North Georgia, where he is majoring in communicaton.
He plans on graduating in 2020.
Even though he attends school, he still tries to balance out his social media life and his social life.
He spends a lot of time helping out kids, people with disablities, the homeless, and people with depression.
Viral
Theifys first viral video was in June 2018.
He was reposted by WorldStarHipHop which hit over 2 million views the first day.
He started gaining massive popularity for his short comedic videos by his window.
On September 17, 2018 he posted his famous bathtub video with him eating grapes in the tub with his teddy bear.
The video didn't start to go viral until after a months’ time.
It was reposted on Facebook and went viral hitting more than 10 million views on one page and another 11 million views on another page.
On November 1, 2018, his video had sparked everyone’s attention.
He was reposted by Rihanna.
She had not posted in a while, and a lot of her fans where worried about when she would be dropping her anticipated new album.
She reposted Theifys video to voice out her plans of "self care", while ignoring everyone and going ghost.
His video landed #1 on Capitalxtra for 7 times Rihanna Hilariously Avoided
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He has been reposted by other well-known celebrities such as Niecy Nash, Ariana Grande, Tanisha Thomas, and more.
Relationship
He is currently not in a relationship but used to have an account with his teddy bear that helped him gain more popularity.
Her name was Erica Sanchez.
Even though it was for entertainment, his followers loved the comedic relationship they had.
Her account is currently deactivated due to his decision of moving forward with things.
Trivia
Theifys's astrological sign is Aries.
Strengths: Courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, honest, passionate
Weaknesses: Impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive, aggressive