Ajey Nagar (pronounced [əˈdʒeː ˈnaːɡər] ; born 12 June 1999), better known as CarryMinati, is an Indian YouTuber, streamer and rapper from Faridabad, India. He is known for his roasting videos, comedic skits and reactions to various online topics on his channel CarryMinati. His other channel CarryisLive is dedicated to gaming and live streams. With over 40 million subscribers as of August 2023, he is the most-subscribed individual YouTuber in Asia.In May 2020, his roast video titled "YouTube vs TikTok: The End" caused controversy on YouTube. The video was removed by YouTube for violations against the platform's terms of service, citing reasons such as cyberbullying and harassment.

Early life and education

Ajey Nagar was born on 12 June 1999 in Faridabad, a city near India's national capital New Delhi, He attended Delhi Public school, Faridabad till 2016, when he dropped out to pursue his YouTube career; skipping his Class-XII Board examination because of his nervousness about passing the economics exam. He later completed his schooling through long-distance learning.Nagar's elder brother, Yash Nagar, is a music producer and composer who has collaborated with him as Wily Frenzy.

Career

Ajey Nagar is based in Faridabad, a city near India's national capital New Delhi. Popularly referred to as ''CarryMinati'', Nagar is mainly involved in creating Hindi-language roasting and comedy videos, diss songs, satirical parodies, apart from live gaming. Nagar and his team produce videos out of his home in Faridabad.Nagar began posting videos on YouTube at the age of 10, uploading football tutorial videos on his first YouTube channel ''STeaLThFeArzZ''. His main YouTube channel has been active since 2014. In 2014, the channel's name was ''AddictedA1'' and Nagar would upload recorded video game footage along with his reactions to the game. In 2015, he changed the channel's name to ''CarryDeol'', uploading gameplay footage of ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' while mimicking Sunny Deol. The channel was subsequently renamed to ''CarryMinati''. He became the first Indian YouTuber ever to surpass the milestone of 30 million subscribers in May, 2021 and 40 million subscribers in August, 2023. Beyond India, he also currently has the highest number of subscribers in the Asia region.In early 2017, Nagar created an additional YouTube channel called ''CarryIsLive'', where he live-streams himself playing video games. He has hosted live-streams on this channel, raising funds for victims of Kerala floods in 2018. cyclone Fani in Odisha, Assam floods, Bihar floods and Shaheed's of Pulwama attack in 2019, Bushfires in Australia, COVID’19 and the flooding in Assam and Bihar in 2020. On 4 June, Nagar hosted a four-hour charity live-stream for the victims of 2023 Odisha train collision. The live-stream generated INR 11,87,611.64 with ₹1.5 lakh personal contributions; all the funds were donated to the Chief Minister's relief funds - Government of Odisha.In January, 2023 Nagar created another YouTube channel ''CarryMinati Productions Official,'' where he uploads vlogs and behind the scenes videos.In January 2019, Nagar released a Diss Track called "Bye PewDiePie''"'' in which he criticized PewDiePie, which garnered 22 million views since the release of five month. Same year he released another track "Trigger" in a collaboration with his elder brother Wily Frenzy. This was followed by "Zindagi", "Warrior" and the Diss Track "Yalgaar" in 2020, "Vardaan" in 2021.In year 2020, Nagar collaborated with music composer duo Salim–Sulaiman for the music video ''Date kar Le.''Nagar rap single "Yalgaar" with music by Wily Frenzy, served as the theme song in 2021 film ''The Big Bull''.He had a cameo appearance as himself in the 2022 movie ''Runway 34''.In February 2023, Nagar bought a 10% stake in esports firm Big Bang Esports with business partner Deepak Char.

Other work

In year 2020, Nagar collaborated with music composer duo Salim–Sulaiman for the music video ''Date kar Le.''Nagar rap single "Yalgaar" with music by Wily Frenzy, served as the theme song in 2021 film ''The Big Bull''.He had a cameo appearance as himself in the 2022 movie ''Runway 34''.In February 2023, Nagar bought a 10% stake in esports firm Big Bang Esports with business partner Deepak Char.