Yung Filly's rise from Colombian refugee who went from living above a chicken shop to YouTube stardom and playing alongside football legends in charity match

Youtube star Yung Filly, 28, has had an impeccable rise to fame over the years As he's annnounced in the line-up for Sundown Festival 2024 and his YouTube channel reaches almost 2 million subscribers, there appears to be no stopping Yung Filly. 28-year-old Youtube star Yung Filly has been captivating audiences since his surfacing on Youtube as a member of the popular Beta Squad Yung Filly first shot to fame in collaboration with Beta Squad, a group which included Chunkz and KSI's boxer brother Deji Olatunji, in 2019. Filly appeared on BBC's The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C in 2022 Having joined forces with five fellow content creators - such as Sky Sports co-host Chunkz and KSI 's brother Deji Olatunji - Beta Squad's inception began in February 2019 The media star took the stage and performed for thousands at Glastonbury in 2017 Filly has admitted he was raised single-handedly by his mother, Maria - who he has since retired - in an apartment above a fried chicken shop, alongside his two siblings Born in Colombia, Yung Filly and his family, including his mother Maria, arrived as refugees in the UK when he was just two-years-old, where they settled in Lewisham, south east London. Filly has played football in charity matches with some of the sport's former greats, such as David Villa, Kaka and Chelsea legend Drogba Filly's ambitions have extended far beyond the confines of online entertainment - he soon began conquering the music industry and has since collaborated with rappers such as Aitch He said: 'I remember we used to live in Ladywell.