DJ Bloo

Syamsul Ibrahim (born June 18, 2001), also known by the stage name DJ Bloo, is a Singaporean-Borneo EDM producer and rapper of Malay descent based in Jesselton, Sabah, best known for playing the fictional character Blake Olsen. Syamsul makes music as well as videos on YouTube under the Blake alias. A distinguishing feature is his blue hoodie, featuring the face of the character Bloo from the Cartoon Network animated series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, as well as his blue dyed hair and glowing contact lenses.

Biography
Syamsul was born in Singapore to Malay parents. He and his family immigrated to Patagonia shortly after his 10th birthday, migrating to the city of Gallegos. He grew up watching Cartoon Network, but later changed to Nickelodeon with time. Some of his favorite cartoons included The Powerpuff Girls, Danny Phantom, The Fairly OddParents and most notably Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. He reportedly liked one of the show's characters, Bloo, which he later turned into his stage persona before transforming it into a fictional character.

In 2017, he temporarily returned to Singapore to report for national service. He went on a 1 1/2 year hiatus from the internet, before eventually returning in 2018.

Character lore
Syamsul plays the alter-ego Blake Olsen, a 21-year-old who, after coming in contact with a mysterious blue liquid on his 10th birthday, gained blue dyed hair and started having a personality similar to Bloo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, as well as a passion for making music. Blake then realized he had the ability to create worlds, and created his own in the process, created his own imaginary world based on his childhood memories as well as building it on positivity and endless creativity.

Syamsul and Bornean film director Putri Norizah, along with Canadian animation studio Guru Studio and RPL Animation, created an animation series based on the mythos of Syamsul's character. Titled DJ Bloo and Friends, the series is a loose crossover, featuring characters from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Danny Phantom and other series and video games Syamsul watched and played most during his childhood as inhabitants of the lead character's dream world. The series premiered on June 18, 2021 to coincide with Syamsul's 20th birthday.

Trivia

 * His mother is Bugis and his father is Banjar by ethnicity.
 * He came out as autistic in 2020.
 * Despite emerging as Muslim, he has refused to add any religious connotations to his series.
 * He completed national service in December 2018.