Explained: Who is TikToker Mizzy and why have his videos caused such controversy?

If you have so much as opened Twitter or TikTok recently, you will have come across talk about a TikTok user Mizzy, who entered a stranger’s home without their permission.

The TikTok prankster, known as Mizzy, is known on the app for his pranks on the public but he has recently taken it a step too far. But who is he, and how the hell did this all happen?

Mizzy is an 18-year-old from Hackney

Mizzy, whose real name is Bacari, is an 18-year-old TikToker best known for his pranks on social media. He started content creation when he was in year eight after being “kicked out of school three times”, according to The Independent.

Bacari told the publication he realised each time he “upped the ante and did wilder videos”, people engaged with his content more and so he followed down that route.

“Controversy, even though it’s not good, is the best way to blow up on social media,” he said. “I always know outrage is going to happen. I know exactly what I’m doing and the consequences of my actions. I tell people not to reciprocate what I’ve done.”

He was first arrested after a video of him harassing Jewish people went viral

Back in February, Mizzy was arrested for assault after he posted videos that appeared to show him harassing Jewish people.

In one video, he is videoed sneaking up behind a young Charedi man and jumping into the air, attempting to leapfrog over him. In another video, he was shown to be cycling while wearing a hoiche hat and said: “Guys, I’m a f**king Jew.”

Defending himself, Bacari said he doesn’t discriminate and a lot of his videos are him just “f**king around with people”.

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He was later arrested for racially aggravated assault, but said he was later told he was being charged with criminal damage, and he plead not guilty.

“Attempts are currently being made by officers from the Central East Command Unit to locate the man so that he can be dealt with for a suspected breach of a Community Protection Notice issued last May. That notice prohibits him from carrying out any act which will or is intended to cause harassment, alarm or distress. It is believed that the content of the video in question could amount to such a breach.

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Featured image credit via TikTok.