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FaZe Rug
American YouTube personality (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brian Rafat Awadis (born November 19, 1996), better known as FaZe Rug,[3] is an American YouTuber who produces vlogs, challenges, gaming videos, and pranks on YouTube. He is a co-owner of FaZe Clan.
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Early life
Bryan Rafat Awadis[4] was born on November 19, 1996,[P 1] in San Diego, California,[5][6] to immigrant Chaldean Assyrian parents from Tel Keppe, Iraq. His father owns two stores.[P 2] Awadis graduated from Mira Mesa Senior High School and attended San Diego Miramar College before dropping out during his freshman year to pursue his YouTube career full-time.[7] He can speak the Suret language, although he is not fluent.[P 3][P 4]
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Awadis and his older brother Brandon started a shared YouTube channel called "fathersonchaldean" on October 11, 2008, uploading their first video the same day. They uploaded at least three more videos by the end of 2009, at which point the channel became inactive.[1]
Awadis created his own YouTube channel on July 11, 2012, on which he started posting short clips of Call of Duty gameplay.[8] He was invited to join the esports team FaZe Clan, which he now co-owns, in January 2013. He uploaded his first prank video on December 7, 2014.[P 5]
In November 2019, Awadis released a song called "Goin' Live" and made a song with Omega ex, accompanied by a music video released in January 2020.[P 6]
He was the featured guest in season 17, episode 7 of MTV's Ridiculousness on June 24, 2020.[9][better source needed] Awadis also created a video on April 30, 2021. The video contained him with the professional wrestler and son of Rey Mysterio, Dominik Mysterio, titled "Becoming a WWE Superstar for 24 Hours! (ft. Dominik Mysterio)". Mysterio trained him to become a WWE wrestler.
Awadis was invited to announce the Los Angeles Chargers 3rd round pick at the 2022 NFL draft (79th overall). The pick was used on Baylor safety JT Woods.[citation needed]
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