FaZe Rug

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.

FaZe Rug
FaZe Rug in 2019
Personal information
Born	Brian Rafat Awadis (1996-11-19) November 19, 1996 (age 28) San Diego, California, U.S.
Education	San Diego Miramar College
Occupations	YouTuber Internet personality
YouTube information
Channel	FaZe Rug
Years active	2012–present
Genres	Gaming Vlogs Pranks Comedy Family-friendly Challenges
Subscribers	27.5 million[1][2]
Views	9.63 billion[2]
Network	FaZe Clan
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2013 1,000,000 subscribers 2015 10,000,000 subscribers 2018
Last updated: April 2, 2025

Early life

Brian 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]}

YouTube career

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]

Brian 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]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2020	Crimson	Himself	[10][11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref.	Notes
2020	Ridiculousness	Himself	[9]	Season 17; Episode 7
2021	#1 Chicken	Himself (Host)		YouTube original

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
2024	Forbes 30 Under 30	Games	Included	[12]