FaZe Rug
Brian Rafat Awadis, known online as FaZe Rug, is an American YouTuber who produces vlogs, challenges, gaming videos, and pranks on YouTube.
A former co-owner of FaZe Clan, he acquired his shares when the entertainment brand began distributing shares to the brand's biggest members. He had worked with them for 13 years. Brian announced that he had left FaZe Clan through a post on X on December 27, 2025.
Early life
Brian Rafat Awadis was born on 19th November 1996 in San Diego, California, to immigrant Chaldean Assyrian parents from Tel Keppe, Iraq. His father owns two stores. 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. He can speak the Suret language, although he is not fluent.YouTube career
Awadis and his older brother Brandon Awadis 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, but is still on YouTube. These videos depicted a stereotypical view of a Chaldean father's attitude towards his son.Brian created his own YouTube channel on July 11, 2012, by the name Faze Rug on which he started posting short clips of Call of Duty gameplay. He was invited to join the esports team FaZe Clan, which Awadis would eventually co-own, in January 2013. He uploaded his first prank video on December 7, 2014.
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.
He was the featured guest in season 17, episode 7 of MTV's Ridiculousness on June 24, 2020.
Products
Brian Awadis is co-founder of candy company 1UP Candy, which specialises in freeze dried candy.Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 2020 | Ridiculousness | Himself | Season 17; Episode 7 | |
| 2021 | #1 Chicken | Himself | YouTube original |