FaZe Rug

Brian Rafat Awadis^[5] was born on November 19, 1996^{[P 1]} in San Diego, California,^[6][7] to immigrant Chaldean parents from Tel Keppe, Iraq. His father owns two stores.^{[P 2]} He 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.^[8] He can speak the Suret language, although he is not fluent.^{[P 3][P 4]}

Brian and his older brother Brandon, who is currently known online as Brawadis, not only started a shared YouTube channel called "fathersonchaldean" but also posted their first video all on the same day on October 11, 2008. They uploaded at least three more videos by the end of 2009, at which point the channel became inactive, but is still on YouTube.^[9][10] 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^{[citation needed]} on which he started posting short clips of Call of Duty gameplay.^[11] 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.^{[P 5]}

In November 2019, Awadis released a song called "Goin' Live".^{[P 6]}

He was the featured guest in season 17, episode 7 of MTV's Ridiculousness on June 24, 2020.^{[citation needed]}

Brian Awadis is co-founder of candy company 1UP Candy, which specialises in freeze dried candy.^[12]