Kassem Gharaibeh ( ar, قاسم الغرايبة; born October 10, 1983) is an American Internet personality and host of ''

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'' His

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channel Kassem G hosts several hundred videos, most notably the ''California On'', ''Going Deep'' and ''Street Music''

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. He won the 2013

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for Best Host for his work on ''California On''.

Early life

Gharaibeh was born in

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to an

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ian mother and a

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ian father. He lived in Saudi Arabia at a very young age then moved to

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when he was four years old. He grew up in

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, California. Before his YouTube career, Gharaibeh was working at a

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and doing stand-up comedy on the weekends, mostly performing in small venues like restaurants.

Career

Gharaibeh got the idea to start making YouTube videos when his friend

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had a video that went viral. After working in retail for 10 years, Gharaibeh finally quit his job and began making videos full-time. In 2011, he co-starred in the YouTube film, ''Agents of Secret Stuff'' starring

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as Mr. Anderson. He won the 2013

for Best Host, beating out four other nominees including

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. He has appeared on the

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-oriented podcast ''

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'' six times. He also appeared in a brief role in the 2014 film '' Transformers: Age of Extinction''. In 2009, he co-founded

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along with Shay Butler,

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and Lisa Donovan. On March 24, 2014, Maker Studios accepted a buyout offer from

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for $500 million, rising to $950 million if financial milestones were met. In September 2019, he began hosting a

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called ''Pajama Pants'' alongside ''

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'' stars

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and

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''. In March 2021, he made most of his YouTube videos private and not viewable by the public. In a podcast, he explained that as he got older he began to no longer identify with the videos he made earlier in his life, and found many of them offensive and unfunny. In April 2021, he was revealed to be a new host of G4 as part of their relaunch later that year, and in November he was announced to be a host of their upcoming revival of ''

''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kassem G 1983 births Living people 21st-century American comedians American people of Egyptian descent American people of Jordanian descent American stand-up comedians American YouTubers Comedy-related YouTube channels Comedy YouTubers English-language YouTube channels Maker Studios channels Maker Studios people People from Newbury Park, California YouTube channels launched in 2006