Yousef Saleh Erakat (; ; born January 22, 1990), also known as FouseyTube or Fousey ( ), is a Palestinian-American
YouTuber
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, online streamer, actor, and musician. His YouTube channels include ''FouseyTUBE'' (later renamed ''Crashout YSE''), and the reality vlog-channel ''DOSEofFOUSEY''. As a YouTuber, he produces prank videos, parodies, vlogs, comedy sketches and interviews. He is the recipient of two Streamy Awards. As an actor, he starred in Tyler Perry's comedy horror film '' Boo! A Madea Halloween'' (2016) and its 2017 sequel. In January 2025, he released his debut album, ''G7: The Death of Fousey'', which earned mixed reviews.
Personal life
Yousef Saleh Erakat was born in Fremont, California, to Palestinian parents. He has three older siblings, including Noura Erakat, who is a legal scholar and professor at
Rutgers University
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. Erakat attended
San Jose State University
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and majored in theatre arts. He moved to
Los Angeles
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after graduating in 2013 to pursue his acting career.
Erakat was brought up in a religious
Muslim
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family, and has on several occasions criticized negative stereotyping of Muslims.
Erakat has spoken on his ongoing struggles with depression, porn addiction,
anxiety
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and
bipolar disorder
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, mentioning them frequently in his daily vlogs and once on VH1.
YouTube career
2011–2014: Beginnings, fitness and controversy
Erakat has had multiple YouTube channels in the past, namely ones relating to fitness. His past channels included him following a workout routine, P90X, and giving a review and before and after of his journey. In 2012, Erakat was listed 3rd on the list of "40 Inspiring Muslims Under 40" by ''MBMuslima Magazine''. It was not until he began making comedic skits about his Middle Eastern upbringing that his popularity grew.
He later began creating prank videos and further grew his audience. These videos have been criticized both for being dangerous and others staged. Nonetheless, he is often considered one of the original YouTube pranksters.
2021–present: Return to YouTube and book
In 2021, Erakat returned to YouTube with a new YouTube Boxing related channel named Fousey (stylized in all lowercase). On this channel he has uploaded boxing related videos with Slim Albaher, AnEsonGib and other YouTubers. He started to call himself DanaTube. In the same year, he also returned to his DOSEofFousey channel. He told that he will use his DOSEofFousey channel for clips.
In January 2021, it was announced that he was going to release a book, titled ''Warning: This Is Not a Motivational Story''.
Streaming career
On August 6, 2023, while Twitch streaming at an airport, he encountered an intoxicated woman who had been a victim of
sex trafficking
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. After flirting and kissing, he and the woman disappeared for around 20 minutes. After bragging that they had sex, however, Erakat received criticism. He then claimed the event was a prank, before starting to cry because he felt "guilty". He abruptly terminated the stream soon after. After a wave of backlash, he proceeded to take a hiatus from Twitch, citing mental health issues. The day after the incident he was banned for hateful conduct towards the
LGBT
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community. Shortly after his Twitch ban, Erakat announced that he would be streaming on Kick.
On August 23, 2023, Erakat was arrested on livestream by police in
Miami, Florida
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after calling 911 on himself following a dispute with another streamer.
Boxing career
Erakat made his boxing debut against Slim Albaher on September 29, 2019, losing by a technical knockout. Erakat suffered a broken nose and needed two surgeries to fix it. Following that experience, he vowed never to fight again. On August 27, 2022, he faced Deji Olatunji and lost via TKO, vowing to never fight again for the second time.
Music career
In January 2025, Erakat released his debut album, ''G7: The Death of Fousey'', which earned mixed reviews.
Brentwood, Tennessee
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