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Kassem G
Gharaibeh in 2014
Born
Kassem Gharaibeh

(1983-10-10) October 10, 1983 (age 42)
Amman, Jordan
Occupations
Years active2006–Present
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–2023
Genres
  • Comedy
  • interviewing
Subscribers2.29 million
Views22 million
Last updated: 14 January 2026
Websitewww.youtube.com/user/kassemg

Kassem Gharaibeh (Arabic: قاسم الغرايبة; born October 10, 1983) is an American Internet personality and host of Attack of the Show!.[1] His YouTube channel Kassem G hosts several hundred videos, most notably the California On, Going Deep and Street Music webseries.[2] He won the 2013 Streamy Award for Best Host for his work on California On.

Early life

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Gharaibeh was born in 1983 in Amman, Jordan to a Jordanian father and an Egyptian mother.[3] He described his family as liberal Muslims. He lived in Saudi Arabia at a very young age then moved to Kissimmee, Florida when he was four years old after his father, who worked at a hotel, got a promotion.[2][4] His family moved to Ventura County, California when he was 10. Before his YouTube career, Gharaibeh was working at a Best Buy and doing stand-up comedy on the weekends, mostly performing in small venues like restaurants.[citation needed]

Career

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Gharaibeh got the idea to start making YouTube videos when his friend Cory Williams had a video that went viral. After working in retail for nearly a decade, Gharaibeh finally quit his job and began making videos full-time.[4] In 2011, he co-starred in the YouTube film Agents of Secret Stuff starring Ryan Higa as Mr. Anderson.[5]

He won the 2013 Streamy Award for Best Host, beating out four other nominees including Larry King.[6] He has appeared on the cannabis culture-oriented podcast Getting Doug with High six times. He also appeared in a brief role in the 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction.[7] In 2009, he co-founded Maker Studios along with Shay Butler, Danny Zappin and Lisa Donovan.[8]

On March 24, 2014, Maker Studios accepted a buyout offer from The Walt Disney Company for $500 million, rising to $950 million if financial milestones were met.[9][10] In March 2021, he made most of his YouTube videos private and not viewable by the public. Gharaibeh formerly hosted the Pajama Pants podcast alongside Sopranos actors Robert Iler and Jamie-Lynn Sigler; on it, 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.[11] 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 revival of Attack of the Show!. Both ended a year later when the network was shut down.

Today, Gharaibeh appears on the YouTube gaming channel "BroughtYouThisThing" with Bruce Greene and Lawrence Sonntag, formerly of Funhaus. He also streams himself doing a variety of things and has made appearances in projects with other content creators from early YouTube, such as The Grumps.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Partners Project". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04.
  2. ^ a b "Partners Project". partnersproject.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Kassem G: How I Got Here (Apr 2015)". YouTube. 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b Woolsey, Brittany (2011-02-01). "A Comedian's Youtube Success". DIG Magazine. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  5. ^ "Agents of Secret Stuff - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  6. ^ "3rd Annual Winners & Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Kassem Gharaibeh Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  8. ^ Miller, Claire Cain (April 10, 2011). "Actors in Smaller Studios, Making Pictures for the Smaller Screen". The New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  9. ^ Fritz, Ben (March 25, 2014). "Disney to Buy Online-Video Network Maker Studios". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  10. ^ Barnes, Brooks (March 24, 2014). "Disney Buys Maker Studios, Video Supplier for YouTube". New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  11. ^ "Kassem's Private Video Library - Ep 79 - Pajama Pants". YouTube. Pajama Pants. March 23, 2021. Event occurs at 4m51s. Retrieved September 16, 2021. I had over 500 something videos. I went through and privated almost all of my YouTube library
  12. ^ "Worst reviewed Pop Tarts of all time w/ Kassem G". YouTube. The Grumps. March 3, 2025. Event occurs at 18m14s. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
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