FouseyTube
Yousef Saleh Erakat (/ˈjuːsəf ˈsælə ˈɛrəkæt/; born January 22, 1990), also known as FouseyTube or Fousey, is an American YouTuber who produces parodies, vlogs, comedy sketches and interviews.[2] He also has two other channels, Fousey and DoseOfFousey.
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Born | Yousef Saleh Erakat January 22, 1990 Fremont, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Education | San Jose State University | ||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | YouTuber, actor | ||||||||||||
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Also known as | Fousey | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 2011–present | ||||||||||||
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Subscribers | 10.4 million[1] | ||||||||||||
Total views | 1.95 billion[1] | ||||||||||||
Network | Collective Digital Studio | ||||||||||||
Associated acts | Slim Albaher | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: January 25, 2023 Statistics shown are representative of the main "fouseyTUBE" channel only. |
Early life
Yousef Erakat was born in Fremont, California,[3][4] to Palestinian parents. He has three older siblings, including Noura Erakat, who is a legal scholar. Erakat attended San Jose State University and majored in theatre arts. He moved to Los Angeles after graduating in 2013 to pursue his acting career.[5][6][7]
YouTube career
2011–2014: Beginnings, fitness, and controversy
Erakat has had multiple YouTube channels in the past, namely ones relating to fitness. It wasn't until he started making Middle Eastern videos that his popularity grew. His past channels included him following a workout routine, P90X, and giving a review and before and after of his journey.[8] In 2012, Erakat was listed 3rd on the list of "40 Inspiring Muslims Under 40" by MBMuslima Magazine.[9] On January 1, 2015, Erakat released his first single "Prideland" under the stage name "fousey". A music video for the song was released the same day on his daily vlog channel DOSEofFOUSEY. Erakat was invited by Quest Nutrition to unveil their newest protein bar flavor by allowing him to prank other popular YouTube personalities, namely by pieing them in the face. The video has reached over a million views.[10]
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2015–2019: Rise to fame, July 15th event, and leaving YouTube
On October 3, 2015, Erakat showcased his BMW 435 with a full transformation. Erakat took his car to West Coast Customs in hopes of drastically changing his car to represent not only his favorite colors, but his YouTube audience as well, which he used to call the "bruh bruhs". Erakat enjoyed the turnout and showcased it on both his daily vlog channel as well as his main channel fouseyTUBE.[11][12] On October 6, 2015, it was announced that Erakat had signed with Creative Artists Agency, a popular agency located in Century City, Los Angeles.[13][14] Erakat embarked on a five-day tour with friend and YouTube star Roman Atwood called the "Roman vs Fousey Tour" on February 24, 2016. They performed in five states along the west coast as a preview/test for their upcoming 30-day tour of the same name. On June 3, 2017, Erakat officially reached the YouTube milestone of 10 million subscribers, thus earning him a YouTube Diamond Play Button.
In July 2018, Erakat announced an event named "Hate Dies, Love Arrives". He claimed that the world will know about this event.[15] On July 15, Erakat hosted the event, which turned out to be a major failure. Only about 1,500 people arrived at the place.[16] During the event, Fousey suffered mental problems.[17] When Fousey was on the stage, there was an alleged bomb at the event causing the event to be cancelled.[17] Afterwards, Fousey announced the event changed his life, and further told that he lost his cars, his respect, his money, his worth and almost his parents’ house.[17]
On August 31, 2018, Erakat retracted all of his material from his social media accounts.[18] On February 26, 2019, Erakat posted a video on the reluctance to resume vlogging on the channel. In 2020, Erakat started to upload less and less on his channel and then later on eventually left uploading on the channel.
2021–present: Return to YouTube and expanding content
In 2021, Erakat returned to YouTube with a new YouTube Boxing related channel named Fousey (stylized fousey). 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.
Boxing career
Erakat made his boxing debut against Slim Albaher on September 29, 2019,[19] 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,[20] but in 2022 he chose to step in the ring again against Deji Olatunji and lost, vowing to never fight again for the second time.
Personal life
Erakat was brought up in a religious Muslim family from Palestine. He has on several occasions criticized negative stereotyping of Muslims.[21]
Erakat struggles with ongoing depression, addiction, anxiety and bipolar disorder. He mentions it frequently in his daily vlogs, and also announced it on VH1.[22]
He was nominated for Pranks and Show of The Year at the 5th Streamy Awards, and in September 2015, won the Show of The Year award.[23]
Boxing record
Exhibition
1 fight | 0 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 0 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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1 | Loss | 0–1 | Deji Olatunji | TKO | 3 (4) 1:28 | 27 Aug 2022 | The O2 Arena, London, England |
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | Twin Blocked | Trevor | Short film | |
2016 | We Love You | Ford | ||
Boo! A Madea Halloween | Jonathan | |||
2017 | Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | |||
#Reality High | Himself | |||
Web
Year | Series | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2016 | Experiment 88 | Himself | Episode: "HELP ME!! FIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD" | [24] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Work | Category | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | fouseyTUBE | Pranks | 4th Streamy Awards | Nominated | [25] |
2015 | YouTube Comedian | Shorty Awards | Nominated | [26] | |
YouTube Star of the Year presented by A&E | Nominated | ||||
Snapchatter | Nominated | ||||
Pranks | 5th Streamy Awards | Nominated | [27] | ||
Show of the Year | Won | [28] | |||
2016 | DOSEofFOUSEY | First Person | 6th Streamy Awards | Nominated | [29] |
Yousef Erakat | Entertainer of the Year | Won | |||
Further reading
- Erakat, Y. S., with Martin Svensson and Leif Eriksson (Sept 28, 2021). Warning: This is Not a Motivational Story. Brentwood, Tennessee: Permuted Press. ISBN 978-1682619858
- The Guardian
- San Jose Mercury News
- BBC News
- The Times of Israel
- The National
- The Rise, Fall, and Re-Birth of Fousey: The Untold Truth (May 17, 2021). No Focks Given podcast (28).
References
- "About fouseyTUBE". YouTube.
- Tomchak, Anne-Marie (April 25, 2014). "#BBCtrending: How FouseyTUBE became a YouTube star". BBC. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- DOSEofFOUSEY, "YouTube", September 6, 2014.
- "Yousef Erakat". Networth / YouTube. January 1, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- "#BBCtrending: How FouseyTUBE became a YouTube star - BBC News". BBC News. April 25, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "Comedian FouseyTUBE to perform in Dearborn Jan. 17". www.arabamericannews.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "The Argus: Theater Student Becomes YouTube Sensation With Funny Videos | SJSU Newsroom". blogs.sjsu.edu. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "Team Beachbody - Member Profile". Team Beachbody. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "The Stories of 40 Inspirational Muslims under 40". Issuu. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "Quest Prank Video Hits a Million Views in under a Week | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "YouTuber FouseyTube Gets His BMW 435i Officially Pimped - Video". October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- "Yousef Erakat AKA FouseyTube Just Pimped Out His BMW 435i". Art of Gears. October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- "FouseyTube Signs with CAA as Agency Continues its Digital Talent Drive - VideoInk". October 6, 2015. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "YouTube Star FouseyTube Signs With Talent Agency". Time. October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- WARNING! This is NOT a Motivational Story. *July 15th.. Chapter 2*, retrieved July 7, 2021
- Farokhmanesh, Megan (July 18, 2018). "Another hastily planned YouTuber event ends in failure". The Verge. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- "Timeline: FouseyTube's rise and fall as YouTube's troubled prankster". UK. May 14, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- Asarch, Steven (August 31, 2018). "YouTuber Fousey Deletes Twitter, YouTube Videos". Newsweek. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- FOUSEY VS SLIM (full fight), retrieved May 1, 2021
- "Fouseytube explains why he has "no purpose" after boxing loss". Dexerto. October 17, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- "Yousef Saleh Erakat aka FouseyTUBE speaks out against American Sniper: "this movie is propaganda"". The Muslim Vibe. January 25, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "Best Speeches of the 5th Annual Streamy Awards". Entertainmentmonthly. September 18, 2015. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- "FouseyTUBE, Cameron Dallas Win Big At 2015 Streamy Awards". Tubefilter. September 18, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "HELP ME!! FIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: EXPERIMENT 88! (Ep 1)". YouTube.
- "4th Annual Winners & Nominees". Streamys. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- "Yousef Saleh Erakat - Shorty Awards". ShortyAwards. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- "5th Annual Winners & Nominees". Streamys. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- "FouseyTube, Cameron Dallas win Streamys". USAToday. September 18, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- "6th Annual Winners & Nominees". Streamys. October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
External links

- Re-Up Crew
- gofousey website Archived September 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine (Archive incomplete)
- fouseyTUBE's channel on YouTube