Kassem G

Kassem Gharaibeh, known by his stage name Kassem G, is a Jordanian-American comedian and actor best known for his online series California On and Going Deep. As of June 2012 his YouTube channel has more than 1.8 million subscribers and 264 million video views. Born in Jordan to parents of Jordanian and Egyptian ethnicity, Kassem moved to the United States when he was two years old. He began to pursue stand-up comedy in 2006 and started posting videos of his stand-up to YouTube in 2008. He has since become the 18th Most Subscribed of all time on YouTube, and the 9th Most Subscribed comedian. Kassem is now a major talent within Maker Studios, the company he co-founded in 2008 with his friends Shay Butler and Lisa Donovan. The Los Angeles based studio is home to some of the top performers in the digital space, including Ray William Johnson, ShayCarl, Animonster, Nice Peter and Steve Greene. On June 29th 2012 Kassem had a major introduction, the newest member of Maker Studios is none other than legendary hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg, he will be releasing music-videos through the newly created WestFestTV channel. Kassem was introduced to a wider audience when he co-starred alongside Jane Lynch in an iPhone 4 spoof commercial. He also has a second channel which consists mostly of his show, Ask Kassem. In July 2011 and January 2012 he guest hosted the popular webseries Equals 3 created by Ray William Johnson. Kassem has also guest-starred on several videos of Smosh.