10 Things FaZe Rug Can't Live Without

Yo, what's going on guys?

FaZe Rug here.

And today- Rug, Rug, Rug.

Yeah? What are you doing?

Tone it down a little?

Bring it down. Bring it down.

Okay sorry, I thought it was my YouTube channel.

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Yo, what's good guys?

It's FaZe Rug and these are my 10 essentials.

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A basketball I cannot live without.

I hoop at least three times a week in my free time.

And you might not think I'm good at basketball.

You know, I'm really short, five foot six,

five foot seven on good days.

But I can shoot.

I have beat FlightReacts in a one-v-one.

The score was thirteen to two.

I don't like to talk about it that much, but [chuckles].

I one-v-oned him,

and then I also one-v-oned Adin Ross,

which I did take the L on,

and I really need my redemption on that.

Yeah, if there's anyone out there

that wants to challenge me to a one-v-one, let me know.

YouTubers, rappers, creators, anyone.

I'm all up for it.

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Next up we got my keyboard and mouse,

and this is for my gaming.

For those who don't know,

I started off my whole YouTube career through gaming.

I joined FaZe Clan in 2012,

which they're the biggest gaming organization in the world.

So I actually used to use a controller,

but I recently switched over to mouse and keyboard

because I don't play Call of Duty anymore.

I played COD with a controller, but now I switched over

to my favorite game of all time, Counter-Strike.

CS go, I'm a beast at CS.

A lot of people think I don't game anymore

because I don't post it.

But I mean, once a gamer, always a gamer.

It's always in my blood.

So this is called an XTRFY mice,

and it just feels so good for Counter-Strike in specific.

It's crazy.

Some people I see put their keyboard like this,

and they, like, angle their chair in a way

and they play like this, but I can't do that.

I just put my keyboard like this and with the op, I flick.

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Yeah, this is it.

So I film a lot of YouTube videos

and I post three times a week.

And this is the main camera I use.

A lot of my supporters actually ask what I use

and they're curious about it.

So this is a Sony a7S III,

and for the lens that I use is a 16 to 35.

And once I transition from gaming to vlogging,

I got a camera that a lot of people might be familiar with.

It's called the Canon G7 X.

If you wanna make a channel

and you do want to upgrade to, like, one of the best,

this is what I use

and I personally think the quality on my videos are A1.

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This next essential is my supporters.

And what I have in my hand right here

is actually a book made by one of my biggest fans.

His name is Caesar Solis.

And it's just so beautiful.

I look at this every time I just feel down.

I feel like I stress out a lot sometimes

and my fans give me comfort.

And as you can see, it's like a lot of photos of me,

old pictures, my entire family right there.

Here's, like, some of the thank you messages from my fans.

Here's one from Caesar.

Here's one from Astonishing Autis aka Cassandra.

I'm just extremely grateful for the position I'm in

and I sometimes get emotional thinking about

how many people I inspire every day.

And it literally just means the world to me

every time I meet a fan or see a nice comment every day.

So thank you to everyone out there who supports me.

It's just what I dreamt about as a kid.

And the fact that it became a reality,

I would never let anything change that.

My mom wanted me to go to college,

so I went to community college for two weeks.

And I was like, I can't focus on YouTube

and college at the same time.

So I asked my mom if I could take a six month break

and she said, Yes.

Still to this day from eight, nine years ago,

I still read almost all my comments.

It's unbelievable.

I know it's hard to keep up with a lot,

but I do try to read comments as much as I can.

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This next essential is my G FUEL energy drink

called Chug Rug.

We got the inspiration from Fortnite.

It was back in 2018 when Fortnite was extremely big,

and I was into it.

And I was like, What could we make that looks blue and cool

like chug jug from Fortnite?

And I'm like, My name is Rug.

Chug Rug.

Oh my god, I didn't even mention.

I'm on the can, guys.

This is why it's so special to me as well.

It's me holding my hoodie like this and throwing up FaZe up.

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This essential is important to me.

It is a speaker.

I can't live without this.

My top artist of all time is Drake.

And I know that's kind of basic,

but I do have a giant picture of Drake in my house.

Like, not on some, like, creepy fan stuff, but like I just,

he's inspired me so much and I just love his music.

Like, I feel like he doesn't miss.

So Drake is up there.

I listen to 21, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi, Bad Bunny too.

I don't really speak Spanish,

but I just vibe to his music a lot.

I've actually made one song and it's called, Going Live.

And I actually made it just for a YouTube video.

I was just like, Hey, like, we need a video idea

so let's just hit the studio.

A lot of YouTubers are making songs.

And I didn't take it serious whatsoever.

But the song actually did come out pretty good.

And it's, I think, my most viewed

video on my YouTube channel of 10 years now.

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My next essential is pretty unique.

This was a gift by my best friend, Noah.

It's an essential oil.

And I personally love scents.

I love cologne, I love candles.

I just love smelling good.

Yo, what's good bro? What's good?

I'm in the middle of the GQ shoot right now.

All cameras on me, they can hear you.

Do you remember what, like, scents

are in this essential oil that you got me?

[Noah] It's cedar, vanilla extract.

I smell the vanilla.

[Noah] Yeah, the vanilla extract's in there

and a lot of love.

That's all I needed to hear.

It's made with a lot of love, but it really does smell fire.

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This next essential is my new brand that I just launched

called 1Up Candy.

There wasn't that one candy that was extremely sour to me.

I know Warheads are sour, I know Toxic Waste is sour.

But I wanted to make something a little bit more sour.

So these are the neutralizer packets

which come in handy with this challenge.

You take the neutralizer packet

and you pour it in six to eight ounce of water bottle.

And what the neutralizer does is after the challenge,

when you have that sour stuff in your mouth,

it actually just takes it all away.

It's like magic.

I call it Magic Potion.

So you're gonna shake it up.

So you take three gummies and the objective of the challenge

is to try not to make a face in 30 seconds.

I guess here I go again.

I've done this like 10 times,

and I have still yet to succeed.

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Oh my god.

Did I make a face?

I already made, I made one, yeah.

Oh my God, that hit me right away.

The longest I'd lasted was 15 seconds.

That was five seconds, bro.

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I got put on to reading books by my therapist.

A few years ago, I was going through

a little bit of a hard time,

and he gave me this book called, Code to Joy.

And it's the four-step solution

to unlocking your natural state of happiness.

And he's one of the authors actually.

It genuinely just helped my mental a lot,

especially when I was going through a tough time.

And from then I wanted to start reading more books.

So I got, The Four Agreements gifted to me,

which is awesome for your mental strength.

And this one was gifted to me by my manager, Nick.

Shout out Nick back there.

He surprised me with, The Mamba Mentality book.

And although this is mainly about basketball,

it's the way he viewed his opponents,

the way he played basketball.

It honestly still has a very powerful mental message,

like the Mamba mentality.

Anytime I'm stressed or, like,

if I'm, like, nervous about something, I'm not gonna lie.

I was nervous before this GQ interview.

I mean you guys have had some of, like,

the top A-list celebrities sitting in this chair.

So I'm very grateful to be here.

I just think about this.

I think about that, like, mental strength

that I should have.

Different things will help different people out,

but definitely don't be afraid to reach out to anyone.

Friends, family, teachers,

whoever it is that you can contact.

Like, just don't be afraid.

Use your voice and let people know how you feel.

You're not a burden to anybody.

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My last and final essential

that I keep in my wallet every single day

is a picture of my entire family.

I am very close to my family.

Just a little backstory,

my parents moved from Iraq knowing very little English.

My dad found a job at a liquor store

and he just grinded, grinded, grinded

and worked so many hours,

and he was able to buy his own liquor store

after so many years.

So back in 2017 or 2018, I was finally in a great position

to where I could retire my dad from work.

And it was, like, one of the craziest

full circle moments of all time

because my dad took extremely good care of me.

And the fact that I was in a position to take care of him,

it just felt amazing.

I just felt super blessed.

But even to this day, six years later after I retired him,

he still goes to the store like three, four times a week.

Still gets behind the counter.

My parents, they didn't want me to do YouTube.

They actually just wanted me to go to school.

But I just had this, like, feeling.

I just, I knew what I loved back then in high school

and it was gaming.

I had a huge passion for gaming.

Again, never left me, but I just continued to grind.

And I got, one of my first checks,

which was about like $2,500.

And my parents just thought it was fake.

They thought it wasn't real money

'cause, like, it went through PayPal.

I got one of my bigger checks,

and pulled money out of the bank,

and gave money to my parents.

I'm like, Guys, it's real.

I'm not going to jail.

I'm just making YouTube videos.

And I had to sit down

and walk them through, like, the whole process.

Who's paying me?

Can I call my mom?

'Cause I feel like she would be super hyped.

Hello? Hi, Mom.

[Sana] What's up, baby?

Hey, we're filming right now.

Oh my God.

You know how much I love TikTok.

[laughing] She gets, like, nervous on camera and stuff.

But Mom, you look beautiful.

I just wanted to say thank you for the life you gave me

and I just talked about this family picture

that I hold onto every day.

And I just want you to know, like,

your son is on GQ now.

And, like, I appreciate you for believing in me

and just giving me the life that I had.

[Sana] Why you gonna make me cry?

No, I love you Mom.

Thank you.

Like, just know you've done a lot for me.

[Sana] I love you so much.

I love you too, Mom.

Thank you.

Sorry for the cocaine prank by the way.

[Sana] Okay, bye.