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Tareq Edris Salameh (born December 9)[1]is an affiliate of MrBeast known for being the primary cameraman of many of MrBeast's videos since 2017-2018. Sometimes, he even makes a few appearances himself, normally when MrBeast talks to the cameraman. For example, he appeared in Last To Leave Revolving Door Wins $50,000. His voice can commonly be heard from behind the camera. He was a challenger in Last To Leave The Tesla, Keeps It Challenge and If You Click This Video I'll Give My Friend .001$, the latter making Tareq gain over $210,000 because that video reached 210M views as of May 2024.
Prior to 2023, Tareq would occasionally appear in videos. Later in 2023, Tareq now frequently appears and practically serves as the 6th main member of the Beast Gang (crew of on-screen members).
Early life[]
Tareq was born in Saudi Arabia to a Palestinian-Jordanian Muslim family. He moved to Winterville, North Carolina at an early age, where he attended South Central High School, playing on the soccer team.[2] He became a stand up comedian and worked at a hospital.
Appearances[]
Spending 24 Hours In A City With No Laws[]
After a resident of Slab City tells the crew about an open mic at night and Chandler telling the resident about Tareq being a stand-up comedian, Tareq signs up for the open-mic as a comedian. At the open-mic, Tareq does stand-up comedy to entertain the residents of Slab City.
Anything You Can Fit In The Triangle I`ll Pay For[]
In this episode, he was offered $20,000 to jump out of a plane and land in a triangle (due to his fear of heights) , which he succeeded in.
Selling Houses For $1[]
He also appeared in Selling Houses For $1, where there was a mini-challenge that was hosted between two cameramen: him and Brady Deluxe. The challenge was to see who can win the house by putting a hundred pennies in the briefcase. Tareq's strategy was to ask for strangers' exchange of pennies, while Brady's strategy was to simply ask a cashier the exchange of a dollar to a hundred pennies. Given that Tareq's strategy was much slower, he arrived at the house later, after Brady's victory.
I Got Hunted By A Bounty Hunter[]
He was teamed with Jimmy in this video and both Jimmy and Tareq had to run away from the bounty hunter, Kris, Chandler, and Karl.
Make THIS Shot, Win $300,000[]
He makes an appearance at the beginning of this video. He was tasked to do a basketball shot from a bridge to a boat on a river, underneath the bridge, for $10,000. He makes another appearance later in the video, he was tasked to kick a football into a trashcan for $50,000.
If You Can Carry $1,000,000 You Keep It![]
He and Timmy were given 50 pounds worth of money (or $25,000) to carry while filming the entire video (or really, over eight hours of filming). They were then challenged to do the sumo challenge that Kris and Chandler did, where the first of the two challengers to either fall or leave the circle will lose and the other will be the winner. Tareq fell first in the sumo challenge first, making Timmy the winner of $25,000.
I Got Hunted By The FBI[]
He was teamed with Jimmy in this video and both Jimmy and Tareq had to run away from the FBI Agent, Kris, Nolan, and Karl.
Last To Leave Circle Wins $500,000[]
He made a cameo appearance. He was seen filming.
MrBeast Vs. Sidemen[]
Tareq succeeded in the last challenge to win this video in favor of MrBeast.
Quotes[]
- "I sat down a couple of times yesterday....."
- "My first memory [of Saudi Arabia] was that all women there dressed the same [...] my second memory was that I kept losing my mom in retail stores!"
- "Getting tired of getting peed on, getting tired of getting banged on, THIS IS IT!"
Trivia[]
- Through Tareq's open-mic show at Slab City in Spending 24 Hours In A City With No Laws, it is revealed that he was born in Saudi Arabia.
- MrBeast met Tareq at one of his stand up shows. At the time, he was also working at a hospital and he initially declined due to his parents. A year later, he decided to become the cameraman and Mr. Beast even spoke with his parents to convince them.
- Tareq is a devout Muslim.
- As such, Tareq does not drink any form of alcohol or eat anything with pork.
- His devotion to his religion has impressed Mr. Beast who has commented on the podcast Flagrant that “he doesn’t just preach it, he actually follows it”.
- As of February 2024, Tareq has made over $200,000 from If You Click This Video I'll Give My Friend .001$ alone. He stated that he is giving all of the money to his parents.
- Tareq is MrBeast's head cameraman.
- He is the oldest member in the MrBeast Gang.
- He is of Palestinian origin. He was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in the United States.
- He has family in Jordan.
- In mid-October 2023, Tareq made a small fundraiser for Gaza and shown support for Palestine on his Instagram.