Rahat Hossain was born and grew up in Virginia Beach, where he showed passion for building things with cardboard and duct tape.
24 Facts About Rahat Hossain
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Rahat Hossain attended Old Dominion University in approximately 2009, majoring in criminal justice.
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Rahat Hossain uploaded almost 50 videos of this genre before filming hidden camera pranks.
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Rahat Hossain would be inspired by other youtubers and improve on them, Rahat Hossain would upload videos of himself doing something another youtuber had already done before him, but improve the showmanship in his own way.
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Rahat Hossain posted his hit video, "Drive Thru Invisible Man Prank," on January 9,2013.
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Rahat Hossain said he constructed the car-seat outfit in 12 hours after being inspired by an image he found on the Internet of a "guy who'd actually had a car-seat costume similar to what I built".
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On March 4,2014, Rahat Hossain uploaded a video titled "Homeless Lottery Winner" in which he pranked a homeless man named Eric Aursby.
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Rahat Hossain was inspired by Chris Russells video titled "Homeless Lottery Winner" uploaded on March 2,2014.
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The video begins with Rahat Hossain explaining to the viewers his intention to help Aursby, who was described to Rahat Hossain by members of the community as a "nice and respectable guy".
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Rahat Hossain would give him a losing lottery ticket that the store clerk of a nearby convenience store would exchange for $1000 cash, giving Aursby the impression that he had won the lottery.
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Rahat Hossain set up a fundraiser, with the initial goal being to raise a total of $20,000.
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Rahat Hossain remarked that he wanted to "improve his lifestyle", emphasizing Aursby's personality.
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On May 7,2014, Rahat Hossain uploaded a video to YouTube titled "Homeless Man Gets A Home".
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The video shows Rahat Hossain offering to buy Aursby dinner, but that he has to stop by his house to get something.
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At the house, Rahat Hossain reveals that the house is not actually his, but rather Aursby's new home, which was later revealed to be paid for by thousands of Internet contributors.
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Rahat Hossain alleged that he had not received any of the money raised from the fundraiser, he only stayed in the house from Hossain's second video for two months rather than a year and sometime after Aursby left, the house was sold for $61,000.
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Rahat Hossain responded on June 5,2018, in a since-deleted Twitter post stating that the money was indeed transferred to Aursby and that he would provide bank statements to prove his innocence.
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In June 2018, Aursby stated he no longer wanted the money from Rahat Hossain and forgave him for his actions.
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However, in a July 2018 interview, Aursby again accused Rahat Hossain of keeping most of the money from the fundraiser.
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On November 18,2020, Rahat Hossain returned to YouTube, ending his hiatus since the beginning of 2018.
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Rahat Hossain described his side of the story and the personal struggles he faced dealing with the aftermath of the "scandal".
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Rahat Hossain left the question about his return to YouTube unanswered and uncertain, explaining that his personality had completely changed and that he had been diagnosed with depression because of the false scandal.
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Rahat Hossain proceeded to show all of the evidence of him giving money to Eric, hence showing that Eric had been lying the entire time.
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In January 2021, Rahat Hossain uploaded a new drive-thru prank video featuring the Star Wars character Grogu, beginning his return to the platform as confirmed by his Twitter and his YouTube channel.