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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Arif Zahir Lopes-Thrower (born April 15, 1994) is an American actor, musician, and internet personality. His YouTube channel, Azerrz, has over 7 million subscribers[1] and features voice impressions of a plethora of celebrities and cartoon characters. Since 2021, Zahir has voiced Cleveland Brown on the television series Family Guy, succeeding Mike Henry.[2]

Early life and education

Zahir is of African-American and Cape Verdean descent and was born on April 15, 1994, in Berkeley, California. He was partially raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts where he attended Nativity Preparatory School and Keith Middle School before moving back to California in 2007.[3]

Zahir began doing voice impressions in middle school to impress his classmates. He originally made a YouTube channel in 2007 which focused on performing magic tricks.[4] After doing so and finding success he started attending Hussian College's campus in Los Angeles. He later dropped out to spend more time focusing on his YouTube career.[5]

Career

Zahir created his YouTube channel in 2012 but posted his first video in 2013.[1][6] He started out by posting comedic sketches, gaming videos, and videos of himself performing voice impressions of both cartoon characters and real celebrities.[2][7][8] Zahir garnered initial success through his voice impressions which he started doing in 2011.[9][10][11] One of the first voices Zahir did was of Cleveland Brown, whom he would go on to voice several years later.[12][13][14]

Zahir landed his first acting role playing a character named Arif in the short film No One But Lydia. Starting in 2018, he became a recurring cast member on How It Should Have Ended voicing Black Panther / T'Challa.[15] Through community challenges and his first viral hit with "Ted Plays Call of Duty" (which has over 20M+ views), Arif quickly grew his channel to over 6.5+ million subscribers and 650+ million views.[16]

He is also a rapper and singer and releases music under the moniker 4rif.[17] He released his debut album At Last Sight on August 30, 2019.[18] He followed it up with an EP called Go Gadget/Blues Clues which was released on April 29, 2020, in collaboration with rapper Dlngqnt.[19]

On June 26, 2020, Mike Henry, who had voiced Cleveland Brown since 1999, announced he was stepping down and believed a person of color should voice the role.[20] On September 25, 2020, it was announced that Zahir would be voicing Cleveland starting in Season 20 of Family Guy.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 No One But Lydia Arif Short film; credited as Arif Lopes
2016 Eraser Death Short film; credited as Arif Lopes
The Invisible Shadow The Bagged Man Short film; credited as Arif Lopes
2017 Everyone But Me Andre[21] Short film
Hues and Hidden Kings A Hidden King Short film
2019 The Golden Realm: An American Larping Experience Peter, Kalthor Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Cliffhanger Ted 3 episodes
2018 G.P.A. Xander Holland[22] 4 episodes[23][24][25][26]
2018–present How It Should Have Ended[15] Black Panther / T'Challa 3 episodes; voice role[27][28][29]
2019 Internet Rich Himself 1 episode
2020 Party Chat[30] Arif[31] Web series; also producer[32]
2020 VENN: Arcade Live[33] Himself Episode "Voice Impressions with Azerrz + WWE Superstar Zelina Vega Throw Down"[34]
2021–present Family Guy[35][36][37] Cleveland Brown[38][39][40] Voice role; replaced Mike Henry starting in season 20 after he stepped down[41][2][42]
2021 Rocky Clubber[43] Voice role
2022 American Dad! Reginald 1 episode; voice role
Robot Chicken Nelson Mandela 1 episode; voice role

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2018 No Way Out – A Dead Realm Tale Edgar, William Huxley, librarian, Clown Voice roles

Music videos

Year Song Artist Role Director
2018 Down the Line[44] Lokl Yokl The Bartender Ryan Rosenblum
Drunk With You[45] Joe Thomas Carter featuring 4rif Himself Zane Morrow
2019 August[46] 4rif Fowluh
Gimme Ya Lovin'[47][48] Joe Thomas Carter featuring 4rif Christina Xing
2020 At Last Sight/Kids[49] 4rif
The Window[50] Ryan Rosenblum

Discography

Albums

List of albums
Title Details
At Last Sight
  • Released: August 30, 2019[18]
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title EP details
Go Gadget/Blues Clues Шаблон:Small
  • Released: April 29, 2020[51]
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Venture
  • Releasing: 2021 or 2022[52][53]
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist

Title Year Album
"August"[54] 2018 At Last Sight
"Summers End"[55] 2019 Шаблон:Non-album single
"Wonderful Miracle"[56] At Last Sight
"Channel Lovely"[57]
"Go Gadget" Шаблон:Small[58] 2020 Go Gadget/Blues Clues[59]
"Blues Clues" Шаблон:Small[58]
"Favorite Girl"[60] Шаблон:TBA
"Ignore Me"[61] Шаблон:TBA
"Cafe in LA"[62] 2021 Шаблон:TBA
"Leave Me (August II)"[63] Шаблон:TBA
"Note to Me"[64] 2022 Шаблон:TBA

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist

Title Year Album
"Hope County" Шаблон:Small[65] 2018 Year 3
"Drunk With You" Шаблон:Small[66] Шаблон:Non-album single
"Gimme Ya Lovin'" Шаблон:Small[47] 2019 Шаблон:Non-album single
"G League"(DLNQNT featuring 4rif)[67] DZJNTD Vol. 1 – DNT PLY

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