Usually, the typical paths to success don’t work for everyone, and now that the world is at a point where virtually anything can be made into a career, Mohamad Masri, AKA Smush, is taking his chance in an unconventional field. Unable to make enough income from a 9 to 5 job or afford college, Mohamad sought alternatives and found himself in the gaming space. He took to streaming on Facebook, and today, he’s a top gun in the industry, making a killing and steadily growing.

Mohamad Masri moved to the United States from Syria with his family at a young age. Like many immigrants, he experienced the struggles and challenges that come with life in the US as an immigrant. He played video games a lot as a young boy, a hobby that would eventually pay off in his adult years and even help him make a living. Within a year of streaming on Facebook Gaming, he struck a partnership with Facebook. Today, his 114,000 active community followers have helped him make it a full-time job, giving Mohamad a happy place he calls a job.

Within the gaming niche, he also learned to develop for FiveM and has created a game server with more than 3,000 players. From game streaming, Mohamad learned coding all by himself, and today, he’s all the better for it as it has set him apart from other streamers. As a professional streamer, Smush plays games for entertainment which thousands of people watch all over the world. His brand gained even more prominence during the pandemic as many people were stuck at home with nothing else to do other than to find other forms of entertainment. His community of followers continue to grow and foster familial relationships, which motivates Smush and keeps him connected with them.

Smush has set up his game streaming brand in a way that his audience never knows what to expect during a streaming session. He focuses on making sure they enjoy the game while having some laughs in the process. “I have brought people together as a family and made them happy. That is the goal for me, and I make sure we all enjoy ourselves by having a good time,” he says. Building his brand happened because he played a lot of video games when he was young to get through difficult times. He also watched video game streamers, and it easily influenced him to wish to become one. Seeing the effect he has on his audience and seeing how many people he has inspired to take on game streaming as a career continue to motivate him to work harder. In his words, “Both young and old folks have decided to become streamers just by being part of my community. It feels great to have that kind of effect on people. It’s what keeps me going every day.”

Seeing his community grow every day is all Smush wants to see, and in a few years, he wants to see a new crop of game streamers going out from his mentorship to become successful in the industry. Mohamad Masri changed his life by pursuing the one thing he enjoyed and has entertained people, inspired them, and put a smile on their faces. “If that’s not fulfillment, I don’t know what it is,” he says.

Learn more about Smush on Facebook.

At 24 years old, Nick Luciano has built a brand that millions of people love, and he has gone through different stages of technological evolution in the process. His lifestyle as a western cowboy and his innate comic talent has set him on the path to stardom, and Nick is taking full advantage of that.

Passionate about making people happy, inspiring and motivating them, Nick Luciano has been in the content creation game for more than a decade. Today, he is the darling of many TikTok users, and his growth continues to transcend beyond his wildest dreams. His journey started from the days of the good old camcorders and iPods. All he did at the time was document the basic activities he participated in with his friends. Later, when smartphones came, content creation became easier, and he began to gain some traction on YouTube. The arrival of Vine changed things for him as he quickly amassed thousands of followers on the platform, which allowed him to showcase his creativity to more people. However, Vine crashed, and Nick also had other things in his life that took him off the content creation pedestal.

He got into college around that time to pursue an engineering degree at the University of North Texas. After his graduation in 2019 with a 4.0 GPA, he got a job with the US Army as a mechanical engineer. His job required him to work with high-speed cameras, bringing him full-circle to where he started. He took the role seriously, and thanks to two of his mentors, he became an expert videographer, taking on individual side projects for friends and other clients. This brought his brand, Luciano Media LLC, to life, and Nick put everything about him into the brand’s image—his cowboy lifestyle, his comic side, his creative side, and his motivational side. In his words, “Having created content all these years, I finally came to realize that my content creation skills blended seamlessly with my western lifestyle. My brand gave me room to express all the creative parts of me and allowed me to pursue other passions like motivational speaking and cinematography.”

As he continued to build his brand, Nick Luciano was moving with time and adapting to trends. When TikTok arrived, he signed up on the platform and began to post his content. One year later, he got his first 100,000 followers, and Nick started thinking about other things he could do. He created a clothing brand called Luciano Western Wear and developed the slogan “Bulletproof Mindset, Strive For Excellence,” which is imprinted on the brand’s merchandise. The clothing brand has earned a loyal following across the country, and many people have attested to how inspiring the slogan is and how much they identify with the western concept behind the brand.

Nick Luciano never stopped working, but little did he know things were still going to take an even better turn for him soon. He created a video titled “Sugar Crash,” which catapulted him to fame on TikTok, and everyone began to call him “The Sugar Crash Guy.” The video has since passed more than 220 views and 43 million likes, making it the third-highest liked video on TikTok. Nick admits that he wants his name Nick Luciano to ring more bells than being known as “The Sugar Crash Guy,” so he is working harder on his brand and image. 

Nick has a unique brand, given that there aren’t many cowboy creators on TikTok. His versatile and unique approach to content creation has endeared him to many who have religiously supported his brand. Spreading positivity is important to Nick Luciano, and he’s using all the available avenues to do that.Learn more about Nick Luciano on TikTok.