Arif Zahir

Arif Zahir Lopés-Thrower (born April 15, 1994) is an American actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, voice impressionist, and Internet personality also known by his online alias Azerrz and his stage name 4rif. His channel features voice impressions of a plethora of celebrities and cartoon characters and he has 6+ million subscribers. He is most notable for voicing Cleveland Brown on Family Guy after Mike Henry (voice actor).
Zahir is an African-American of 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. He was raised by his mother alongside his older sister, Aaliyah. 
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 He originally made a YouTube channel in 2007 which focused on performing magic tricks. Zahir was urged to make a YouTube channel focused on voice impressions by his friends and family. After doing so and finding success he started attending Hussian School of Art campus in Los Angeles. He later dropped out to spend more time focusing on his YouTube career.
Zahir created his YouTube channel in 2012 but posted his first video in 2013. He started out by posting comedic sketches, gaming videos, and videos of himself performing voice impressions of both cartoon characters and real celebrities. Zahir garnered initial success through his voice impressions which he started doing in 2011. One of the first voices Zahir did was of Cleveland Brown who he would go on to voice several years later.
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 (character) / T'Challa. 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.
He is also a rapper and singer and releases music under the moniker 4rif. He released his debut album At Last Sight on August 30, 2019. He followed it up with an Extended play Go Gadget/Blues Clues which was released on April 29, 2020 in collaboration with rapper DLNQNT.
On June 26, 2020, Mike Henry (voice actor), who had voiced Cleveland Brown since 1999, announced he was stepping down and believed a person of color should voice the role. On September 25, 2020 it was announced that Zahir would be voicing Cleveland starting in Family Guy (season 19).
==== Film roles ====
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
2016	The Invisible Shadow 	The Bagged Man	Short film; credited as Arif Lopes
2017	Everyone But Me 	Andre 	Short film
2017	Hues and Hidden Kings 	A Hidden King 	Short film
2019	The Golden Realm: An American Larping Experience	Peter, Kalthor	Short film
==== Television roles ====
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2016 	Cliffhanger 	Ted 	3 episodes
2018 	G.P.A. 	Xander Holland 	4 episodes
2018-present	How It Should Have Ended	Black Panther / T'Challa	3 episodes; voice role
2019 	Internet Rich 	Himself 	1 episode
2020-present	Party Chat 	Arif 	Web series; also producer
2020 	VENN: Arcade Live 	Himself 	Episode "Voice Impressions with Azerrz + WWE Superstar Zelina Vega Throw Down"
2020–present	Family Guy 	Cleveland Brown 	Replaced Mike Henry (voice actor) after he stepped down
2021 	Rocky 	Clubber 	Upcoming; voice role
2021 	Robot Chicken 	 	Upcoming
==== Video game roles ====
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2018	No Way Out - A Dead Realm Tale	Edgar, William Huxley, Librarian, Clown	Voice roles
==== Music video roles ====
Year	Song 	Artist 	Role 	Director
2018	Down the Line 	Lokl Yokl 	The Bartender	Ryan Rosenblum
2018	Drunk With You 	Joe Thomas Carter featuring 4rif	Himself 	Zane Morrow
2019	August 	4rif 	Himself 	Fowluh
2019	Gimme Ya Lovin' 	Joe Thomas Carter featuring 4rif	Himself 	Christina Xing
2020	At Last Sight/Kids	4rif 	Himself 	Christina Xing
2020	The Window 	4rif 	Himself 	Ryan Rosenblum
=== Albums ===
List of albums
Title 	Details
At Last Sight	
* Released: August 30, 2019
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
 	
* Releasing: 2021
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
=== Extended plays ===
List of extended plays
Title 	EP details
Go Gadget/Blues Clues	
* Released: April 29, 2020
* Format: Digital download, streaming
=== Singles ===
As lead artist
List of singles as lead artist
Title 	Year	Album
“August” 	2018	At Last Sight
“Summers End” 	2019	
“Wonderful Miracles”	2019	At Last Sight
“Channel Lovely” 	2019	At Last Sight
“Go Gadget” 	2020	Go Gadget/Blues Clues
“Blues Clues” 	2020	Go Gadget/Blues Clues
“Favorite Girl” 	2020	
“Ignore Me” 	2020	
As featured artist 
List of singles as featured artist 
Title 	Year	Album
"Hope County" 	2018	Year 3
"Drunk With You" 	2018	
"Gimme Ya Lovin'" 	2019	
"G League" (DLNQNT featuring 4rif)	2019	DZJNTD Vol. 1 – DNT PLY
Category:1994 births
Category:American voice actors
Category:American rappers