Arif Zahir

Arif Zahir Lopes-Thrower, born on April 15, 1994, is an American actor, musician, and internet personality. He gained popularity through his YouTube channel, Azerrz, which has over 7 million subscribers. Zahir is known for his impressive voice impressions of various celebrities and cartoon characters. In 2021, he took on the role of voicing Cleveland Brown on the television series Family Guy, succeeding Mike Henry. Zahir, who is of African-American and Cape Verdean descent, was born in Berkeley, California, and partially raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He attended Nativity Preparatory School and Keith Middle School before returning to California. Zahir initially started doing voice impressions in middle school and later dropped out of Hussian College to focus on his YouTube career.