MrBeast has created a level of fan following that very few other YouTubers can match. His main channel holds over 148 million subscribers, which is the fourth highest in the world. He often uploads content that is drastically different from all other major players in the game. Very recently, he posted a video of him trying out different airlines and buying tickets that varied from $1-500,000.
While he did not make any money from the video due to hefty production costs, it generated over 137 million viewers. It would not have been possible without his crew. While there are often additions and substractions to his team, the core group of Chris Tyson, Karl Jacobs, and Chandler Hallow have been with MrBeast through thick and thin. So how did they band together? Let’s find out.
How did MrBeast meet Chris Tyson?
Chris Tyson is the most popular and controversial name of MrBeast’s crew. In recent times, Tyson has made waves through social media because of his HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) treatment. Chris, who came out as bisexual in 2020, identifies as gender nonconforming. Hence, Tyson considered HRT as a gender-affirming treatment and got support from MrBeast aka Jimmy Donaldson.
Jimmy defended Tyson amid all the backlash and asked the fans to be supportive of Chris’ choices. However, their relationship is nothing new as the duo has known each other for a long time. Both Jimmy and Tyson grew up in North Carolina. Tyson was an integral part of Donaldson creating the YouTube channel “MrBeast6000,” which is now known only as “MrBeast.” Tyson was also the first person to subscribe to the channel.
Talking about the day, Chris added, “I remember the day he created it… Me and him were hanging out at his house, and he created the YouTube channel MrBeast6000, which is now MrBeast. I made sure I was the first person subscribed when he made it.” (h/t via Business Insider)
Both Tyson and Jimmy have worked on the YouTube channel since they were in high school and through their college years. After Tyson graduated from college, Jimmy offered him a job on his YouTube channel on a full-time basis. Although Chris already had a job, he did not hesitate to accept the offer and invest all his time into creating content.
When did Chandler Hallow join Jimmy’s channel?
Although it is hard to imagine MrBeast not having an ungodly amount of subscribers, Jimmy was also a small-time YouTuber once. Once his channel hit 750,000 subscribers, he brought Chris Tyson and Chandler Hallow on board as full-time employees. Similar to Tyson, Chandler also joined MrBeast after finishing college. However, Hallow was reportedly a janitor when he met MrBeast.
Hallow made his first appearance on the channel in June 2017 in a video titled, “We Are Better Than Dude Perfect.” Hallow made a great impression on the fans and they fell in love with him. As time went by, he started being more and more frequent on the channel. He famously won an island worth $800,000 in a competition on MrBeast in 2020. However, due to the logistics, Chandler sold the island later.
Aside from them, Karl Jacobs is also another popular figure in MrBeast’s videos. While he was a camera operator for Jimmy’s brother, MR BRO, Jacobs later transitioned into becoming an on-camera talent for Jimmy. Noel Hansen is another frequent collaborator and made his first appearance on Jimmy’s channel in 2020. There are rumors that he is dating Donaldson’s sister, Anna.