Andre Rebelo, known online as Typical Gamer, was born on March 23, 1992, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to his Wikipedia biography, he dropped out of college twice before committing to content creation full time, and his younger brother Billy came up with the “Typical Gamer” channel name. He created his YouTube channel in August 2008, uploading Red Dead Redemption gameplay as his first video, then built an early following through Grand Theft Auto content in the years that followed.

Rebelo’s channel grew steadily through the early 2010s on the strength of consistent Grand Theft Auto uploads. When YouTube introduced livestreaming in 2013, he began broadcasting Grand Theft Auto V sessions and became one of the earlier adopters of the format on the platform, according to his Wikipedia entry. This period established the upload consistency and community engagement habits that carried into his later, much larger channel, though the advertising rates and sponsorship market of that era were far smaller than what creators command today.

Rebelo’s breakthrough came with Fortnite, which he began covering in 2017 as the game’s popularity exploded. He competed in the game’s early competitive scene and nearly qualified for the 2019 Fortnite World Cup. His commitment to the title deepened on March 3, 2020, when he launched a second channel, TG Plays, dedicated solely to Fortnite content. Weeks later, on March 26, 2020, he signed an exclusive streaming agreement with YouTube Gaming, a deal reported by Tubefilter that kept his content off rival platforms such as Twitch and Mixer and marked his transition into one of YouTube’s flagship gaming partners.

Rebelo built one of the largest gaming channels on YouTube, reaching 16 million subscribers on his main channel and nearly 9 million on TG Plays. In competitive Fortnite, Esports Earnings credits him with roughly $120,000 in verified tournament prize money across 15 ranked events, including two tournament wins, most of it earned during the 2018 Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series. In April 2025 he became the first creator to surpass one million in-game followers on Fortnite Creative, a milestone highlighted on his Forbes contributor profile.

Rebelo has been repeatedly recognized within the creator industry, with nominations at the Streamy Awards in the Gaming (2018), Live Streamer (2020) and Competitive Gamer (2023) categories, and a nomination for Content Creator of the Year at The Game Awards in 2024. Forbes placed him on its 2026 Top Creators list with reported earnings of $13 million over the prior year, noting his entrepreneurship score reflected the success of his game studio alongside his platform revenue, according to the Forbes profile tracking his creator business.

In June 2023, Rebelo signed a digital advertising and brand representation agreement with Studio71, a Los Angeles based creator management company. Variety reported the deal covered his YouTube channels along with his presence on TikTok, Twitch, X and Instagram, and gave him access to advanced advertising tools and anti-piracy monitoring. Epic Games has also treated him as a marketing partner in his own right: on May 28, 2026, it released an official Typical Gamer skin bundle in the Fortnite Item Shop, preceded by a dedicated Typical Gamer Skin Cup tournament, as detailed by Beebom’s coverage of the release.

In May 2024, Rebelo launched JOGO, a Fortnite-focused development studio targeting a share of what is by some estimates a roughly $320 million Fortnite creator economy, alongside co-founder Chad Mustard and Unreal Editor for Fortnite veteran Mark Price. Forbes reported the studio launched with a $2 million self-funded commitment, with Rebelo serving as CEO. By October 2024, Tubefilter reported JOGO had generated nearly $7 million from its custom Fortnite maps, had grown to roughly two dozen full-time staff with a $2 million payroll, and had been profitable since launch, all without outside investors.

No public deed, purchase price or mortgage record for a home owned by Rebelo was found for this profile. Famous People Today, one of the few outlets to address his finances directly, states that he currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, after relocating from Toronto, but does not document a property purchase, and no mainstream outlet reviewed for this profile confirms a specific real estate acquisition. Given that gap, HMW does not add a speculative property value and treats his major asset base as concentrated in his YouTube channels and his ownership stake in JOGO rather than real estate.