What Really Happened to the First MrBeast Crew?

Before MrBeast had hundreds of employees, his videos were made by a handful of friends in North Carolina. Nine of them are at the centre of this story. Eight disappeared from the videos, some fired, some walking away. The ninth was thrown out of a restaurant on camera, as a joke, and turned up four years later somewhere nobody expected. We used the originals wherever we could: their own videos, tweets (archived where accounts are gone), Instagram Stories, interviews and documents. Allegations are described as allegations, with the other side's response where one exists. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 0:27 A handful of friends, a 500-person company 1:41 01 The first exits: Matt Turner 3:50 Flyy 5:45 Sneako 6:33 02 The quiet exits: Ty and Garrett 7:26 Marcus 8:44 03 The two Jakes: Jake the Viking 10:03 Jake Weddle 12:02 04 The one who stayed: Tyler Conklin 13:49 05 A company now: Kalshi and the roll call 17:15 Where they are in 2026 HOW WE COUNTED THE ROLL CALL We read the English subtitles MrBeast uploads with his videos and counted which crew names appear: 10 uploads from 19 Sep to 19 Dec 2020, and the 10 newest, 2 May to 19 Sep 2026. It shows who is named, not who is on camera, and it is not proof anyone left. SOURCES Matt Turner Thread, 5 Oct 2019 (archived): https://web.archive.org/web/201910060... Reply, 9 Oct 2019 (archived): https://web.archive.org/web/201910091... Deleted account (archived): https://web.archive.org/web/201910091... TWENTY18!:    • TWENTY18!   Why I Regret Big Brother 24:    • Why I Regret Big Brother 24... | #BB24   $24,000 Terrazza Sofa:    • I Built The $24,000 Terrazza Sofa.   DramaAlert Oct 2019 (archived page): https://web.archive.org/web/202011011... Oct 2019 re-upload:    • MrBeast EXPOSED for being HORRIBLE BOSS Dr...   Apr 2018, with Flyy's deleted video, MrBeast's call and Turner's 7 Apr 2018 tweet (re-upload):    • Mr. Beast Debunks  FlyyDoesYT's lies #Dram...   Flyy, 6 Oct 2019 (archived): https://web.archive.org/web/201910061... Sneako MrBeast's Lego car video, 2018:    • I Built A Working Car Using Only LEGOS   SNEAKO, 2020:    • The Most Important Lesson I learned workin...   Ty, Garrett, Marcus Marcus's Stories, Aug 2020 (fan recording):    • Mr Beast Marcus attacks Jimmy | what happe...   MrBeast Wiki, "Ty" (fan-edited, unconfirmed): https://mrbeast.fandom.com/wiki/Ty Sportskeeda: https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/w... SVG: https://www.svg.com/1631147/mrbeast-c... The two Jakes Jake Franklin, 2020:    • Why I Left MrBeast   Jake Franklin on X, 2024: https://x.com/jake_theviking/status/1... Jake Weddle, 2020:    • Why I Left MrBeast   Jake Weddle, 8 Aug 2024:    • The Real Reason I left MrBeast (Bigger, Lo...   Jake Weddle, 16 Aug 2024:    • I caught Jimmy in a SECRET recording...   Tyler Conklin and Beast Games Deadline panel:    • For ‘Beast Games’, MrBeast Said Viewers Wa...   Deadline: https://deadline.com/2026/06/mrbeast-... Dexerto: https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/who-i... ComingSoon: https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/19... Also: Tyler Conklin on Instagram (19 Dec 2024), Wikipedia "Beast Games" Kalshi and the company Kalshi notice KDA-2026-0001: https://kalshi-public-docs.s3.amazona... CNBC:    • Beast Industries CEO: We're moving away fr...   AP: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mrbeas... esports.net: https://www.esports.net/casino/mrbeas... Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/mrbeast-editor-ins... Guinness World Records: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/... The Peninsula Qatar: https://x.com/PeninsulaQatar/status/2... Also: Monsters & Critics (2019), Sportskeeda (2021, 2022), Dexerto (2021), CBS Big Brother on X (2022) Short excerpts are used for commentary, criticism and identification. Music: YouTube Audio Library.