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Jaboukie Young-White
Born (1994-07-24) July 24, 1994 (age 30)
EducationDePaul University
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • writer
  • social media influencer
Years active2016–present

Jaboukie Young-White (born July 24, 1994)[1][2] is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and SoundCloud rapper.[3] He has been a correspondent for The Daily Show since October 2018.

Early life

Young-White was born to Jamaican immigrants and raised in Harvey, Illinois.[1][4] He later attended Marian Catholic High School where he participated in Speech and Theatre before studying at DePaul University,[5] where he became involved in improv comedy through the collegiate improvisation program 'The Titanic Players.'[6] From DePaul, he ultimately left in his senior year to pursue his comedy career full-time.[7]

Career

Young-White performed stand-up for the first time at an open mic night when he was 19; he was hired for his first stand-up gig when he was 21.[8] He continued to perform stand-up at several bars and clubs around Chicago and New York City, and was a finalist at the 2016 NYC Devil Cup Stand Up Festival.[9]

Beginning in late 2016, several of his memes, tweets, and posts went viral.[8][10] He subsequently gained prominence on social media, particularly on Twitter and Instagram, where he grew a large following.[11][12]

In 2017, he was featured on Rolling Stone's "25 Under 25: Meet the Young Musicians, Actors, Activists Changing the World" list.[13] The following year, he was included in Vulture's "20 Comedians You Should and Will Know" list.[14] In 2020, Young-White was placed on BET's "Future 40" list, which is a list of "40 of the most inspiring and innovative vanguards who are redefining what it means to be unapologetically young, gifted & black".[15] Since 2017, he has performed stand-up twice on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[16][17]

As of 2018, he writes for the Netflix television shows Big Mouth and American Vandal.[18] In October of that year, he was hired as a correspondent on The Daily Show;[19] he made his first appearance opposite Trevor Noah on October 11, 2018.[20][21]

In early 2019, Young-White was negotiating to be a lead, alongside Danielle Macdonald in an untitled Bo Burnham and Amy York Rubin film.[22]

On Martin Luther King Day (January 20, 2020), Young-White was temporarily banned from Twitter for posting a tweet posing as the FBI and claiming that they were responsible for the activist's assassination.[23]

On March 23, 2020, Twitter again suspended Young-White after he changed his display name and icon to that of the CNN Breaking News account, and tweeting: "BREAKING: Joe Biden is not DEAD. He just getting some dick. We've all been there cnn.com", thus making it appear as though CNN had posted the tweet.[24] His account was restored less than a day later. However, he was subsequently stripped of his verified status.[25]

Personal life

In late 2017, Young-White came out as queer during his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; he later clarified that he identifies as gay, in his second appearance on the program in late 2018.[26]

He is of Jamaican and Chinese Jamaican descent[27], and often jokes about being Italian.[28] He has two brothers, Javaughn and Javeigh.[29]

He was a supporter of the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign.[30]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Rooftops and Fire Escapes Party Guy Short
2017 Rough Night Borat
2018 Set It Up Assistant Alex
Ralph Breaks the Internet McNeely Voice only
2019 Someone Great Mikey
Vanilla Garret
TBA Dating in New York Milo Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2017–2018 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Himself Stand-up performer, 2 episodes [31]
2018 Influencer Duffer Stone TV movie
2018–present Big Mouth Writer
2018 American Vandal Writer
2018–present The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Himself (correspondent)
2019 Crashing Himself 1 episode
Total Forgiveness Himself 1 episode
The Rank Room Himself 1 episode
2020 Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens Daniel 2 episodes

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Black Tylenol Martin [32]

References

  1. ^ a b NerdyPOC (2017-05-10). "Jaboukie Young-White, On Online Activism, Black Twitter Not Getting Credit and Mental Health". Medium. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  2. ^ Young-White, Jaboukie [@jaboukie] (July 24, 2019). "hey it's my birthday today and for it i'm asking u to please donate to @TheOkraProject" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ HI - C, retrieved 2020-05-13
  4. ^ ""Not Offended, Just Bored" — Meet Jaboukie Young-White". Mask Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  5. ^ Times, For The. "Marian Catholic senior captures two IHSA state speech championships". nwitimes.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  6. ^ "Sausage McGuffin Facebook profile". Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  7. ^ Mullane, Pat. "Former DePaul student goes viral, starts career as a comedian". The DePaulia. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  8. ^ a b Mullane, Pat. "Former DePaul student goes viral, starts career as a comedian". The DePaulia. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  9. ^ "Jaboukie Young-White on the Zen of Memes". Vulture. September 16, 2016.
  10. ^ "This Guy's Instagram Captions Are Gloriously Extra". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  11. ^ "jaboukie young-white (@jaboukie) | Twitter". www.twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  12. ^ "jaboukie young-white (@jaboukie) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  13. ^ "25 Under 25: Meet the Musicians, Actors, Activists Changing the World". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  14. ^ Pitchel, Jesse David Fox, Jake Kroeger, Samantha. "20 Comedians You Should and Will Know". Vulture. Retrieved 2018-04-26.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "BET Digital celebrates black excellence with new original editorial series". Chicago Defender. 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  16. ^ "Jaboukie Young-White Takes on 'Masc' Queer Men in Hilarious Standup". Out.com. 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  17. ^ "'The Daily Show' Adds Jaboukie Young-White as Correspondent". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  18. ^ "Donald Glover fan goes viral after posting photo of encounter on Twitter". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  19. ^ Evans, Greg (2018-10-11). "Jaboukie Young-White Joins 'The Daily Show' As Correspondent". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  20. ^ "Chicago comedian schools Trevor Noah in his 'Daily Show' debut". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  21. ^ Otterson, Joe (2018-10-11). "Jaboukie Young-White Joins 'Daily Show With Trevor Noah' as Correspondent". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  22. ^ Fleming Jr, Mike (2019-02-19). "Danielle Macdonald, Jaboukie Young-White Set For Paramount Players Pic". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  23. ^ Pollowitz, Greg (2020-01-21). "The Daily Show's Jaboukie Young-White gets booted off Twitter for spoofing the official FBI account". twitchy.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  24. ^ Haasch, Palmer (2020-03-24). "Twitter suspended Jaboukie over fake CNN tweet about Joe Biden". Insider. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  25. ^ Moen, Matt (2020-03-24). "Why #FreeJaboukie Is Trending". PAPER. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  26. ^ "This Stand-Up Comic Just Hilariously Came Out to His Parents on National TV". Pride.com. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  27. ^ "https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/1070384327974887425". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-06-23. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  28. ^ Longo, Joseph (March 2020). "How Every Shitposter Became Italian". Mel magazine. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  29. ^ @Jaboukie (July 27, 2017). "Jaboukie Young-White with his two brothers" (Tweet). Retrieved 2018-07-10 – via Twitter.
  30. ^ "12 Celebrities Who Are Feeling the Bern". popdust.com. 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  31. ^ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017-12-13), Jaboukie Young-White Stand-Up, retrieved 2018-04-15
  32. ^ Never Sad (2017-02-28), Black Tylenol, retrieved 2019-05-21
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