Jaboukie Young-White

Jaboukie Young-White
Born (1994-07-24) July 24, 1994
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality American
Occupation
  • Comedian
  • writer
Years active 2016–present

Jaboukie Young-White (born July 24, 1994) is an American stand up comedian and writer. He is currently a correspondent for The Daily Show.

Early life

Young-White was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He later attended Marian Catholic High School before studying at DePaul University,[2] from where he ultimately left in his senior year to pursue his comedy career.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Beginning in late 2016, several of his memes, tweets, and posts went viral.[4][6] He subsequently gained prominence on social media, particularly on Twitter and Instagram, where he grew a large following; as of July 2018, he has over 200,000 combined followers.[7][8]

In 2017, he was featured on Rolling Stone's "25 Under 25: Meet the Young Musicians, Actors, Activists Changing the World" list.[9] The following year, he was included in Vulture's "20 Comedians You Should and Will Know" list.[10] Since 2017, he has performed stand-up twice on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[11][12]

As of 2018, he writes for the Netflix television shows Big Mouth and American Vandal.[13] In October of that year, he was hired as a correspondent on The Daily Show;[14] he made his first appearance opposite Trevor Noah on October 11, 2018.[15][16]

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 2018.[17]

He has two brothers.[18]

Credits

Filmography

Television

References

  1. ↑ POC, Nerdy (2017-05-10). "Jaboukie Young-White, On Online Activism, Black Twitter Not Getting Credit and Mental Health". Medium. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  2. ↑ Times, For The. "Marian Catholic senior captures two IHSA state speech championships". nwitimes.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. ↑ Mullane, Pat. "Former DePaul student goes viral, starts career as a comedian". The DePaulia. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. 1 2 Mullane, Pat. "Former DePaul student goes viral, starts career as a comedian". The DePaulia. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  5. ↑ "Jaboukie Young-White on the Zen of Memes". Vulture. September 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ "This Guy's Instagram Captions Are Gloriously Extra". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  7. ↑ "jaboukie young-white (@jaboukie) | Twitter". www.twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  8. ↑ "jaboukie young-white (@jaboukie) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  9. ↑ "25 Under 25: Meet the Musicians, Actors, Activists Changing the World". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  10. ↑ Pitchel, Jesse David Fox, Jake Kroeger, Samantha. "20 Comedians You Should and Will Know". Vulture. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  11. ↑ "Jaboukie Young-White Takes on 'Masc' Queer Men in Hilarious Standup". Out.com. 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  12. ↑ "'The Daily Show' Adds Jaboukie Young-White as Correspondent". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  13. ↑ "Donald Glover fan goes viral after posting photo of encounter on Twitter". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  14. ↑ Evans, Greg (2018-10-11). "Jaboukie Young-White Joins 'The Daily Show' As Correspondent". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  15. ↑ "Chicago comedian schools Trevor Noah in his 'Daily Show' debut". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  16. ↑ Otterson, Joe (2018-10-11). "Jaboukie Young-White Joins 'Daily Show With Trevor Noah' as Correspondent". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  17. ↑ "This Stand-Up Comic Just Hilariously Came Out to His Parents on National TV". Pride.com. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  18. ↑ "jaboukie young-white on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  19. ↑ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017-12-13), Jaboukie Young-White Stand-Up, retrieved 2018-04-15
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