Who is Jaboukie Young-White
Jaboukie Young-White is a comedian, writer, and actor from the United States of America. He is widely known for his work for The Daily Show as a correspondent. White began improv comedy from his university days before leaving his Alma mater DePaul University during his senior to begin a full-time career in comedy.
How old is Jaboukie?
The former correspondent is 30 years old as of July 2024. He was born in 1994 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Jaboukie’s Parents and Siblings
Jaboukie comes from a family of five. His parents are Jamaican immigrants and he has two siblings, younger brothers Javaughn Young-White and Javeigh Young-White.
Jaboukie’s Sexual Orientation
He is openly gay. In late 2017, during his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Young-White came out as queer; later, in his second appearance on the program in late 2018, he explained that he identifies as gay.
What does Jaboukie Young-White do for a living?
White can sing, is an actor, writer and comedian. Mainly a comedian, White’s performances can be traced to back when he was 19 at an open mic night. At 21 he got hired for a stand-up gig. He took part in NYC Devil Cup Stand Up Festival of 2016 where he was a finalist.
He was also performing at clubs and bars in New York and Chicago. As many other people, Jaboukie posted his art online and by late 2016 he went viral on several platforms. This earned him a large following on Instagram and Twitter. Soon, he was getting featured on magazines, namely, on 24 Under 25: Meet the Young Musicians, Actors, Activists Changing the World by Rolling Stone in 2017 and in 20 Comedians You Should and Will Know by Vulture in 2018. In 2020 he appeared on BET’s “Future 40” list.
Jaboukie’s notable Stand-up appearances
Young-White has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on two episodes in 2017 and 2018.
Jaboukie as a Show Writer
He has written for Big Mouth and American Vandal television shows since 2018. In July 2021 it was announced that Jaboukie would be writing the script for an upcoming animated feature inspired by music of the late rapper Juice Wrld.
Jaboukie Young-White on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
The talented comedian joined The Daily Show hosted by Trevor Noah in 2018 as a correspondent. He appeared on 57 episodes of the show before leaving in 2021.
Jaboukie acting credits and Music
Aside from being a comic, Young-White has also starred in several films and television shows since 2021. These are:
- Dating and New York
- C’mon C’mon
- Only Murders in the Building
- Fairfax as a voice artist
- Rap Sh!t
- Baymax on Disney+ as a voice artist
- Disney’s Strange World as a voice artist
Going by the name “jaboukie”, he released his debut single titled BBC in September 2022. He also put out two singles “not_me_tho” and “ROCKWHYLER”. In August 2023 he released his debut album “All who can’t hear must feel”.