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. He later attended Marian Catholic High School before studying at DePaul University, from where he ultimately left in his senior year to pursue his comedy career.
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. 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.
Beginning in late 2016, several of his memes, tweets, and posts went viral. 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.
In 2017, he was featured on Rolling Stone's "25 Under 25: Meet the Young Musicians, Actors, Activists Changing the World" list. The following year, he was included in Vulture's "20 Comedians You Should and Will Know" list. Since 2017, he has performed stand-up twice on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
As of 2018, he writes for the Netflix television shows Big Mouth and American Vandal. In October of that year, he was hired as a correspondent on The Daily Show; he made his first appearance opposite Trevor Noah on October 11, 2018.
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.
He has two brothers.
Credits[]
Filmography[]
- Rough Night (Borat, 2017)
- Set It Up (Assistant Alex, 2018)
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (McNeely (voice role), 2018)
- Strange World (Ethan Clade (voice role), 2021)
Television[]
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (stand-up performer, December 2017)
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (stand-up performer, October 2018)
- Big Mouth (writer, since 2018)
- American Vandal (writer, since 2018)
- The Daily Show (correspondent, since October 2018)