Jaboukie Young-White
Young-White atSXSW 2024
Born	(1994-07-24)July 24, 1994 (age 31)
Other names	Jaboukie
Education	DePaul University
Occupations	Comedian writer actor musician
Years active	2013–present
Known for	Only Murders in the Building Strange World

Jaboukie Young-White (born July 24, 1994^[1][2]) is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician.

Young-White first gained recognition at a young age as a comedian, through which he made his television debut as a guest performer on two episodes ofThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017–2018). After his film debut in the black comedyRough Night (2017), he co-wrote theNetflix mockumentary television seriesAmerican Vandal (2018). His subsequent films included his first leading role inDating and New York (2021), alongside supporting parts inSomeone Great (2019) andC'mon C'mon (2021), and voice roles inStrange World (2022) andRuby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023).

On television, Young-White played recurring parts onAwkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–2021) andOnly Murders in the Building (2021–2022).

Young-White was born to Jamaican immigrants and raised inHarvey, Illinois.^[1][3] He later attendedMarian Catholic High School followed byDePaul University,^[4] where he became involved in improv comedy through the collegiate improvisation program "The Titanic Players".^[5][6] He ultimately left DePaul in 2016 during his senior year to pursue comedy full-time.^[7][8]

Young-White performed stand-up for the first time at anopen mic night when he was 19; he was hired for his first stand-up gig when he was 21.^[7] 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 hismemes, tweets, and posts wentviral.^[7][10] He subsequently gained prominence on social media, particularly on Twitter andInstagram, where he grew a large following.^{[11][non-primary source needed][12][non-primary source needed]}

Since 2017, he has performed stand-up twice onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.^[13][14]

As of 2018, he wrote for theNetflix television showsBig Mouth andAmerican Vandal.^[15] In October of that year, he was hired as a correspondent onThe Daily Show;^[16] he made his first appearance oppositeTrevor Noah on October 11, 2018, and left in 2021.^[17][18][19]

In early 2019, Young-White was negotiating to be a lead in an untitledBo Burnham andAmy York Rubin film alongsideDanielle Macdonald.^[20]

OnMartin Luther King Day (January 20, 2020), Young-White was temporarily banned from Twitter for posting a tweet posing as theFBI and claiming that they were responsible for the activist'sassassination.^[21]

On March 23, 2020, Twitter again suspended Young-White after he changed his display name and icon to that of theCNN 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.^[22] His account was restored less than a day later. However, he was subsequently stripped of hisverified status.^[23]

In 2021, Young-White starred in the filmDating and New York. He also appeared oppositeJoaquin Phoenix in the filmC'mon C'mon and had a recurring role in the television seriesOnly Murders in the Building.^[24] He voiced the lead role of Truman in the animated seriesFairfax.^[25]

On June 10, 2021, it was announced that Young-White would be teaming up withIssa Rae and her production companyHoorae to develop the bookThe Gang's All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members by Vanessa R. Panfil into a series forHBO. He will write and executive produce the project.^[26]

On July 20, 2021, it was announced that Young-White would be writing the script for an upcoming animated feature inspired by music of the late rapperJuice Wrld.^[27]

In 2022, Young-White had a recurring role in Rae's television showRap Sh!t.^[28] He also voice acted in theDisney+ seriesBaymax! and voiced main character Ethan Clade in the Disney animated featureStrange World.^[29][30]

On September 30, 2022, Young-White released his debut single "BBC" viaInterscope Records under the moniker "jaboukie."^[31] Two more singles, "ROCKWHYLER" and "not_me_tho," were subsequently released.

On August 1, 2023, jaboukie announced his debut album,All who can't hear must feel, which was released on August 25, 2023.^[32]

In July 2025, rapper and hip-hop artistDoechii revealed that she was working with Young-White for the script of her upcoming stage showSchool of Hip Hop that blended live choreography and evocative visuals with cultural commentary and satire.^[33][34][35] He will be appearing inTrash Mountain, a new movie written by fellow-comedianCaleb Hearon, according to an October 2025 announcement.^[36]

Young-White is gay, and did not come out to his parents until his 2017 debut onThe Tonight Show. He is estranged from his "violently homophobic" father, but remains in contact with his mother who is accepting of his queerness.^[37][8] He lives in New York City.^[34]

In 2017, he was featured onRolling Stone's "25 Under 25: Meet the Young Musicians, Actors, Activists Changing the World" list.^[38] The following year, he was included inVulture's "20 Comedians You Should and Will Know" list.^[39] In 2020, Young-White was placed onBET'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".^[40]

Young-White received the 2024 Comedy Connoisseur Award at Variety's annual Power of Comedy event for his broad body of work, including stand up performances and television appearances.^[41]

• "bbc" (2022)
• "ROCKWHYLER" (2022)
• "GONER" (2023)
• "not_me_tho" (2023)

• Marantz, Andrew (September 6, 2021)."Mr. Manners (or) The standup who doubles as a digital Emily Post". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures.The New Yorker. Vol. 97, no. 27. p. 17.

• Jaboukie Young-White atIMDb 
• Jaboukie Young-White atRotten Tomatoes

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