Jaboukie Young-White Is the Stand-Up Star You Need to Know
Jaboukie Young-White, ‘short king crusader’, is the stand-up prodigy speaking for a generation right now. Rising to prominence via his cult classic Twitter account - where him deleting tweets has become a spectator sport just like feigning Italian heritage to whomever will buy it - Jaboukie now harvests your laughter as a millennial correspondent for The Daily Show, writer for ’Big Mouth’ and ‘American Vandal’ and live performer for Comedy Central or the Tonight Show. My mum even sends me his clips, so you know he’s hit the big time (she has impeccable taste, okay). Good thing Jaboukie Young-White is coming to London on November 28 & 29 2019, so snag one of the last tickets available posthaste.
Prepare by reading Jaboukie’s talk in GQ recently about masculinity and having to grow up ‘masc’-presenting due rampant homophobia and watch a clip from his recent Comedy Central half hour below, in which he shares his Catholic school’s messed up take on sex ed. As a kindred Caribbean queer person of colour, I have nothing but stanning to do for mister Young-White. He’s everything, send tweet.