Jaboukie Young-White

Jaboukie Young White (born July 24, 1994), born Jaboukie Young-White, is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician. He first gained recognition at a young age as a comedian, making his television debut as a guest performer on two episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017-2018). After his film debut in the black comedy Rough Night (2017), he co-wrote the Netflix mockumentary series American Vandal (2018). His later films included his first leading role in Dating and New York (2021), supporting parts in Someone Great (2019) and C'mon C'mon (2021), and voice roles in Strange World (2022) and Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023).

Young-White was born to Jamaican immigrants and raised in Harvey, Illinois. He attended Marian Catholic High School followed by DePaul University, where he became involved in improv comedy through the program "The Titanic Players", before leaving DePaul in 2016 to pursue comedy full-time. He performed stand-up for the first time at an open mic when he was 19, and was a finalist at the 2016 NYC Devil Cup Stand Up Festival. In October 2018 he was hired as a correspondent on The Daily Show, making his first appearance opposite Trevor Noah on October 11, 2018, and leaving in 2021.

On television he played recurring parts on Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020-2021) and Only Murders in the Building (2021-2022), and voiced the lead role of Truman in the animated series Fairfax. Under the moniker "jaboukie" he released his debut single "BBC" via Interscope Records on September 30, 2022, followed by his debut album All who can't hear must feel on August 25, 2023. Young-White is gay; in 2017 he was featured on Rolling Stone's "25 Under 25".