born June 12, 1990) is an American comedian and YouTube celebrity who is best known by his YouTube username of KevJumba . He was YouTube's number one subscribed comedian and third most subscribed user overall on June 5, 2008. He currently attends the University of California, Davis as a film major. The San Francisco Chronicle's Jeff Yang has noted that Wu is not a comedian in the conventional sense but that by "just talking he is, well, pretty hilarious" due to his deadpan vocal delivery, animated facial expressions and tendency toward unexpected digressions. Wu previously appeared on The CW Television Network's short-lived Online Nation and co-starred with Jessica Lee Rose and Philip DeFranco in Hooking Up from HBOLabs (the online arm of HBO) in 2008. In September, it was announced that Wu and his father, Michael, would be competing as a team on the 17th season of The Amazing Race . Michael and Kevin were eliminated during the seventh leg of the The Amazing Race , placing seventh overall.

KevJumba (Kevin Kai-Wen Wu) was inspired to put comedy videos on YouTube by the stand-up performances of Dave Chapelle and James Lau Wu. He chose YouTube because of his lack of resources and an audience. When Wu's "I Have to Deal With Stereotypes" video was featured on YouTube's home page, his number of viewers began to increase. In this video, Wu says that the three stereotypes he must deal with as an East Asian are that he is "cheap", a "nerd", and has "no social life." He tries to disprove his cheapness by bragging about the recent purchase of a "brand new, top-of-the-line, TI-84 calculator ". He acknowledges that this might make him nerdy but dismisses this stereotype too as he does not "make all A's...in school today he made a B+." He is then greeted by a voice that was supposed to be his mother calling him a loser and accusing him of shaming their family. Wu goes on to say he can prove the health of his social life with the constant ringing of his cell phone. At this point, his phone indeed rings, he answers it, and the voice on the other end says, "Hey, why did you tell me to call you?" Wu has collaborated with fellow YouTube comedian Christine Gambito ( HappySlip) making five videos with her. Kevin Wu graduated Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas, in 2008.

Following his video, "Butthash Hero", Wu introduced his father onto his YouTube channel, and made several appearances in candid video clips taken by his son. Responding to Wu's father's growing popularity amongst viewers, his father made a debut in "I Love My Dad", and has been featured alongside his son many times since.

As of June 2010, Wu has more than 1,000,000 subscribers and more than 25 million views of his channel . His combined video views total over 91.9 million. On February 26, 2008 the Los Angeles Times compared the web series Quarterlife's viewership to Wu's. At the time Wu was a "semi-well known YouTube blogger" and had received 450,000 views for a video describing how he broke his shin. Quarterlife, which had been picked up by NBC, had received only 100,000 views on MySpace and 50,000 views on YouTube.

By May 29, 2008, Wu had become one of three East Asians under the age of 21 to be in the top five of YouTube's all-time most subscribed users with 187,000 subscribers and more than 5.9 million views. By June 5, 2008 he had become the number one subscribed comedian on YouTube, and third most subscribed uploader overall. Wu's videos have received replies from Ella Koon, Jessica Alba and Baron Davis. In 2008, Davis created a "longest stare" contest for ibeatyou.com, a site that he and Alba's husband Cash Warren co-founded. The contest began with Davis challenging Wu, who then challenged Alba, who responded to the challenge.

JumbaFund

On July 24, 2008, Kevin began JumbaFund , a YouTube channel dedicated to raising money for charity. As a partner, Kevin gets money every time someone views one of his videos. Kevin posts casual videos such as throwing paper airplanes off the Golden Gate Bridge, scaring his floormates, riding his bike in the hallway, and shocking "Jesus." Due to the popularity of his main account, this secondary account soon had over 175,000 subscribers. On June 26, 2009, one day after Michael Jackson's death, he made a video trying to prove Jackson was not as strange as the media made him out to be. In 3 days, it had over 600,000 views. In May 2009 he donated $1708 to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. In four months, he had raised and donated $8000 to charity. Other charities he has donated to include Invisible Children. Also, these videos take place on his college campus, which is revealed as University of California, Davis in Davis, California. Christine ( Happyslip) soon picked up on the idea and made her secondary channel, christinegambito into a charity channel too. Kevin Wu has expressed he would like all YouTube celebrities to do the same.

Funemployed

Wu began a collaboration of web episodes with the Los Angeles-based filmmaking group Wong Fu Productions. The web series Funemployed , launched in the summer of 2010, stars Kevin Wu and Wong Fu Production's Philip Wang and includes other notable YouTube stars such as Ryan Higa (nigahiga), David Choi, Kina Grannis, and others. With so many fans of Wongfu Productions, and Kevjumba, this series quickly took off and became a hit, reaching 500,000 viewers in only a few weeks. The series focuses on two good friends named Kyle (Kevin Wu) and Jason (Philip Wang), and how they are dealing with unemployment after Jason is laid off at work. Kyle is characterized as the typical laid back guy, who comes off as somewhat of a slacker, while Jason is characterized as the more studious hard worker of the two. The two eventually come up with an idea of how to make money, believing that youtube is the key, an allusion obviously to Wu???s and Wang???s real life success with youtube videos. ???Funemployed??? eventually came to an end on July 27, 2010 with their last episode entitled, ???Gave it a Shot???. There were a total of eleven episodes.

Jeff Yang of the San Francisco Chronicle describes Wu as perhaps the most interesting elite YouTube personality , going from obscurity to YouTube's most subscribed comedian in a few months. According to Yang, Wu's videos are not strictly comedy, consisting mostly of "stuff that Kevin finds interesting, weird or irritating." Yang describes Wu's videos as "mesmerizing", although he has difficulty pinpointing why. Yang ultimately attributes it to Wu's self-confidence, singling out the video "I Need Help With the Females" and his self-deprecating humor and relaxed delivery. In "I Need Help with the Females TM", Wu describes how males will sometimes ask him for dating advice, which he is unable to provide because females are like "another species" that he does not understand.

In 2007, Kevin Wu appeared on the The CW Television Network's short-lived Online Nation. Online Nation compiled an hour of web clips , broadcast them during primetime, lasting four episodes. Wu, along with other popular YouTube personalities , is also paid to broadcast a streaming show on BlogTV. He has been a member of BlogTV since March 29, 2008 and as of November 2, 2008 he had produced 70 live and 23 recorded shows, with over 300,000 viewers of the live show and 100,000 viewers of the recorded shows.

As of October 2008, Wu starred with Jessica Rose and Phillip DeFranco in Hooking Up from HBOLabs (the online arm of HBO), a scripted 10-episode web-based series. Hooking Up is set at a fictional university where the students spend most of their time emailing and twittering, but still manage to miscommunicate. HBO offshoot launches Web video series: It is his first work on a scripted production. Guest appearances on Hooking Up will be made by Kevin Nalty, Michael Buckley , and other internet celebrities. The entire cast of Hooking Up is composed of YouTube video bloggers in the hope of attracting a young, internet knowledgeable audience. By the show's second day on YouTube, it had received more than 450,000 views. According to NewTeeVee.com, an evolving consensus is that for an online video to be a hit, somewhere between 100,000 and one million views are needed, giving Hooking Up a strong start. Maria Russo of the Los Angeles Times felt that Wu was better looking than star DeFranco and wondered why Wu plays the "tired role of the East Asian friend who helps the white guy get the chicks,"

The Amazing Race

In May and June 2010, Kevin participated with his father in filming for the 17th season of The Amazing Race , an American reality television game show. Upon this announcement, it was also revealed that Kevin's father's name, which was kept secret since his debut on his son's channel, is Michael Wu. Kevin officially announced his participation on Facebook on September 1, and on YouTube a week later. The season premiered on September 26, 2010. Michael and Kevin's best placement was a third place finish in Leg 2 and Leg 6. Their worst placement was a last place finish (9th) in Leg 3 , a non-elimination leg. They ended up in seventh place and were eliminated in Leg 7 .

During the 7th leg of The Amazing Race in Saint Petersburg, Michael and Kevin originally arrived at the Pit Stop in sixth place after engaged couple Chad and Stephanie were told to turn back to pay their cab fare. However, they were issued two 30-minute penalties for having a taxi lead them from the Bank Bridge to 1 Vladimirsky Prospekt Tower, and then taking a taxi from the Tower to the Church on Spilled Blood. While they waited out their one-hour penalty, Chad and Stephanie were allowed to check in for a sixth place finish, despite their own 30-minute penalty.

KevJumba signed with Digital Content Partners (DCP) in 2008 for his management and has been one of DCP's premiere resources for content and income. DCP helped produce most of KevJumba's online advertising campaigns.

KevJumba channel

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!Video

!Release date

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|1

|"Backyard"

|February 5, 2007

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|2

|"Stereotypical Names with Ben"

|February 24, 2007

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|3

|"Horny Sex Addicts on Youtube"

|March 3, 2007

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|4

|"I Have to Deal with Stereotypes"

|March 8, 2007

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|5

|"My Dog Jackie and Japanese Porn"

|March 10, 2007

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|6

|"I Need Medical Attention"

|March 13, 2007

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|7

|"Only in America pt.1"

|March 20, 2007

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|8

|"I Respond to Questions and More Stereotypes"

|March 24, 2007

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|9

|"Peer Pressure and Bleached Hair"

|March 28, 2007

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|-

|10

|"Be Happy"

|April 14, 2007

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|11

|"Superstitious?"

|April 26, 2007

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|12

|"I Hate the SAT "

|May 4, 2007

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|13

|"The Real Me"

|May 14, 2007

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|14

|"What's Your Addiction?"

|May 26, 2007

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|15

|"I need help with the Females"

|May 29, 2007

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|16

|"Tampa and the Dentist"

|June 12, 2007

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|17

|"Typical Male Teenager"

|June 21, 2007

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|21

|"Stupid Questions"

|July 7, 2007

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|22

|"Finding KevJumba pt. 1"

|August 24, 2007

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|23

|"Finding KevJumba pt. 2"

|August 24, 2007

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|24

|"Ladies Man?"

|August 29, 2007

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|25

|"Put It in Purse"

|September 18, 2007

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|26

|"Fun Time at the Hospital"

|September 22, 2007

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|27

|"High School"

|November 1, 2007

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|28

|"Real Men Trick-or-Treat"

|November 2, 2007

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|29

|"Butthash Hero"

|November 16, 2007

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|30

|"The Mac Is Great for Porn"

|December 7, 2007

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|31

|"The Good and the Bad"

|December 13, 2007

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|32

|"Merry Christmas from Angel Fire"

|December 24, 2007

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|33

|"Monica Lewinsky Is a Hottie"

|January 10, 2008

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|34

|"Five Facts About KevJumba"

|January 16, 2008

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|35

|"KevJumba is Crippled"

|February 20, 2008

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|36

|"Ask KevJumba"

|March 22, 2008

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|37

|"I Challenge Baron Davis"

|April 8, 2008

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|38

|"The Stare: Jessica Alba Responds!!!"

|May 6, 2008

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|39

|"College Here I Come!"

|July 29, 2008

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|40

|"Toronto Propane Explosion from My Angle"

|August 11, 2008

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|41

|College Here I Come!

|August 11, 2008

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|42

|"Back to School"

|August 21, 2008

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|43

|"I Love My Dad"

|August 28, 2008

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|44

|"The Next Big Music Artist"

|September 18, 2008

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|45

|"'Youtube Live' (Live Your Life Parody)"

|November 18, 2008

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|46

|"What I Hate About College"

|December 19, 2008

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|47

|"A Time for Giving"

|January 2, 2009

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|48

|"East East Asians Just Aren't Cool Enough?"

|April 10, 2009

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|49

|"Elbow Zit"

|May 18, 2009

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|50

|"JumbaFund: Channel For Charity"

|May 15, 2009

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|51

|"Girls are Like M&M's (reupload)"

|May 25, 2009

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|52

|"My Dad is not a DILF"

|September 3, 2009

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|53

|"What we HATE about Each Other"

|September 24, 2009

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|54

|"A Christmas Greeting"

|December 24, 2009

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|55

|"Most Exciting Job EVER!"

|February 12, 2010

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|56

|"Ridiculous Lyrics!"

|March 5, 2010

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|57

|"Asians Aren't Short!" (Guest star Jalen Rose)

|April 9, 2010

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|58

|"Stadium EXPLOSION!"

|April 13, 2010

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|59

|"FITNESS Trainer!"

|April 23, 2010

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|60

|"Alpha Kenny Body"

|April 29, 2010

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|61

|"KevJumba vs. IYAZ "

|July 27, 2010

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|62

|"Dance to this Song! - Official Music Video - KevJumba x Wong Fu Productions x David Choi"

|August 3, 2010

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|63

|"My Dad is Asian - Episode 1"

|August 31, 2010

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|64

|"Amazing Race?"

|September 7, 2010

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|65

|"That's not gay!"

|September 14, 2010

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|66

|"I Hate Tiny Boats"

|September 29, 2010

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|67

|"Were not Ghana Make it"

|October 14, 2010

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|68

|"I Forgot My Buttpads"

|October 22, 2010

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|69

|"Jumping off a Bridge in Norway"

|October 29, 2010

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|70

|"I Fell in Love with a Russian Babushka"

|November 5, 2010

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|71

|"Russian Mystery"

|November 11, 2010

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|72

|"Shed a Tear (Official)"

|November 13, 2010

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|73

|"Getting Jiggy with the Jumbas"

|November 30, 2010

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|74

|"KevJumba VS Globetrotters"

|December 2, 2010

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|75

|"What We HATE About Each Other pt. 2"

|December 16, 2010

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JumbaFund channel

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#	Video	Release date
1	"JumbaFund"	May 1, 2009
2	"Sushi Boats and X-Men Origins (Ep. 1)"	May 4, 2009
3	"Scaring Floormates (Ep. 2)"	May 7, 2009
4	"Freshmen 15 and JumbaFund Update (Ep. 3)"	May 11, 2009
5	"Wolverine Haircut (Ep. 4)"	May 19, 2009
6	"Scaring Floormates pt. 2 (Ep. 5)"	May 21, 2009
7	"Time to Vote! (Ep. 6)"	May 29, 2009
8	"We earned $1708 dollars for May! (Ep. 7)"	June 2, 2009
9	"Dance Party in Class! (Ep. 8)"	June 7, 2009
10	"I Shock Jesus! (Ep. 9)"	June 13, 2009
11	"Michael Jackson (Ep. 10)"	June 26, 2009
12	"Summer and Ending Hunger (Ep. 11)"	July 4, 2009
13	"Ask KevJumba pt.3"	July 21, 2009
14	"My Dad is so East Asian (Ep. 12)"	July 28, 2009
15	"Invisible Children and DILF Bloopers! (Ep. 13)"	September 6, 2009
16	"Surviving Second Year (Ep. 14)"	October 28, 2009
17	"Robot On The News (Ep. 15)"	November 5, 2009
18	"Quick Update and Scary Roommate (Ep. 16)"	December 6, 2009
19	"Fourgy? No Thanks! (Ep. 17)"	December 11, 2009
20	"BLOOPERS: a Christmas Greeting"	January 7, 2010
21	"I Have a Unibrow (Ep.18)"	February 3, 2010
22	"I'm Gonna Be A Dancer! (Ep.19)"	February 24, 2010
23	"Look at my Face! (Ep.20)"	April 9, 2010
24	"Dad STOP Dancing! (Ep.21)"	April 23, 2010
25	""Dance To This Song!" KevJumba, Wong Fu Productions ft. David Choi - Preview "	April 26, 2010
26	"Funemployed! (Ep. 22)"	May 17, 2010
27	"Goodbye Internet! (Ep. 23)"	May 24, 2010
28	"Hello Internet! (Ep. 24)"	July 18, 2010
29	"Iyaz Playing Ping Pong! (Ep. 25)"	July 27, 2010
30	"Summer! (Ep. 26)"	August 9, 2010

DCP Produced Videos

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#	Video	Release date
1	"DCP Produced Video ??? The Stare: Jessica Alba Responds!!!"	May 6, 2008
2	"DCP Produced Video ??? The Next Big Music Artist"	September 18, 2008
3	"DCP Produced Video ??? A Time for Giving"	January 2, 2009

• Official website

• KevJumba at YouTube