You think Jaboukie Young-White’s stand-up is funny? Check out his filthy new single
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Two weeks ago, Jaboukie Young-White, the 28-year-old “Daily Show” comedian, actor and FBI antagonist, released a virtuosically filthy club track, “BBC.” Rest assured, the title’s acronym isn’t an ode to British television. But his debut single (for Interscope Records, no less) is a genuinely adept slice of early ‘90s Chicago house music in the spirit of raunchy, lo-fi labels like Dance Mania.
Given house music’s exultant “Renaissance” this summer — “ I feel honored that I was thinking within any remotely similar mental headspace as Beyoncé,” Young-White said — “BBC” could definitely hold its own in DJ sets alongside “Cozy.”
On the phone from his home in New York City, Young-White (musically known as “Jaboukie”) talked about his lifelong passion for Chicago dance
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