Jo Koy on Getting His Start in Comedy, Racism from Family Being Half Asian

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Jo Koy started his career in comedy right after high school when he decided to move to the luminous city of Las Vegas from Seattle. Influenced by Eddie Murphy’s Delirious, he says he was motivated to pursue the world of comedy and like most comics, bombed his first try. Still determined to make it big, he says a major opportunity landed on his lap when he was asked to perform a short set for Comic View on the Road when the booked comedians ran late. After that, Koy’s lucky streak kept running full speed when he won a competition at the legendary Apollo stage.

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“Youngins ice grillin’ me, oh you not feeling me/Fine, it cost you nothing/Pay me no mind”

“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant”

“They giveth and they taketh life is cruel that way/But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day”

“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

“Swear to everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s gon’ be on both feet, never knees in the dirt”

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“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying”

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