Jo Koy is a Filipino-American stand-up comedian. I was introduced to him by my dad but at the time I didn’t know he was Filipino. He is an amazing comedian, putting a Filipino perspective on growing up, racism and his relationships with others. In his show in Seattle, he talks about his experience with his mom growing up with her own remedies and how she reacted to his sister’s fiancee being black.

I grew up with comedians like Gabriel Iglesias, Chris Rock, and Dave Chapelle and was later introduced to other comedians like Trevor Noah, Ronnie Cheng and Kavin Jay. I grew up with humor that talked about race relations and stereotypes because that was the stuff that surrounded my family and friends. It is nice to see a new perspective from a new comedian (Who has been around awhile, but is getting more and more popular) and to see the crowd eat up his material about his life shows just how good his comedy can be.