Kevjumba's Journey to Internet Stardom

[@Industryworth]

He was so ahead of his time. I was in YT in 2005 when it was basically all Asians. Hope he’s doing well

[@CulturedBro]

He's doing pretty well. I noticed he hasn't been on twitch for a couple weeks, but I think it's because he's busy with life. I saw on Instagram he was at someone's wedding recently.

[@verdiernoyama9681]

He is back ! He is back ! Oh my back...

[@feastmode123]

He just dropped some music on his main channel

[@ThecrazyJH96]

So true, Asian creators were KILLING it

[@bobcloneyproductions]

KevJumba, Nigahiga, FreddieW, WongFu, Timothy DeLaGhetto, FilthyFrank, who else?:)

[@fiascoJohn]

Kev just randomly approached me in Santa Monica today and started to preach about his journey as a monk. It was beautiful and bittersweet because I grew up with Kev, not personally but virtually through his storytelling. It was challenging to not view Kev as kevjumba, the KZbinr we all once loved and appreciated. But it’s life, people go through their chapters and make life altering decisions. It was amazing chatting with him, even his monk friend had no idea about kevjumba. As fans, we tend to romanticize the careers of these individuals. Sometimes, all they want to do is move on. That’s what Kev did and is doing. And I appreciate it more than anything.

[@iKatie215]

He became a.monk?!?!

[@gdl30]

I saw him last week at a Krishna event and like you I grew up with virtually. I was also shocked. Happy for him but I was so used to see him being funny, and full of energy. Now he feels more like a zen state and a little detached. He made big change.

[@HelloJoseph83]

I ran into him today at Westminster Mall in Westminster, CA. He’s a monk now. No joke. He gave me a book and Sunny D as a gift.

[@eddiestilll]

kevjumba was sucha legend of OG youtube. as a child of azn immigrants growing up, his vids were so darn relatable and a source of huge inspiration

[@Aycheffe]

This is so interesting. I just met Kevin at a Hare Krishna center here in LA. I had never heard of him before but overheard him talking to a friend of mine and I couldn't help myself from interrupting their conversation to tell him if he's not a professional speaker he should be because his voice is so clean and smooth. He was genuinely touched and I ended up talking to him for like 2 hours about art, spirituality, and life. He told me he did KZbin back in the day so here I am looking him up and now I realize I just befriended a legend. Life is strange and cool. Thanks for this video it blew my mind

[@CulturedBro]

That's an amazing story. I was wondering why he's been inactive on Twitch lately, but now I know he's been busy with life. I wish I was lucky enough to meet him just like you got to. No problem! I'm glad I was able to teach you about Kevjumba's KZbin and acting career!

[@Aycheffe]

@@CulturedBro extremely down to earth and humble guy. I literally had no clue he was famous other than a few hints he threw in about his KZbin career. We connected on the difference between technically impressive art versus art that comes from truth and how it's never the technique that gives power to art but what it's expressing and how it's being expressed that gives it power. Technicality is a servant to the message and intention

[@CHEFZOOT]

but “how it’s expressed” is literally the same as technique. you can’t neglect craftsmanship

[@Danobot11]

I wonder what exactly are his spiritual views. Traditional Buddhist Im guessing.

[@rdizzy1]

@@Danobot11 Hare Krishna is Hindu.

[@sann5146]

Well that's good for him that he recovered very well from that spinal damage! I was very concerned when I heard of the injuries he had sustained. But fortunately he got past it!

[@Feraminecarts]

Damn,this is a really high quality video! I can tell there was a lot of research behind this

[@This_Guy-]

him and his dad are the best duo

[@RickySama240]

It warms my heart that i remember every single part of this video up to the point of him streaming on twitch. Kevjumba was someone i looked up to when i started watching his videos back in 2009. After all he has been through, it's nice to see him still at good health streaming. 😇🥰

[@Munki]

This was a random search of mine when I wanted to see what Kevin was doing now, and bam it's answered everything! Thank you so much for the content!

[@dylanbrandt8152]

Really happy he’s focusing on himself. Love the videos man. Very well made. Shared the channel with a few buddies and they enjoy the content too. You should do one on Ryan Higa!

[@AmosJAMcLovin]

Had no idea he was on twitch now! Thank you for making this

[@TheUnpred1cTable]

I recently discovered you, but i dont understand how you have such low viewership and only small number of subscribers. Keep it up bro! This is awesome content. And i honestly dont say this to anyone unless it needs to be said.

[@CulturedBro]

Thank you so much Ray B! That comment really means a lot to me. I don't have a lot of videos out, and I just need to work on consistency and figuring out how to manage my time between my full time job, real life stuff, and making videos.

[@dant3l0k18]

I subbed. You got the format then I noticed you got 2.87k. Nah you deserve more, get ready it's ganna spike.

[@tankdempsy5223]

good to see someone documented a youtube OG after all these years. MEMORIES!!!

[@riceyboi5606]

Hmm this video earns a subscriber. Look forwards to seeing more of your content.

[@KhunJerome]

I'm here because I'm backtracking Amazing Race seasons, and I just finished the one where he's at. Didn't know he's a KZbin "OG."

[@not-the-body]

I forgot how huge of a part of my life was filled w all these guys..♡

[@kriscotw9]

KevJumba was my first ever favourite youtube channel. I remember opened alot of his videos with the song Hey Ma by Cam'Ron

[@mathnerd1461]

This is great. Kev is the goat

[@CulturedBro]

He's a true goat!

[@Clausita26preciosa]

I didn't know he was so cool, I only knew him from his colaborations with Ryan Higa and Wong Fu productions, I'll check his old videos.

[@Samuftie]

Well made. Thank you for the video.

[@sensescinemaa]

This is so nostalgic to me I’m glad he’s doing good #teamjumba

[@jeremypadron1346]

Keep up the good work!

[@chiniechinchen]

he reminds me of an asian tom cruise

[@juliashireennoorsyahidabta3723]

OMG this makes a LOT OF SENSE! Thanks Chinie!

[@kori1218]

I had no idea he had been in a car accident

[@GalaxyWhimsy]

Makes me happy that hes doing well and is having a good life.

[@not-the-body]

I NEVER KNEW KEVIN TAUGHT IN KENYA WTF HES AMAZING.

[@burningknuckle26]

Kevjumba a real KZbin OG

[@auniversalwoman]

All the celeb biopics show how young stars can get lost once they're adults because they never did the natural progression of growing up into an adult. Meteoric type rises usually have others handling finances and isolate them from normal socializing. God protect these celebs so they can grow into healthy humans and come to know You.

[@a-superblender2742]

this was such a good video. subscribed for life.

[@CulturedBro]

Thank you so much A-SuperBlender274!

[@a-superblender2742]

@@CulturedBro pleasure was mine!

[@swagcreated9147]

you deserve more subs

[@CulturedBro]

Thank you. I just gotta keep making videos and I should grow more.

[@Trunksytube]

I remember going everywhere saying that I knew who Jeremy Lin was before Linsanity because of his videos with Kevin lmao

[@missperera7934]

Can kev jumba just come back? 😢I mean bloody hell! The amount of people who love and miss him 😮‍💨

[@Macnavor]

I didn't watch him that much just like mememolly, but those two along with smosh and Nigahiga were the first youtubers I saw! Even if some of their content wasn't that great I really love their cool personalities! I watched more Smosh and Nigahiga but mememolly was kinda like a critic of mainstream society and media she could be a journalist! Kevjumba was a bit of a comedian I didn't knew he could dance!

[@Zavannt]

I actually found his dad to be the real star

[@usmannadeem18]

Good video!

[@franciscodelico]

Hey, I know this video is old, but it's basically the only thing covering Kevjumba and his journey. So... What happened to him? A couple of days ago I decided to watch some old videos of Nigahiga, and found out not only Kevin's channel, but also Justin Cho's KZbin channel (and basically entire social media presence) got completely deleted. I don't know how long this was, or why, maybe you know something?

[@CulturedBro]

A few months later after I posted the video, he came back to KZbin by releasing some songs, then started posting videos again on his main KZbin channel. They were mainly personal diaries or philosophical videos. He also has done a few q and a live streams in the past. He privated all his videos because he's going through a spiritual journey again like he did after the car accident , and based on the last video he posted, he talked about how he lost his KZbin partnership for being inactive for too long. He couldn't get his main channel monetized again after reapplying for the partner program.

[@aryanyadav3690]

I met him at Govardhan Ecovillage ISKCON in INDIA, now he's a Krishna Bhakt and lives in a village in Maharashtra and is full in devotion and spirituality 🕉️♥️🙏🏻

[@TenmasSchoolOfThought]

I have his songs in my FPS playlist. I hope he make more gamer ganger rap music.

[@mastercheif878]

Crazy how in early KZbin there was this niche of more or less mainstream Asian content creators. Nigahiga, KevJumba, WongFu, and FreddieW to an extent. Yet now you literally don’t see any Asians on KZbin.

[@kumarjean7470]

Wonderful work!

[@1hunet]

2:00 background music?

[@arthlynnebayot2272]

Kevjumba, Happy slip & michelle phan is my OG youtuber ❤️❤️

[@poisontutorial]

I was one of the first few subscribers to his channel back in 2006 with the very first YT channel I created .. I was a freshman in highschool at the time and was relating to his videos ..I witnessed his channel growing .. good times man

[@AkumuNyaaaa]

Ngl, you made a good documentary about him

[@banandababa]

Omg Happyslip??? What a throwback!!

[@kevngu7256]

Thanks great video!

[@ubetaromilktea]

I miss PapaJumba sooooo much. I worry for him and hope he's healthy and doing well!! 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭

[@CulturedBro]

Kevin livestreamed with his dad back in the spring earlier this year and posted a clip of it on his Team Jumba channel. He looks like he's in pretty good health.

[@traexielicious]

When i first like the very very first i ventured KZbin like the first video i ever saw on youtube is of Kev Jumba , and it had been many years passed and i am so glad i saw it again yeheeeeey! I know he alao had a collaboration with Richard Marx

[@keikazaumi]

My fave vid of his was the one about how we trying toi hard and he even did Super Junior skit

[@1hunet]

what’s the first background song?

[@tarnishedStruggler]

He's streaming again on youtube

[@daisukekuro9933]

he just returned!

[@hukmai]

We'll this brings me back

[@PGil-mu6td]

First came across Kevjumba through that Filipina girl Christine in Happy Slip.

[@sensescinemaa]

Great video

[@ringarounddarosie]

Watching him on The Amazing Race s17 right now, hehe

[@Arpin_Lusene]

What a memory.

[@spenser_the_nord6137]

i think you shouldve of talked about his subscriber count about more just for context and background on the situation you where talking about

[@ArmanZaidi]

so much lore, 9:36 WOAAH

[@aengusk3313]

he's just deleted every piece if content on his channel

[@CulturedBro]

Just checked out his channel after reading your comment and damn... I wonder why he removed all his videos on his main channel. I noticed that his videos on his Team Jumba channel are still up though.

[@Porque1000]

Yep and he also stopped streaming on twitch a month ago. Can't find any informations what is going on.

[@trcs3079]

Got some early KZbin fame, became niche famous. And just as quick as the internet changes memes, stardom changes as well. Thus another few years forward, moved to twitch because engineering didn't work out

[@CulturedBro]

Absolutely. What's popular on the internet changes all the time. I think in Kevin's case, it's more of being away from KZbin for so long that led to his decline. His views were still pretty good when he briefly came back in 2017, but when he decided to change his content to gaming starting 2020, that's when most of his viewers lost interest because they subscribed for life advice and personality, not video game content.

[@trcs3079]

@@CulturedBro I knew there was a time when he went away to complete his university. From there, he should of focused on his career, because knowing the internet, your fame can decline as quick as you gained it.

[@mathnerd1461]

he still has a large fan base

[@blackparabellum]

Damn. He still ended up with an Asian girl.

[@PumpkinMozie]

I learned what a DILF was from KevJumba. Good memories hahahaha

[@shufeng5051]

cool video!

[@StillUp2Date]

Today I learned something new

[@realife1542]

His dad is the best lol

[@minority86]

Can you do more og youtubers

[@CulturedBro]

Sure! I'm currently working on one right now. It'll probably take me a couple weeks depending on the editing process and praying that my full time job doesn't kill me with overtime lol.

[@squirrely8418]

The only video i know from him is "High School Virgin".

[@squirrely8418]

Because of "Twinsters"❤️

[@stuartstovall2849]

Who’s the girl at 0:34? I remember the face

[@CulturedBro]

That's Jessica Rose. She was an actress that played lonelygirl15 back between 2006 to 2008.

[@DangerDurians]

He’s uploaded to his channel recently

[@SaintNick420]

people tell me i look like this guy

[@CulturedBro]

I'd take that as a compliment.

[@a-superblender2742]

8:00 i gotta see that movie

[@CulturedBro]

If you want to see that movie, I believe you can rent it for $3.99 on Amazon Prime Video.

[@lockerehnicht464]

I think our best KZbinrs die out😢

[@GrilledChickenRamyun]

He is cute

[@AK-zw3yz]

He just post a new video today

[@CulturedBro]

Ah nice. I see he posted a song he made with Zooty called M E T A.

[@AK-zw3yz]

@@CulturedBro yes💜

[@mares3841]

💛

[@abcdefghijklmumford]

Kevjumba would never marry if he never had that car accident

[@CulturedBro]

That's a good point. He was studying Buddhism and was on his way to becoming a Monk before he got into a car accident. That shows how much your future can drastically change if it weren't for one event.

[@benetonk]

Respect. Hope you are well.

[@CulturedBro]

I am. Hope you are well too.