Did it change how you identified with the Asian community? I was studying a lot of Eastern traditions. Being Asian American, I only focus on the American side, growing up here and trying to fit in, being one of the few Asian people in my school. Spiritual life lets you focus on it on a very deep level. What direction do you want your YouTube channel to follow if you choose to continue it and will you continue acting?
Kevjumba: I love that my videos still get people to watch them. I look at that period of my life and I think, wow, I cared a lot about it during that time. But I see that part of my life as very special and I hope that as I grow I can still grow with the audience and the things that I said and just reflect on them.
But now, the people that watch my videos are in college now, and so I relate to them on a different level. In he signed with CAA, which brought him to New York for its NewFront presentation, where he pitched brand partnership opportunities on five different series in development to a roomful of media buyers.
Wu was firmly a contender to become the elusive digital-to-traditional media crossover star, landing the co-lead in Chinatown crime drama Revenge of the Green Dragons — a real movie, executive produced by Martin Scorsese. He had intuition, and he had range.
CAA set Wu up with acting coaches, auditions and meetings with noteworthy producers, including one who began developing a TV comedy based on his relationship with his family. There were talks with content producers both traditional Cartoon Network and digital Xbox Entertainment Studios, which shuttered in Brands paid him five figures for three-minute videos, and combined with his other revenue from YouTube views and touring, Wu bought a loft downtown.
He was getting invited to parties; the industry wanted to meet him. But by the time Revenge premiered at Toronto in , Wu was starting to withdraw both online and offline. He made his wildly popular YouTube channel private, after not posting any new videos for about a year. To hear him tell it, he wanted to focus his resources on feature films. He celebrates her birthday on June 12, every year. KevJumba stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches 1. KevJumba was living in downtown Los Angeles while in the entertainment business but now has relocated back to Houston, Texas.
Kevin was born and raised by his parents, in Houston, Texas, his father, Michael Wu, a Taiwanese immigrant, is a computer engineer. Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. It is also not known if he has any siblings.
It is undetermined how much was made and what is being used for money in as of June 6, It is now close to impossible to know any more information due to Kevin not being connected to anything on the Internet as of late. In May and June of , he 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 the first time his dad's name, Michael, was revealed, which was kept anonymous since his debut.
Kevin officially announced his participation on Facebook on September 1, and on YouTube a week later. The season premiered on September 26, 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 after being issued two minute penalties for using a cab to travel between tasks on the leg when they were instructed to walk; another team had also issued a similar penalty and checked in after them, but only had one half-hour penalty, resulting in Kevin and Michael's elimination.
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