White Yardie
White Yardie
White Yardie (born December 20, 1984)is a UK-based stand-up Comedian and entertainer who has a Comedy special called Straight Outta Jamaica and his promotional video got starred by Usain Bolt. He was nominated for Best Comedian 2016 by the UK Entertainment Awards. He is also known as Prince Harry.
Early Life
White Yardie the white man from Jamaica was born on 30th December, 1984 in St. Elizabeth Street, Jamaica. He migrated too in 2002. Yardie lived a very tough life while growing up and often times, he walked to school or not having soap to bathe.
“There are people who feel like me nuh know or understand certain things because there is a stigma attached to the colour of my skin that I was a privileged child, when that is really inaccurate.
Me nuh grow nuh different from any other Jamaican child,” he said.
Eighteen years have passed since he migrated, but the London-based Comedian who goes by the alias, White Yardie, still speaks patios as though he is walking through the streets of St Elizabeth, the parish where he was born. His accent, also as strong as the day he left, usually acts as the attention-grabber on any stage, but for several years it was also a trait he had to defend.
“Being white and from Jamaica, there was whole heap of discrimination when me just start.
There are people who can’t, or won’t, accept it and those that don’t like it.
Within comedian circles, they would comment, ‘ah who him think him is and a put on the accent’?,” White Yardie told The Gleaner.
Career
He began his comedy career through social media outlets predominately Instagram #wyardie. His short video clips have gone viral and allowed him to be followed and supported by familiar faces within the sporting and entertainment world, because of social media Prince Harry regularly gets booked for comedy shows, his now become a name you can trust. Guaranteed laughter and good vibes when Prince Harry’s in the house.[2][3]
Over the past eight years, White Yardie has become a powerful force in comedy, and this, he says, was accidental. He transitioned from simple Social media expression via video to sharing satirical stories that speak truth, mocking questionable characters and exposing hypocrisy, in front of a live audience.
“I am over changing people’s views of me, either you like me or not.
Me just nuh have to prove nuh point.
People can always talk what they want because I have learned that success comes when we keep striving and doing our best to remain positive,” he said.
Personal Life
White Yardie is married to Angel and he has a son named Lachey.
Social Media
White Yardie became very popular on Instagram since he started sharing his comedy skit on the platform. However he also have a large fan base on Facebook and some other social media platform. Currently, Yardie has 465k followers on Instagram, 609k followers on Facebook and 28.8k subscribers on his YouTube channel.[4][5][6]