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Jonnie Park - Finding a Rap Voice As Dumbfoundead in "SPIT: A Life in Battles" | The Daily Show

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Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist, actor, and writer Jonnie Park, a.k.a. Dumbfoundead, joins Ronny Chieng to discuss his new memoir "SPIT: A Life in Battles." They talk about getting his start in battle rapping at 14 years old in Los Angeles, evolving from freestyle battles to prepared matchups, developing a thick skin as the only Asian in the rap battle arena, dabbling in other mediums like acting in “Nemesis” and writing for season 2 of “Beef,” both on Netflix, and chronicling his story through the different family, immigration, and career battles he’s faced. #DailyShow #Dumbfoundead #BattleRapping #HipHop Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: http://www.paramountplus.com/thedailyshow Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Jon Stewart and The Best F**king News Team host The Daily Show, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program analyzing the biggest stories in news, politics, and culture through a sharp, satirical lens. The Daily Show redefined the late night show category on TV and, with an audience of over 51M across social media platforms, has become a launching pad for some of the biggest stars in entertainment. The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Top Comments (10)

@wai0937 2026-05-21

There weren’t interviews between cool Asians on major platforms like this when I was growing up. This is cool.

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@roddyrod1978 2026-05-21

This feels like seeing a family member make it :)

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@kingbearr1854 2026-05-21

Dumb made it! Lets gooooo!!!

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@Poltergeistportal 2026-05-21

Dumbfounded is a Westcoast Legend. Its awesome to see him dropping a book and getting an Interview on Dailyshow

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@suviCHEY 2026-05-21

great to see dumbfoundead on here!

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@drgribb 2026-05-21

Wow, wasn't expecting to see Dumbfoundead on the daily show. This dude is a real legend. Like, as far as most well-known Asian-American rappers, it probably goes Jin (actually Mike Shinoda would be first, but too often he gets left out of the conversation for some reason), and then Dumbfoundead and Awkwafina (not surprised that both Jin and Awkwafina were name-dropped in this interview), Dan the Automator, and then maybe P-lo. Really dope to see all the other positive comments on here from people that know what's up as well. Dumb really comes from and respects the tradition and the culture and that's why he's well-respected!

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@nevalans9524 2026-05-21

It’s awesome that this show has diverse hosts that bring over people that I wouldn’t have otherwise ever heard of💪

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@spitflamez 2026-05-21

Wow, that’s some real underground Hip-Hop right there, he first introduced a lot of people to Doja Cat. Nice 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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@Se0what 2026-05-21

Mama are we there yet?

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@jakevendrotti1496 2026-05-22

LOVE Jonnie Park. He's one of the best artists of our generation. Unique and highly creative.

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