Asian Gang Members to YouTube Kings: JustKiddingNews interview
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
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@JustKiddingNews cofounders Bart Kwan and Joe Jitsukawa grew up working in gangs in the "pharmaceutical industry" - but wanted to be better and make good. In 2007 - they started the Just Kidding RUclips empire.
17 years later - despite fellow creators quitting & AdSense dropping - they're still going strong- and today share the secret to their success.
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0:00 - Intro
2:09 - Troubled youth to RUclips stars
4:23 - Bart's special high school program
5:39 - How did Bart get KICKED OUT of military school
7:43 - Joe's story of being in a street gang at 15
11:19 - He went to college to buy w**d with financial aid money
11:51 - Why he decided to assimilate into society
16:20 - How would their lives be different if they had RUclips in High School
19:17 - How MMA brought them together
20:33 - Bart the “peacemaker”...who beat people up
23:49 - How he maintained a 4.0 GPA after being in a gang
24:26 - How Just Kidding Films started
25:50 - How did Bart shift from Marine Corp/Doctor to RUclips?
29:29 - How did Joe get to where he is now & shifting priorities to JK media
37:52 - When did they realize JK media was a business?
42:15 - Did money change their business?
42:48 - Their RUclips EMPIRE: Rise and Fall
50:17 - Their businesses outside of JK media
54:26 - How being a dad CHANGED him
57:02 - The unique experience all Asian Americans share
58:09 - Bart and his family relationship
1:03:54 - Struggling to fill a void in life
1:05:16 - Why have they stayed friends after all this time?
1:09:09 - Eric's strange relationship with his cofounder
1:10:31 - How they each drive each other crazy
1:14:11 - A moment when they needed each other
1:15:40 - What is the secret to their success 
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Thank you JK family for joining us 🫶 I’m so grateful I got to do this w Bart & Joe!!
If you liked the pod- check out the one I did w Dumbfoundead too! As well as the CEO of Jubilee
I never get tired of hearing Joe and Bart's JK origin story😂
Thank you, Eric for having Bart and Joe on your podcast. Absolutely love it.
Of course! And thank you for watching ☺️
Joe and Bart have felt like cool older cousins to me. Joe is why I motivated to start a business
I love how they flipped their lives, you ain’t have to be in the game forever. They became successful I love them
I’m so happy to be part of the jk community! ♥️
Damn you really are intertwined with the JK fam. I see you all the time in the JKNews comments but I didn't know you watched everything JK related. You are a true JK fan
@@TheThan-sx8ve we have to give our support. I have watched them for almost a decade now and I truly love the jk family.
You made it. Asian founders interviewing Asian OG creators
Never heard of these guys but appreciate the interview with these guys who have been going for 17 years!
thank you for being open minded and checking out the pod! appreciate ya
Jk crew REPRESENT 🔥🚨
So much love for Bart and Joe ❤ Their loyalty to each other and the people around them is so hard to come by. May they continue to prosper for many more years.
Joe Bart and the beautiful Geo are the best!
Great video, I honestly never get tired of hearing Bart and Joe talk about where they came from and where they are today. Truly inspirational to so many late 90 Asian kids
Almost 2 decades of yt. Truely our yt asian uncles. Great questions to getting the whole jk history of Bart and Joe
Love Bart and Joe! Watch JKNews!
everybody needs true homie like Bart and Joe man they real definition of homies . specially the business partner thing cus that’s how friendships are ruined
Next we need Anthony "SHOW ME THE PROOF" Lee
man i grew up on JK everything. i always say this , growing up, Bart was always a inspirational to me. dude has same experiences same mindset i had, he had some motives like me, he got beautiful family, great businesses with his wife and his best friend. dude fr still a inspiration to me now 💯 always gon be happy wit JK.
Another great video Karat, love Bart and Joe, have a good day. ✌️
I love this conversation! Thank you so much! I really had so much fun watching you guys have a meaningful conversation!
I think Bart meant "pharmaceutical" with an emphasis on the quotes. Not actual pharmaceutical. 😂
Yep- I agree 😉
He must have been quite the “pharmacist” back in those days 😂
It’s wild that joe and bart are able to maintain this image of just hanging out and having a good time while working their asses off
S H O W M E T H E P R O O F
To bad theyre not releasing the shirt
☠️☠️☠️☠️ amazing
That was stellar 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩!!!! One can learn so much from the three of you. Absolutely loved it! Great role models, thank you for sharing with us all. 🙏🏼🥰
I love hearing these two talk about their experiences
but man amazing pod bro , amazing host. had great questions , even tho i watched these guys for years, you asking the right questions gave me more detailed info on their experiences 💯🙏🏻
SO dope. Props to Eric for bringin the story of youtube OGs to life.
JK IN DA HOUSE
I absolutely love this interview! Been following Bart & Joe for more than a decade, can't get anymore real than them!
These guys never age, funny insightful interview and much appreciated!
I love how articulate the three of you are. I really enjoyed this content. Thank you
This was such a great podcast episode! Love Joe and Bart 👍🏻👍🏻😎 Both amazing individuals 😇 Thank you for sharing guys! Yall rock!
Awesome podcast, been following these guys for over a decade now!
First time listening to ur podcast and wow this is great! Really enjoyed seeing Bart and Joe talking abt this kinda of talks and ofc all thanks to ur great lead and questions❤
great interview
THIS IS AMAZING!!!!
Amazing content and interaction
GREAT questions.
I learn so much from these guys. Awesome episode! ❤️✨
The Secret: Friendship 🕊️
I can’t get over how much Taika looks like Bart. SPITTING IMAGE!
I think this is something I’d watch again when I feel this world is hopeless
Great video
Fire 🔥
Good interview
I remember how Joe looked when i first started watching Jknews (when Geo was pregnant) and he looks completely different 😂 haven't stopped watching since!
Love them !!!
Woah! First Jetlagged then my all time favorite people! I think you got a new subscriber :D
anyone you'd want to see me interview next? :D
I love these guys.
Freaking amazing!!!❤
The Goats
The upbringing is what puts a smile on my face and reminiscing of what they go through in life they’re my highschool influencers
clicked for thumbnail. stayed for nostalgia 👏🏼🥹
Such a good story. Shout out to friendship
Letsssss gooooo!!
love some Bart and Joe lore
California Legends
Been watching them since I was 14
"Gangs in pharmaceutical industries" 😂😂😂😂
Aka Drugs 😂
LETS GOOOOO!!!
Jk fans since 14’
“Pharmaceutical ring” 😂
Joe and Bart are legitimately the embodiment of people built different. Unironically fr
I'm glad they actually changed. There's a lot of people that say they've changed, but they still dress banged out and throw up gang signs.
Joe and Bart cool uncles for the nerds
The top 2 "reference gifs" that pop up in my mind everytime i see Bart is Geo describing the frist time she saw him, and her first impression was how straight his posture was, and that sweet asian lady talking to him and him saying oh sorry i dont speak the devils language...hahaha.
Crazy I have been watching since I was 10 and I’m 24 now, time is going by way too fast
Idk how many times I hear the origin story, I will always click it.
Ayee say the word OG bart n joe
I’ll start peacemakers 2nd gen 💪🏽💪🏽
Their view how a persons word should carry weight is true. A mans word should be worth as much as gold
One look like Yakuza boss the other a triad boss. 😮
CAREFUL BOYS!!!
I knew the careful boys were Gs but they were really Gs lol
You can hear and see it slightly but ima vocalize it. I kinna tear up every time i hear both JK member's stories, i'm happy their perseverance has rewarded them
I love the evolution of us Asians in the States.
the peacekeepers part is fucking hilarious LOL wtf bart
16:45 LMFAO
Loved this pod, relatable as fuck
🔥🔥🔥
Yess JK Gang 🙌
We identified 5th high schoolers as super seniors lol
🔥🔥🔥🔥
That whole conversation about not wanting to repeat the failures of our parents during our upbringing is fkn gold man
Yea- it’s how do we break the generational trauma 🥺
@@trykarat it runs in the family until it runs into us 😎
Pharmaceutical industry 😂😂😂😂
Joe’s age is starting to show
JKnews!!!!!
JK FAM!
this is so true and funny 1:07:33
What Joe was saying when he went to the career fair is true with all high schoolers. Unless your parents are in the field, you will likely not know your options out there.
There should be a class called Careers where you get to learn about different careers out there. As a kid, all you know are like the stuff that is in the kindergarten board - police, fireman, teacher, janitor, doctor, nurse, lawyer, businessman, engineer, pilot, soldier, etc.
You don't know things like dental hygienist, radiology technologist, HVAC repair, cyber security specialist, management consultant, actuary, data scientist, comptroller, air traffic control, government jobs like state department or US foreign service officer.
And even something like Doctor or Lawyer, there is like so many specialties within like surgeon, ob/gyn, opthalmologist, immunologist, endocrinologist, epidemiologist, ER, pathologist, psychiatrist, oncologist...
If you don’t look and just listen, Eric sounds like Graham Stephen
oh haha i've heard this so many times - what about our voices sounds so similar? i've done a couple pods w him too on this channel
Is Joe Japanese American? His last name is pretty rate, like even for Japanese overall.
Did Bart just said pharmaceutical ring, 😂 cant he just say drug dealer or illegal pharmacist?!
JK News O.G.'s/Gangstas
Jk > everyone else
YAY JK
Jk and Jeomalian has invaded
The real faces of JK
Were there really that many poor Asians in the 90s in SGV? I grew up in the same era and area and it was completely opposite for me. Going to college was a given almost like how people naturally go to high school after middle school. We had gangs at my high school, which was like 40-50% Asian, but none of them came from poor backgrounds. I wonder what Joe and Bart’s family backgrounds are because I didn’t know a single Asian who came from a poor family, at least not poor like Compton poor.
It was bad in LA in general in the 90s. I was young chinese boy in the SGV in the 90s and there were a lot of Asian gangs like Wahching and small Asian gangs. Also there was many Mexican gangs. There was a lot of Drive by and a lot of shooting happen between Asians and Mexicans. Also Asian gangs vs Asian gangs.
Just watch Johnny Chang. He finally spoke out about his Gang in WahChing in the SGV.
in San Gabriel High, my other Chinese friend had a gun in his backpack. I remember seeing it when he showed me. I wonder if you went to San Marino High School or something. They were fine
@@allio3459 oh yea, I remember those days, but I don’t remember any of those Asian families being very poor, at least not in comparison to other races. In fact, I knew Asian gang members who came from solidly middle to upper middle class families.
You sound ignorant,Asians would fit right in Compton,they just as ghetto LOL
The Goats