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Rex Navarrete

 
Artist: Rex Navarrete
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  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Spoken Word
  • Instrument: Producer
  • Representative Albums: "Husky Boy

Biography

Filipino-American comedian Rex Navarrete discovered his knack for telling jokes when he was going to school in the San Francisco Bay area, when he would bring in Eddie Murphy's classic album Comedian to show his friends. When he began attending college, his parents assumed that Navarrete would become an architect, but at the insistence of one of his professors, he gave standup comedy a try, and immediately knew he had found his calling. In the spring of 1989, the then 19-year-old did his first routine in front of 800 people at the annual Asian Pacific Islander Student Union conference at U.C. Santa Cruz, and hasn't looked back since. It took him a few years to hone his act, but by the time Navarrete was 28, he'd perfected a routine that centered around utilizing a cast of "characters," ranging from an old teacher of his to a domestic worker (he bases his act on what he calls "real Rex moments," in other words, true life experiences). In 1998, Navarrete issued his first comedy album, Badly Browned, following it up a year later with a sophomore effort titled Husky Boy (both issued on the Classified label), and in 2001, his first release on his own label, Kakarabaw Productions, entitled Bastos. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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Badly Browned, 1998

Rex Lasat Navarrete (born 1969 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino American comedian whose material is geared toward Filipino audiences.

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Early life

Sometime after his birth in 1969, his parents left the Philippines and immigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago. Navarrete, on the other hand, was raised by his grandparents in the provinces of Cavite and Batangas. He later reunited with his parents and his baby sister at the age of three. Eventually, the Navarrete family moved to South San Francisco, California where he spent the rest of his childhood.

Education

Navarrete graduated from San Francisco State University, majoring in film and Asian American studies. He then attended the University of California, Berkeley where he received a master's in Public Health and Public Policy. He had intended to attend Harvard after to get his doctorate, but he ultimately decided to go into comedy.

Career

He started his career in 1989 with a performance at University of California Santa Cruz. He has since performed in over two dozen colleges and universities as well as various comedy clubs and festivals, including headlining a sold-out performance at The Warfield in San Francisco as well as the Wiltern LG in Los Angeles.

In 2003 he released his first DVD entitled "Hella Pinoy."

As of December 2006, he has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. These include performances in San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Manila, Geneva, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney.

In 2007, an animated series featuring Filipino-American characters will be released. Navarrete will be voicing many of the characters.

Discography

  • Badly Browned (1998)
  • Husky Boy (1999)
  • Bastos (2001)

Filmography

  • Hella Pinoy (2003)
  • Bad-ass Madapaka (2005)

Television

Internet

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  • SBC Packers

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