He well-known as the cameo in the Mean Girls musical, or his high school comedy YouTube show, Alan’s Universe, or his guest turn on Grey’s Anatomy — whatever the case, you’ve almost certainly run across Alan Chikin Chow, one of the most-watched YouTube Shorts creators. Chow, 27, who recently signed with CAA, built his following through his family-friendly, oversaturated videos, drawing more viewers to his serial sketches than opening weekends for films like Dune: Part Two. 

Not long after Drew Desbordes, a.k.a. Druski, 29, began posting comedy sketches, he opened for Jack Harlow and appeared in music videos like Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later.” But it was the Instagram sketch series Coulda Been Records, where he played a label head searching for the next biggest star, drawing in musicians like Chance the Rapper and Ice Spice, that blew him up. This fall, he’s launching Coulda Fest in Atlanta, where he will co-host comedians and rappers alongside DJ Fresh. -SC