Jay Foreman (born 4 October 1984) is an English

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, singer-songwriter, and comedian.

Early life and education

Foreman was born on 4 October 1984. He was raised in a Jewish household in

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, London, with his brother and sister. His brother Darren is beatboxer and musician

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. From 1996 to 2003, Foreman was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, a state grammar school for boys in

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, north London, followed by the

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, where he began performing comedy songs on acoustic guitar in 2005.

Career

Jay Foreman headline performing at the Musical Comedy Awards 12-03-2022

Foreman was featured as the ''BBC New Talent Pick of the Fringe 2007'', won Best Newcomer at the ''Tuborg Musical Comedy awards 2009,'' and came third at the ''Musical Comedy Awards 2010''. In 2009, Foreman contributed jingles to the weekly comedy podcast

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, and in 2011 and 2012, supported comedian

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on ''Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation'' tour. Foreman presented ''The General Election Xplained'', a film sent to every secondary school in the UK in 2010, which won gold at the New York Festival for Best PR Film. For several years, he has also performed shows at the

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, which include ''Disgusting Songs For Revolting Children (And Other Funny Stories)'', and ''No More Colours'' and ''Mixtape''. Jay Foreman's songs have been heard on BBC Radio 4, Radio 4 Extra, The One Show, and London Live TV.

YouTube

Foreman created his YouTube channel in April 2006, originally under the username "jayforeman51". It contains various clips from his comedy shows,

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educational series such as ''Map Men'' (presented with Mark Cooper-Jones), ''Politics Unboringed,'' ''Unfinished London'', and music videos for his songs; at times some of his original comedy is integrated into his in-video sponsor advertisements. As of 4 October 2022, Foreman has over 1.32 million subscribers and has amassed nearly 166 million views across all his public videos.

''Map Men''

''Map Men'' is a series of educational YouTube videos co-presented with Mark Cooper-Jones. The series premiered in 2016. It consists of five to ten minute long videos about specific maps and abnormalities contained in them.

''Politics Unboringed''

''Politics Unboringed'' was a series of educational YouTube videos with the first episode uploaded in 2015 and the last in 2017. Each episode is roughly five minutes long and handles various topics relating to British politics. In 2021, Foreman indicated in his Stereo podcasts that he intends to not continue the series as he claims that politics does not need to be "unboringed" anymore.

''Unfinished London''

''Unfinished London'' is a series of educational YouTube videos with the first episode uploaded in 2009. Each ''Unfinished London'' episode is roughly ten minutes long and handles a specific area of the evolution of London's infrastructure, urban planning, and local government. Foreman describes it on its YouTube description page as "A show about London's quirky, unexplained unbuilt infrastructure, exploring bridges over nothing, tunnels to nowhere, and borders that don't make any sense".

Personal life

In June 2019, Foreman and his partner, Jade Nagi, announced their engagement via Twitter. The couple married in 2021. The two have a son born in July 2022. Foreman supported

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candidate

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during the

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, and created a

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voicing his support for her proposed policy to close

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and convert it into a new residential neighborhood. Foreman is ethnically

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, and in a statement written for the '' London Jewish News'' in 2018, he described his fondness for his family's Jewish traditions, even though Foreman himself is an atheist.

Awards and nominations

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