Edward Webb (born 1975), known by his stage name Rake Yohn (), is an American television personality and former member of the

CKY crew The Camp Kill Yourself crew (referred to as the CKY crew) was a group of friends and relatives centered around television personality and skateboarder Bam Margera, many of whom are from or located in and around West Chester, Pennsylvania. The cre ...

. He was a regular in the ''CKY'' videos and

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

's reality comedy series ''

Viva La Bam ''Viva La Bam'' is an American reality television series that stars Bam Margera and his friends and family. The show is a spin-off from MTV's '' Jackass'', in which Margera and most of the main cast appeared. Each episode had a specific theme, ...

'' and also had occasional appearances in '' Jackass''.

Life and career

Yohn was born in 1975 in

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Bryn Mawr, pronounced , from Welsh for big hill, is a census-designated place (CDP) located across three townships: Radnor Township and Haverford Township in Delaware County, and Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It i ...

, to Australian parents. He attended

Penn State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State became ...

and works as a chemist specializing in synthetic materials. He is the older brother of Art Webb, an occasional CKY crew member. Yohn is known for his long hair, love for

metal A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...

music, and strong dislike of

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. His stage name was given to him by longtime friend

Bam Margera Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera ( ; born September 28, 1979) is an American former professional skateboarder, stunt performer, television personality, and filmmaker. He rose to prominence in the early 2000s as one of the stars of the MTV reality s ...

. Yohn's face is on the cover of ''

CKY2K The ''CKY'' video series is a series of videos produced by Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo and other residents of West Chester, Pennsylvania. "CKY" stands for "Camp Kill Yourself". The series was part of the basis for what eventually became ' ...

'' as well as the cover of the 1999 reissue of

CKY CKY may refer to: * CKY (band), American rock band, formerly "Camp Kill Yourself" ** ''CKY'' (video series), named after the band **CKY crew, people involved in the video series and related projects *CKY-DT, a television station in Winnipeg, Manito ...

's ''

Volume 2 Volume Two, Volume 2, Volume II or Vol. II may refer to: * '' Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life'', a 1998 album by rapper Jay-Z * ''Volume 2'' (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album), 1963 * '' Vol. 2 (Breaking Through)'', by The West Coast Pop Art Experimenta ...

'' album. The image was also used on a limited edition

Tech Deck A fingerboard is a scaled-down replica of a skateboard that a person "rides" with their fingers, rather than their feet. A fingerboard is typically long with width ranging from , with graphics, trucks and plastic or ball-bearing wheels, like ...

released exclusively for the game ''

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''. On the CKY DVD '' Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild: The Video Album'', Yohn complained that "his face was on DVDs, shirts and Tech Decks, and he hasn't seen a dime for any of them." In 2009, Yohn, his brother Art Webb, and

Brandon DiCamillo Brandon DiCamillo (born 1976) is an American former television personality, actor, stunt performer, filmmaker, and musician. He was a founding member of the CKY crew and rose to fame through appearances in the ''CKY'' video series and MTV's ' ...

provided voice-overs for the

Xbox Live Arcade Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) is a digital video game download service available through the Xbox Games Store, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360. It focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent ...

game ''

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''. The history of the CKY crew according to Yohn: In 2012, Yohn featured as a voice-over in the video game ''

Trials Evolution ''Trials Evolution'' is a racing video game for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows in which each player controls a motorcycle trials rider who traverses an obstacle course. The game was developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and published by Microsoft Stu ...

''. Since 2021, Yohn is the

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ist for a band called Purplestickey.

Personal life

In March 2009, Yohn married radio personality Melissa Carr and the couple has since welcomed two sons.https://www.facebook.com/rake.yohn.5

Filmography

Television Film Other * '' Viva La Bands: Volume 1'' and ''

'' (2005–2007) * ''GameCasa'' (currently co-hosts a

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)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yohn, Rake 1975 births 21st-century American chemists American television personalities American stunt performers CKY Jackass (TV series) Eberly College of Science alumni People from West Chester, Pennsylvania Living people