How a Viral YouTube Star Evolved to Become a Hit R&B Star

In 2013, George Miller — called Joji — wasn't known for his music. He was known as a hugely popular comic YouTube personality called Filthy Frank, in the tradition of Jackass. But there are no traces of that earlier, cruder identity on the night he descends on Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom for a packed show.

He's there to perform his brand of hypnotic R&B for a crowd that seems to know every word.

In 2013, George Miller — called Joji — wasn't known for his music. He was known as a hugely popular comic YouTube personality called Filthy Frank, in the tradition of Jackass. But there are no traces of that earlier, cruder identity on the night he descends on Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom for a packed show. He's there to perform his brand of hypnotic R&B for a crowd that seems to know every word.