Jensen Karp

Jensen-Gerard Karp (born November 8, 1979)[1] is an American writer, comedian, producer, podcast host, art gallery owner, and former rapper raised in Calabasas, California.[2] Previously known by his stage name Hot Karl, he signed a million dollar record deal with Interscope in his early-20s and has gone on to produce and write for television and radio.

"Hot Karl" redirects here. For other uses, see Hot Karl (disambiguation).

Career

Music

After a brief stint in hip-hop at 11 years-old signed for management to Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate,[3] Karp entered the Roll Call freestyle competition on Los Angeles radio station Power 106, during his time at USC,[4] where he lasted a record 45 days on air to become the show's all-time champion.[5] Karl created a demo exhibiting his satirical style and tightly wound rhymes. He eventually signed with Interscope Records for almost a million dollars,[6] where he recorded what was to be his debut album, Your Housekeeper Hates You, which included guest appearances by Redman, Kanye West, will.i.am, DJ Quik, Fabolous, Mýa, Sugar Ray, DJ Clue, and MC Serch. However, Interscope informed Karl that his album could not be commercially released due to scheduling conflicts and he decided to leave Interscope. Jensen released his memoir, Kanye West Owes Me $300 (and other true stories from a white rapper who ALMOST made it big), detailing the entire experience in June 2016 with Crown Books.[7]

Karp's music was featured in the video game NBA Live 2003, a game in which he was also a hidden character. His song, "Back/Forth," was also featured in the 2009 movie It's Complicated.

In 2013, Karp recorded his first song in 10 years for his favorite basketball team, the Los Angeles Clippers, at the request of the team's in-arena DJ.[8]

In 2016, Karp recorded a song titled "Like Riding a Bike", featuring Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, which is available on SoundCloud.[9]

Radio

In October 2018, Karp joined the cast of the Kevin and Bean morning show, hosted by Kevin Ryder and Gene "Bean" Baxter on alternative rock station KROQ 106.7 FM in Los Angeles.[10] He had a regular segment called "Get Up on This", based on his podcast.[11] On March 18th, it was announced that the entire morning crew was let go by KROQ, over the phone at the start of the pandemic.[12] It was reported that the station lost half its audience in the 2 weeks after letting them go.[13]

Television

Karp was a writer for WWE Raw for seven months during 2006.[14]

He also appeared on Season 1 of VH1's Barely Famous playing Erin Foster's boyfriend[15] and was seen numerous times on the final season of Candidly Nicole.[16] Karp also appeared on Comedy Central's @midnight.[17] Karp wrote a sketch on The Late Late Show with James Corden called Drop the Mic, where Corden goes head to head battle rapping a different celebrity each installment. After episodes with Anne Hathaway, Kevin Hart, David Schwimmer, and Usain Bolt, TBS bought the concept, which aired 31 episodes starting in 2017. Karp served as executive producer and writer.[18]

Karp has written for Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America?[19] The Grammys, The ESPYs,[20] The MTV Movie Awards,[21] The Masked Singer,[22] and the NFL on Fox.[23]

Art

Karp co-owns and operates Gallery 1988, two pop art focused galleries in Los Angeles, California both located on Melrose Avenue.[24][25] He co-wrote the book Just Can't Get Enough for Abrams Books with Matthew Robinson. Gallery 1988 is well known for its Kevin Smith hosted annual show, Crazy 4 Cult, where 100 artists reinterpret classic cult movies in their own style. At one time, Karp was also the brand manager and designer for Pete Wentz's Clandestine Industries. His marketing company, Tyson/Givens Design & Marketing created the LOST Underground Art Project[26] for the show's final season and worked with the TV show Breaking Bad.[27] The gallery has also hosted exhibits for movies including The Avengers,[28][29] Rick & Morty and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[30]

Podcasts

Karp hosted a podcast called Hype Men in which he, Eric Rosenthal, and Jeff Rosenthal, aka Itsthereal, discussed hip-hop. It was ran from August 2010 to July 2011.

He hosted a show on Earwolf called Get Up on This, in which he, Matthew Robinson, and a guest discussed things they think they should know about. Robinson and Karp also hosted Get Up Off This, the podcast within a podcast where they discuss things that people should not like and other replacements. The show ran from August 2011 until October 2018 with 371 episodes made. Karp and Robinson choose Ali Segel and Erin Mallory Long to replace them as hosts.

He was a frequent guest on Pistol Shrimps Radio, a podcast on Earwolf following a women's recreational league basketball team in Los Angeles. In the halftime "Sock Report" segment, Karp discusses the socks of Pistol Shrimps and opposing players. In the second season of Pistol Shrimps Radio, Karp's character changed to "Greg Escalante," who later revealed he was Jensen Karp hiding from the Church of Scientology.

On July 1st, 2020, Karp and his wife, Danielle Fishel, started a new podcast called Talk Ain't Cheap,[31] where they analyze and dissect the Cameo accounts of celebrities. They also launched a Patreon[32] account that grants early access to the show, as well as other podcasts and an interactive Instagram game show called Scorantine.

Karp appeared on The Howard Stern Show in 2011 to talk about his time in the rap industry and perform The Roll Call with Howard & Lisa G. He also acted as the Creative Director at comedy YouTube Channel, Jash, where he produced and wrote on projects like The ArScheerio Paul Show and the Chance the Rapper music video for "Na Na.".[33] He has written for Rolling Stone,[34] the ESPYs, the MTV Movie and Video Awards,[6] The Late Late Show with James Corden,[35] and Funny or Die.[36]

Personal life

On March 22, 2018, Karp got engaged to actress Danielle Fishel.[37] Karp and Fishel married on November 4, 2018.[38] Fishel announced in January 2019 that they were expecting their first child in July 2019.[39] Fishel gave birth to a boy named Adler on June 24, 2019.[40]

Jensen is also the only person in the world to have spoken at Oxford University[41] and perform at The Gathering of the Juggalos.[42]

Bibliography
  • Just Can't Get Enough (2007) Co-written with Matthew Robinson
  • Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big (2016)

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