FunnyMike

CTL-E-6127 · Person · other · 1996–present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07342 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6127.

MacArthur Johnson, born 8 October 1996 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an American comedian, YouTube creator and rapper known as FunnyMike. An African-American creator raised in Baton Rouge and educated at Tara High School, he first posted short comedy clips on Vine before launching his self-titled YouTube channel in 2016, built on pranks, challenges and family videos. As a rapper he first drew national attention in 2016 as 22 Savage, a persona modelled on 21 Savage, releasing the single "No Heart" that August and announcing a Savage Mode mixtape; in February 2017 he renamed the persona Young 22. With his partner Jaliyah Monet he ran the joint MJ Family channel; their daughter Londyn was born in February 2019 and their son MacArthur Jr. in July 2020. He leads the Tha Bad Kids creator collective, whose comedy series reached a seventeenth season on streaming listings in 2025 and 2026.

The record

• Also known as: MacArthur Johnson, 22 Savage, Young 22, Mighty Mike

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 6 — 747 Program, Wave 12; 27-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no FunnyMike entity in the live graph at 3,843 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-6127 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1636 (YouTube Stars list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — African-American comedian, YouTube creator and rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana (National Today). Vital status: LIVING — attended the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's Being Eddie on 12 November 2025 and was active on Instagram and Twitch in January 2026 (Primetimer, Jan 2026); Season 17 FunnyMike episodes are listed with March 2026 dates (The Roku Channel). STATISTICS (sourced, dated): YouTube channel joined 2 May 2016 (Sportskeeda Wiki); Sportskeeda's profile reported 12.2 million YouTube subscribers, 9 million Instagram followers and 4.3 million TikTok followers (Sportskeeda Wiki, profile as crawled 2024). Legal (procedural mention, one neutral line): Johnson was charged in May 2016 in Baker, Louisiana in connection with a fatal shooting; he claimed self-defense and the case was indefinitely suspended in 2017 due to a lack of evidence, with no conviction reported (Primetimer, Jan 2026, reporting WAFB). MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Getty Images photograph of MacArthur 'FunnyMike' Johnson at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's Being Eddie, 12 Nov 2025, by Frazer Harrison; no file page read at file-page level in this pass, so no image is cleared — CTL-PHOTO-001; a CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-6127-funnymike.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked by name and variants — no matching-entity CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). PROVISIONAL CAP: no authoritative anchor retrieved — the record rests on hip-hop trade press (HotNewHipHop), entertainment news (Primetimer) and profile sources, with no People / Essence / BET / AP / major-newspaper anchor secured in this pass. MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging.)

Relationships

• Mya Nicole — collaborated with
  Mya Nicole Johnson is a documented member of Tha Bad Kids, the Baton Rouge creator collective led by FunnyMike (MacArthur Johnson), appearing in its comedy output.

Sources

• National Today, 'Funny Mike Birthday' — MacArthur Johnson, born 8 October 1996; African-American, born to Denise Jones and Arthur Johnson, grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Tara High School; first single 'No Heart' released August 2016 as 22 Savage; renamed Young 22 in February 2017; daughter Londyn born February 2019 and son MacArthur Jr. born July 2020 with Jaliyah Monet — https://nationaltoday.com/birthday/funny-mike/ (primary source · build store)
• HotNewHipHop, '22 Savage Announces Plans To Release "Savage Mode" Mixtape' (2016) — Baton Rouge rapper MacArthur Johnson recast himself as 22 Savage, capitalising on the success of 21 Savage, and announced a mixtape called Savage Mode — https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/55752-22-savage-announces-plans-to-release-savage-mode-mixtape-news (build store)
• Sportskeeda Wiki, 'Who is FunnyMike?' — MacArthur Johnson, born 8 October 1996 in Baton Rouge; YouTube channel joined 2 May 2016; comedy content of pranks and challenges, often featuring his partner Jaliyah Monet — https://wiki.sportskeeda.com/youtube/who-is-funnymike (build store)
• Primetimer, 'Was FunnyMike arrested? Fans concerned as YouTuber's alleged murder charge post surfaces online' (Jan 2026) — no arrest in January 2026; Johnson attended the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's Being Eddie on 12 Nov 2025 and was active on Instagram and a Twitch stream that month; his 2016 case was indefinitely suspended in 2017 due to a lack of evidence — https://www.primetimer.com/news/was-funnymike-arrested-fans-concerned-as-youtuber-s-alleged-murder-charge-post-surfaces-online (build store)
• The Roku Channel, 'FunnyMike' series listing (accessed 2026) — Season 17 episodes featuring FunnyMike and the Bad Kids, with episode dates in June 2025 and March 2026 — https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/82d776228d50bc70765b102b3e7f8d16/funnymike-s201-e9-santamike-christmas-shopping-spree (build store)

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