YouTube Diehard Trevor Noah Envisions A "Creator

Comedian and former Daily Show host Trevor Noah said it was hardly a stretch to choose YouTube as the place to debut his next stand-up special.

From the moment he first visited the site in the 2000s, “it always made sense to me,” he said Thursday night at the video giant’s first Creator Premieres event in New York.

Along with footage from Noah’s The Lost SA Special , premiering next month, the event featured work by creators Julian Shapiro-Barnum, Mark Vins and Cleo Abram, and brief remarks by Sean Downey, Google’s President, Americas & Global Partners. New work from Dhar Mann, Brittany Broski and Ms. Rachel was also highlighted at the showcase, essentially a more content-heavy complement to YouTube’s annual Brandcast event in May.

“Maybe it’s because I grew up in South Africa,”