David Choe (born April 22, 1976)[1] is an American artist, musician, actor, and former journalist and podcast host from Los Angeles.

[2] His figurative paintings, which explore themes of desire, degradation, and exaltation, are characterized by a raw, frenetic method that he has termed "dirty style.

[17] A fourth "season", in which Choe and Kim traveled from San Francisco to New York, was released via short form video clips on Snapchat and Instagram.

[18] In 2013, Choe began hosting an online lifestyle and entertainment podcast with adult film star Asa Akira entitled DVDASA.

[19][20] After receiving extensive therapy and treatment, he reemerged in 2017 with a new body of work and an exhibition in Los Angeles that presented heavy themes of trauma, self-reflection and hope for recovery.

[21] In 2023, Choe starred as Isaac Cho in the Netflix drama-comedy miniseries Beef, alongside Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.

Another artist, Jasmine Wahi, co-organized a performance in front of the mural and stated "Our aim is to provoke widespread rejection of the continued normalization of rape culture by bringing visibility to the topic."

Choe responded by again publicly denying any history of sexual assault or rape, and by apologizing for his original podcast comments.