Sam Y.G.

Sam "YG" Young Gun
Born	Samir Gogna August 18, 1987 Quezon City, Philippines
Occupation	Radio & television personality, Variety Host, Actor
Years active	2005–present
Website	Sam Y.G. on Twitter Sam Y.G. on Instagram

Sam "YG" Young Gun (born as Samir Gogna, also known as Shivaker) is a Filipino-Radio DJ-Singer & television personality. He is the one-third of Boys Night Out host on Magic 89.9 with Tony Toni and Slick Rick. Also Sam is also a co-host for Eat Bulaga.^[1][2]

Personal life

Y.G. was granted his Filipino citizenship in 2011.^[3]

Career

Y.G. started his career as DJ of Magic 89.9 in 2006. In 2009, he first appeared in Cool Center as a relationship expert along with DZBB's Mr. Cariñoso, he also joins Eat Bulaga and Diz Iz It. In 2015, he notably interviewed former Japanese AV Idol Maria Ozawa.^[4][5] Also in July 2015 he covered for Men's Health Philippines^[6]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2009	Cool Center	co-host	GMA Network
2009–present	Eat Bulaga	co host
2010-2011	Diz Iz It	co-host
2014-2015 2015–present	Boys Ride Out/Boys Off The Record	host	9TV/CNN PH
2016	Dear Uge	GMA Network

Radio

• Sam vs. Sam (99.5 RT, 2005–06, with Sam Oh)
• Boys Night Out (Magic 89.9, 2006–present)

See also

• AlDub
• KalyeSerye

References

1. Jocelyn Jimenez (13 May 2011). "Sam YG talks about how he got into the limelight". pep.ph. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
2. Marjorie Duran (27 January 2015). "The other side of Sam YG". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
3. "Six things you didn’t know about Sam YG". GMA News and Public Affairs. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
4. Arvin Mendoza (3 June 2015). "Is Maria Ozawa coming…again? Sam YG tells us when". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
5. "Sam YG Joins E! Philippines". The Standard (Philippines). 9 June 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
6. "Sam YG is Our July Cover Guy". 29 June 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

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