On April 21, 1976, David Choe was born in Los Angeles, California. He was born to Korean immigrants and is a first-generation American.
Since he was a teenager, he has been a street artist. He briefly studied at the California College of the Arts. He spent a brief period living with family in South Korea, had legal troubles as a young person, and dealt with unresolved family issues.
Since distributing 200 copies of his self-published graphic novel Slow Jams at Comic-Con in 1996, Choe had been pursuing a career as an artist. After winning $5,000 from the Xeric Grant, he expanded the original Slow Jams and released it in 1999 with a $4.00 cover price.
Since then, Choe has advanced significantly. He has produced a documentary about his life called Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe (2008), as well as the podcast Thumbs Up!, an online series with Vice, and works of art that fetch between $1,700 and $50,000 at auctions.
Choe has also been involved in his fair share of controversies, which forced him to step away from the limelight for a while.
He made a comeback to television in 2021 with the episodes of The Choe Show on FX and Hulu. He invites friends in the entertainment industry, including Kat Von D, Maya Erskine, Will Arnett, and others, to his house so that he can paint a portrait of them and conduct in-depth interviews to learn more about their personalities.
The wealth of David Choe as compared to other artists is shown in the following table.
| Artist | Net Worth (Estimated) |
| David Choe | $300.0 million |
| Banksy | $50.0 million |
| Thierry Guetta (Mr. Brainwash) | $20.0 million |
| Shepard Fairey | $10.0 million |
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