Adeola Ash

    

Adeola Ash
YouTuber Information
Profile	Adeola Ash
Style	Commentary & Beauty
Date joined	May 31, 2016
Twitter / X	@AdeolaAsh
Instagram and Threads	@adeola.ash
Videos	79+
Schedule	Unscheduled
Status	Active
Username
Personal information
Nationality	American
Channel trailer
Korea's First African-Korean Model? Who is Han Hyunmin 한현민 🇳🇬🇰🇷
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Korea's First African-Korean Model? Who is Han Hyunmin 한현민 🇳🇬🇰🇷

Adeola Ash is an American^{[citation needed]} commentary and beauty YouTuber. She is known for her videos about pop culture, specifically about Black people in the Korean wave and social issues within K-Pop.^{[citation needed]}

Content

Adeola started out making beauty tutorials, vlogs, and reaction videos. Her channel now focuses on sharing the stories of pop culture figures and changemakers, especially those within the Korean wave. She also dissects social issues present in the entertainment industry, with a focus on K-Pop and its corresponding fandoms.

Her videos about Black celebrities have garnered a lot of support, followed by her videos about inclusivity and anti-blackness within the K-Pop industry. Her most popular video tells the story of Han Hyunmin, South Korea's first model of mixed African descent. Another one of her most notable videos delves into K-Pop's long history of racism.

This video caused a storm in the K-Pop sphere, with fans starting a hashgtag: #ListenToUs, to urge K-Pop companies to hear their grievances. Her video also resulted in a #1 trending hashtag in Thailand, with over 300k tweets. In addition, her video on an Indian K-Pop trainee went viral, driving thousands of people to support the young artist.

Adeola is outspoken about inclusivity in the beauty industry as well. She has participated in diversity campaigns for K-Beauty and been part of measures to reduce racial profiling in beauty stores. Adeola also has a series called #AshFreeSpf where she documents sunscreens that do not leave a white cast on the skin.

Trivia

• Her favorite K-Pop group is Blackswan.
• Her celebrity crush is actor Kofi Siriboe.
• She is a fan of Enny, Little Mix, and Will Jay.
• One of her holy grail skincare products is Laneige Cream Skin.