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Oakerson grew up in Philadelphia.
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He enrolled at Camden County Community College but left after a month to pursue comedy. He has opened for Dave Attell and toured with Korn before touring as a headliner. His television credits include Comedy Central"s Premium Blend, Comedy Central Presents, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir, along with multiple appearances on Black Entertainment Television"s Comic View and Home Box Office"s P. Diddy"s Bad Boys of Comedy.
He co-hosted Movies on Tap on Spike television He played Neil on the series Z Rock and appeared in the Pilot for Season 1 of Louie and Episode 6 from Season 3.
Oakerson was the guest on episode 255 of WTF with Marc Maron. He hosts a podcast called Legion of Skanks with Luis J. Gomez and Dave Smith.
On December 1, 2014, Oakerson headlined a free charity show for supporters of morning show Preston & Steve and radio station WMMR in Philadelphia for the annual Campout for Hunger which supports Philabundance. In January 2015, Oakerson took part in a performance in aid of eliminating Parkinson"s disease.
"Big Jay" currently co-hosts "The Bonfire" on Sirius XM"s Comedy Central station alongside Dan Soder.
"The Bonfire" airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 6pm. Oakerson is Jewish and has family members who survived the Holocaust.
