TREVOR NOAH ROCKS THE GRAMMYS

It’s a trifecta for Emmy Award-winning comedian Noah, 38, as he gets ready to host the Grammys for the third time. Here are some facts you may not know about the former host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Noah launched his career in comedy on a dare. A comedian he’d heckled challenged him to come onstage. That’s when he discovered he could make people laugh. He was the runner-up on the fourth season of South Africa’s reality competition show Strictly Come Dancing (2008). Noah’s father is white of Swiss origin; his mother is Black of the Xhosa people. At the time of his birth— Feb. 20, 1984, in Johannesburg, South Africa— his parents’ interracial relationship was illegal due to apartheid. 2 Number of versions he wrote of his 2016 autobiography, Born a Crime. One version for younger readers has no profanity.