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-- shee-ma-BOO-koo-roh: How you pronounce Jake Shimabukuro's last name. -- yoo-kuh-LAY-le: How you pronounce Jake Shimabukuro's instrument of choice, the ukulele. -- 4: How old Jake was when he ...

Jake Shimabukuro is a passionate advocate of the ukulele and he talked to us after our interview about how Bill Gates plays one, too—and how he was once invited by Francis Ford Coppola to jam with him ...

Jake Shimabukuro captured the world's attention with his original take on George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” a viral video that dominated YouTube in 2005. The Hawaiian-born ukulele ...

Justin Bieber may be the most famous musician who was discovered on YouTube, but Jake Shimabukuro is arguably the most talented — and improbable — star with viral video roots. The ukulele virtuoso was ...