▁award ▁for ▁Best ▁Sk etch ▁Group . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁Whit est ▁K ids ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁when ▁Tre vor ▁Moore , ▁a ▁young ▁com ed ian ▁from ▁Char l ott es ville , ▁Virginia , ▁transferred ▁to ▁New ▁York ' s ▁School ▁of ▁Visual ▁Arts ▁film ▁program . ▁Moore ▁previously ▁produced ▁a ▁local ▁TV ▁sketch - com edy ▁show ▁in ▁Virginia ▁titled ▁The ▁Tre vor ▁Moore ▁Show , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁can ce led . ▁ ▁After ▁making ▁the ▁r ounds ▁at ▁local ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁comedy ▁clubs , ▁he ▁eventually ▁met ▁fellow ▁SV A ▁film ▁student ▁Sam ▁Brown ▁from ▁Massachusetts ▁and ▁SV A ▁Graph ic ▁Design ▁student / actor ▁Zach ▁C reg ger , ▁from ▁Ar ling ton , ▁Virginia . ▁By ▁chance , ▁all ▁three ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁d orm itory . ▁According ▁to ▁an ▁I FC ▁interview , ▁Tre vor ▁Moore ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁group ' s ▁name ▁origin ated ▁during ▁a ▁fre est yle ▁ra pping ▁session ▁on ▁a ▁sub way , ▁when ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁friends ▁said , ▁" You ▁guys ▁are ▁the ▁wh it est ▁k ids ▁I ▁know ." ▁ ▁The ▁tr oupe ▁started ▁off ▁as ▁an ▁officially ▁san ction ed ▁club ▁at ▁School ▁of ▁Visual ▁Arts . ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁years , ▁W K UK ▁included ▁horror ▁writer ▁and ▁director ▁Jon ▁K ov el , ▁Oliver ▁Ly ons , ▁Anthony ▁M air , ▁singer ▁T ina ▁T ion g son . ▁Tim my ▁Williams ▁also ▁joined ▁in ▁late