kˈʌŋ fˈoʊ fˈɜːst ɐpˈɪɹd pˈʌblɪkli æz ɐ nˈæɹətˌɪv kəlˈɛkʃən ʌv vˈɪdɪoʊ ˈɑːɹt fˈɪlm stˈɪlz dᵻɹˈaɪvd fɹʌmðə sˈɪɹiz ðæt ɛɡzˈɪbɪɾᵻd æt ðɪ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl ˈeɪs hoʊtˈɛl ɐlˈɔŋsaɪd ðə wˈɜːks ʌv sˈʌtʃ ˈɑːɹɾɪsts æz kˈɔːz ænd ʃˈɛpɚd fˈɛɹi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn, wˌaɪl ʃˈɔːɹt vˈɪdɪoʊ klˈɪps fɹʌmðə sˈɪɹiz ˈɔːlsoʊ stɹˈiːmd ɔnðə wˈɛbsaɪts pˈɑːpdiːtˌeɪl.kˈɑːm, dˈʌbtaɪɾəld.kˈɑːm ænd hˈɛvi.kˈɑːm æz vˈɪdɪoʊ tɹˈiːtmənts fɚɹə lˈɑːɹdʒɚ pɹəpˈoʊzd siːkwˈɛnʃəl ˈɑːɹt pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt ænd fˈiːtʃɚ lˈɛŋθ fˈɪlm vˈɜːʒən ʌvðə kˈʌŋ fˈoʊ kˈɑːnsɛpt, bᵻfˌoːɹ ðˈɛn ɹᵻpˈɜːpəsɪŋ ɪts kˌɑːmpɹihˈɛnsɪv ɹᵻmˈɪks fˈɔːɹmjʊlə ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn tə tɹænsfˈɔːɹm kˈʌŋ fˈoʊ ˌɪntʊ ɐn ˌɛpɪsˈɑːdɪk fˈɔːɹmæt fɔːɹ tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən ðæt fˈɜːst ˈɛɹd ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiː æz pˈɑːɹt ʌvðɪ ɪnˈɔːɡjʊɹɹəl lˈɑːntʃ ʌvðə fjˈuːz mjˈuːzɪk tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən tʃˈænəl ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts, fˈɔːɹmɚli nˈoʊn æz mˈʌtʃ mjˈuːzɪk jˌuːˌɛsˈeɪ, ænd ɐ sʌbsˈɪdjɚɹi ʌv ɹˈeɪnboʊ mˈiːdiːəz ˌeɪˌɛmsˈiː nˈɛtwɜːks.
Kung Faux first appeared publicly as a narrative collection of video art film stills derived from the series that exhibited at the original Ace Hotel alongside the works of such artists as Kaws and Shepard Fairey in 1999, while short video clips from the series also streamed on the websites Popdetail.com, Dubtitled.com and Heavy.com as video treatments for a larger proposed sequential art project and feature length film version of the Kung Faux concept, before then repurposing its comprehensive remix formula in 2001 to transform Kung Faux into an episodic format for television that first aired in 2003 as part of the inaugural launch of the Fuse music television channel in the United States, formerly known as MuchMusic USA, and a subsidiary of Rainbow Media's AMC Networks.