In this new day and age, drag culture is becoming more relevant in today’s media, specifically drag queen culture. Queens like Alaska, Aja, Courtney Act, and Bob the Drag Queen have been dominating the media. For example, Trixie Mattel landed a guest appearance in season six of American Horror Story and Adore Delano’s album The After Party had reached #15 in March of 2016 on the iTunes charts. Even older drag queens such as Lady Bunny and Divine are getting more recognition as modern media becomes more open-minded. But who brought drag culture to the spotlight, bringing drag to relevance? None other than the “Supermodel of the World”, otherwise known as RuPaul Charles. RuPaul has become a successful actor, judge, host, and drag queen in his
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For example, he was in bands called Wee Wee Pole and RuPaul and the U-Hauls. In the 80’s, he had taken an interest in The American Music Show, saying in an interview how “it took pop culture and was stretching and moving it.” He wrote a letter to the producers, and soon after they replied, letting him on the show. Following that, in 1989, RuPaul was crowned Queen of Manhattan. He was also an extra for the B-52’s hit song Love Shack. During his rise to fame he met handfuls of celebrities, including Nirvana and Elton John. Also during this time, he started producing music, such as his hit single Supermodel(You Better …show more content…
As of now, he has won an Emmy for Best Reality TV Show Host and a MTV Movie Award for Best Reality Show. Currently Rupaul Charles’ Net Worth is 7 million dollars. He is married to his husband Georges LeBar and splits his time between New York and Los Angeles. RuPaul also has an array of merchandise, including fragrances, dolls, cosmetics, shoes, and even chocolate. His show RuPaul’s Drag Race is growing in popularity and has a podcast with Michelle Visage titled, “What’s the Tee?” It’s easy to say that RuPaul and his talent is taking the world by storm. He has helped launch the careers of over one hundred drag queens and continues to do so today. Not to mention he has branched out to many aspects of television and pop culture. In conclusion, many people including myself are thankful for RuPaul bringing Drag and LGBTQ+ culture into the
For example, he was in bands called Wee Wee Pole and RuPaul and the U-Hauls. In the 80’s, he had taken an interest in The American Music Show, saying in an interview how “it took pop culture and was stretching and moving it.” He wrote a letter to the producers, and soon after they replied, letting him on the show. Following that, in 1989, RuPaul was crowned Queen of Manhattan. He was also an extra for the B-52’s hit song Love Shack. During his rise to fame he met handfuls of celebrities, including Nirvana and Elton John. Also during this time, he started producing music, such as his hit single Supermodel(You Better …show more content…
As of now, he has won an Emmy for Best Reality TV Show Host and a MTV Movie Award for Best Reality Show. Currently Rupaul Charles’ Net Worth is 7 million dollars. He is married to his husband Georges LeBar and splits his time between New York and Los Angeles. RuPaul also has an array of merchandise, including fragrances, dolls, cosmetics, shoes, and even chocolate. His show RuPaul’s Drag Race is growing in popularity and has a podcast with Michelle Visage titled, “What’s the Tee?” It’s easy to say that RuPaul and his talent is taking the world by storm. He has helped launch the careers of over one hundred drag queens and continues to do so today. Not to mention he has branched out to many aspects of television and pop culture. In conclusion, many people including myself are thankful for RuPaul bringing Drag and LGBTQ+ culture into the