RuPaul
RuPaul Andre Charles [1] (an haife shi a watan Nuwamba 17, 1960) wata sarauniya ja ce ta Amurka, mai watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin, mawaƙa, mai gabatarwa, marubuci, kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. Shi yana samarwa, karbar bakuncin, kuma yana yin alƙawarin jerin gasa na gaskiya RuPaul's Drag Race kuma ya sami yabo da yawa, gami da 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, GLAAD Media Awards uku, lambar yabo ta Zaɓaɓɓun Talabijin, Kyautar Waƙar Billboard guda biyu, da Kyautar Tony Award. An yi masa lakabi da "Sarauniyar Jawo" kuma ana la'akari da shi a matsayin sarauniyar ja da ta fi samun nasara a kasuwanci a Amurka, tare da Fortune yana cewa shi "a sauƙaƙe shine mashahurin sarauniyar ja a duniya."[2] A cikin 2017, RuPaul ya kasance cikin jerin sunayen shekara 100 na shekara-shekara na mutane masu tasiri a duniya.[3][4]
An haife shi kuma ya girma a San Diego, California, RuPaul ya yi karatun wasan kwaikwayo a Atlanta, Jojiya, kafin ya ƙaura zuwa New York City, inda ya zama sanannen sanannen wurin shakatawa na LGBTQ. Ya sami shaharar duniya a matsayin sarauniya ja tare da sakin ɗayan sa na farko, "Supermodel (You Better Work)" (1993). RuPaul ya kasance mai magana da yawun MAC Cosmetics a cikin 1994, yana tara kuɗi don Asusun AIDS na Mac kuma ya zama sarauniya ta farko da ta ja don ƙaddamar da babban kamfen ɗin kayan shafawa.
An kirkiro RuPaul's Drag Race a cikin 2009 kuma ya ci gaba da samar da yanayi goma sha bakwai a Amurka. Nunin ya kuma ga nasara a duniya kuma akwai bambance-bambancen wasan kwaikwayon na duniya da yawa, gami da RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019-present) da Race Race na Kanada (2020-yanzu). Hakanan akwai nau'i-nau'i da yawa na babban nuni, kamar RuPaul's Drag U (2010 – 2012), RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, (2012-present), da RuPaul's Asirin Celebrity Drag Race (2020 – 2022). Sauran ayyukansa na talabijin sun haɗa da RuPaul Show (1996 – 1998), Skin Wars (2014 – 2016), Kyakkyawan Aiki (2015), Gay don Nunin Wasan Wasan Tauraro RuPaul (2016 – 2017), da RuPaul (2019). A cikin 2018, RuPaul ya karɓi tauraro akan Tauraron Fim na Hollywood saboda gudummawar da ya bayar ga masana'antar talabijin.[5]
RuPaul ya yi fitowa a fina-finai, ciki har da Crooklyn (1994), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), da Amma Ni Cheerleader ne (1999), da kuma jerin talabijin, gami da Girlboss da Broad City (duka 2017). Ya ƙirƙira da tauraro a cikin jerin asali na Netflix AJ da Sarauniya (2020). A matsayin mai yin rikodi, RuPaul ya fitar da kundi na studio goma sha biyar. Ya kuma buga littattafai hudu: Lettin' It All Hang Out (1995), Workin' It! Jagorar RuPaul zuwa Rayuwa, 'Yanci, da Biyan Salo (2010), GuRu (2018), da Gidan Hidden Ma'anar (2024)
Rayuwar farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi RuPaul a San Diego a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 1960, ɗan Ernestine "Toni" (née Fontenette) da Irving Andrew Charles. Iyayensa duka sun fito ne daga Louisiana.[6] Mahaifiyarsa ce ta ba shi suna; "Ru" ya fito ne daga roux, kalmar Faransanci don tushen gumbo da sauran miya da miya. Dangane da binciken DNA ta Neman ma'aikatan Tushenku, zuriyarsa 70% na Afirka ne kuma 30% na Turai.[7]
Bayan iyayensa sun rabu a cikin 1967, RuPaul da 'yan uwansa mata uku sun zauna tare da mahaifiyarsu, Adventist na kwana bakwai. Ya girma a cikin addinin Katolika kuma ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Patrick Henry. A 15, RuPaul da 'yar uwarsa Renetta sun ƙaura zuwa Atlanta, inda suka yi karatun zane-zane.[8]
Sana'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]1980–1995: Farko da Supermodel na Duniya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]RuPaul yayi gwagwarmaya a matsayin mawaki kuma mai shirya fina-finai a cikin shekarun 1980s, yana aiki a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Plaza na Atlanta. A cikin 1982, ya yi muhawara a wani wasan kwaikwayo iri-iri na samun damar jama'a a Atlanta mai suna The American Music Show, kuma ya ci gaba da fitowa a kan wasan kwaikwayon akai-akai. A Atlanta ya sau da yawa ya yi wasa a Celebrity Club, wanda Larry Tee ke gudanarwa, a matsayin ɗan wasan mashaya ko tare da ƙungiyarsa, Wee Wee Pole.[9] RuPaul kuma ya yi a matsayin mawaƙin madadin ga Glen Meadmore tare da ja sarauniya Vaginal Davis. Fitaccen bayyanarsa ta farko ta ƙasa ta zo ne a cikin 1989, lokacin da ya yi rawa azaman ƙari a cikin bidiyon don The B-52s' "Love Shack", kuma ya bayyana a cikin bidiyon Tom Rubnitz "Pickle Surprise"
A farkon 1990s, RuPaul ya yi aiki a wurin kulob din Georgia kuma an san shi da cikakken sunan haihuwarsa. Da farko yana shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo irin na jinsi, ya yi solo kuma tare da haɗin gwiwar wasu makada a wuraren shakatawa na dare da yawa na birnin New York, musamman Pyramid Club. Ya buga wasan gaban New York City ja Mona Foot (Nashom Benjamin) a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na almarar kimiyya "My Pet Homo", wanda Jon Michael Johnson ya rubuta kuma ya ba da umarni don Production Square Production. Ya yi shekaru da yawa a bikin ja na Wigstock na shekara-shekara kuma ya bayyana a cikin shirin shirin Wigstock: Fim. A cikin 1990s, RuPaul ya bayyana a kan tashar UK Channel 4 jerin Manhattan Cable, jerin mako-mako wanda Duniyar Al'ajabi ta samar kuma Ba'amurke Laurie Pike ta gabatar game da tsarin talabijin na isa ga jama'a na New York.[10]
A cikin 1993, RuPaul ya rubuta kundin rawa/gidan Supermodel na Duniya. An sake shi ta hanyar lakabin rap Tommy Boy, wanda ya haifar da waƙar rawa ta buga "Supermodel (You Better Work)". Waƙar ta kai saman 45 akan Billboard Hot 100. An yi jadawali akan Chart Singles na UK, tana saman saman 40 a 39. Waƙar ta sami nasara mafi nasara akan ginshiƙi na Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play , inda ya hau 2. Gidan rediyo, jujjuyawar bidiyo na kiɗa akan MTV, da fitowar Hall a kan shirye-shiryen waƙar da aka fi sani da The Arseni. Wakokinsa guda biyu/bidiyoyin sa na gaba, "Back to My Roots" da "A Shade Shady (Yanzu Prance)", dukkansu sun je saman tabo akan Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play ginshiƙi. Sakin nasa mai zuwa "House of Love" ya kasa sanyawa akan kowane sigogin Amurka amma ya kai 68 akan Chart Singles na Burtaniya. A cikin 1994, ya fito da "Kada ku karya zuciyata", wani duet tare da Elton John.[11]
An rattaba hannu kan RuPaul zuwa kwangilar yin samfuri don MAC Cosmetics. Allunan tallace-tallace daban-daban sun nuna shi cike da ja, yawanci tare da rubutun "Ni ce yarinyar MAC". Ya kuma fitar da tarihin rayuwarsa, Lettin' It All Hang Out. Ya inganta littafin a wani bangare tare da bayyanar baƙo na 1995 akan ABC's All My Children, a cikin labarin da ya sanya shi a kan saitin nunin magana na Erica Kane "The Cutting Edge". A wannan shekarar, an nuna shi a farkon fitowar sa guda biyu a cikin fina-finai na Brady Bunch, wanda a ciki ya buga mashawarcin mata na Jan.[12]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Vega, Nicolas (July 23, 2024). "RuPaul says his 10th grade teacher taught him 'the most valuable lesson I ever learned'". CNBC. Retrieved June 11, 2025
- ↑ Klein, Jessica (September 24, 2019). "As 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Expands to the U.K., DragCon Shines Light on Its Mainstream Success". Fortune. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019
- ↑ Campbell, Naomi. "RuPaul". Time. Archived from the original on April 3, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ↑ Klein, Jessica (September 24, 2019). "As 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Expands to the U.K., DragCon Shines Light on Its Mainstream Success". Fortune. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020
- ↑ Britton, Luke Morgan (March 19, 2018). "RuPaul becomes first drag icon to get a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame". NME. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ↑ Reynolds, Daniel (October 9, 2020). "Watch RuPaul Learn His Ancestors Were Also Marriage Pioneers". The Advocate. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ↑ Hunt, Bonnie (February 22, 2010). "The Bonnie Hunt Show: Interview with RuPaul, Part 2". The Bonnie Hunt Show. 0:49–1:05. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Aguirre, Abby (April 15, 2019). "How the World Fell Head Over Heels for RuPaul". Vogue. Photography by Annie Leibovitz. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ↑ French, Ellen Dennis (2005). "Rupaul 1960–". Encyclopedia.com (Thomson Gale). Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2012. Additional WebCitation archive on March 10, 2017.
- ↑ When They Go Low, We Go Sideways: Finding Queer Light in Dark Times". Pride Source. June 13, 2023
- ↑ Brian Butterick, Susan Martin, Kestutis Nakas (eds.) "We Started a Nightclub": The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge as Told by Those Who Lived It, Damiani Books, p. 59, 152 & 175
- ↑ The B-52's' Fred Schneider on RuPaul's Pre-Fame 'Love Shack' Cameo: 'He Got the Line-Dance Going!'". March 31, 2017. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020