RuPaul Andre Charles[1][2] (born November 17, 1960) is an American drag queen, television host, singer, producer, writer, and actor.

RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality competition television series, the first in the Drag Race franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the fifteenth season, MTV. The show documents RuPaul in the search for "America's next drag superstar". [1]

As executive producer and host of the reality competition TV series RuPaul's Drag Race (2009), RuPaul has received fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards - the most wins for outstanding host of a reality or competition program and for any Black artist in history.

RuPaul (born November 17, 1960, San Diego, California, U.S.) is an American entertainer who carved out an idiosyncratic place in popular culture as perhaps the most famous drag queen in the United States in the 1990s and early 21st century.

Mar 4, 2024 · RuPaul is opening up like never before in new memoir, "The House of Hidden Meanings," detailing his life journey from growing up in a tense household to his rocky and yet rewarding road to fame.

RuPaul is the most commercially successful drag queen of all time, and in 2017 was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego, CA and later moved to Atlanta, GA to study performing arts.

Mar 4, 2024 · The Emmy-winning host of RuPaul's Drag Race describes himself as "an introvert masquerading as an extrovert." He reflects on the first 40 years of his life in the memoir The...

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