“RuPaul’s Drag Race” is back and Season 9 may just be bigger than ever as the show again includes an Atlanta queen – Nina Bo’Nina Brown – among its contestants. She is the latest entertainer from Atlanta to make it to the show, something we wondered about back in December. She’s known for her eye-popping looks, many… Read More Meet the Atlanta queen competing on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Being a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race can give a monumental boost to a drag queen’s career; winning the show puts them on another level. With the most recent season of Drag Race finally wrapped up, season six winner Bianca Del Rio is quickly learning just how in-demand she is now. Less than a month after winning the show,… Read More Bianca Del Rio: The David Atlanta Interview
Here at David Atlanta, we’ve interviewed a number of contestants from RuPaul’s Drag Race, but it’s hard to think of one doing as many different things career-wise as Shangela. From a start as a choreographer, Shangela (a.k.a. D.J. Pierce) moved into drag in what was originally a one-time performance. Five months later, Shangela was on the second… Read More Halleloo! Shangela Makes Her Way to Atlanta
Over several seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, only a handful of contestants can say that they came close to winning, only to settle for the runner-up position. One contestant, Raven, has those people beat: after placing as Runner-Up in Season 2, she returned for the recent All-Stars season of Drag Race, only to find herself in the exact same… Read More That’s So Raven
Watch out, Atlanta. The reigning queen of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Sharon Needles, is about to make her Atlanta debut. Needles, the winner of the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, has quickly become a stand-out in the drag scene for her macabre style and wicked humor. Even Lady Gaga tweeted about her during the season’s run, wanting… Read More Sharon Needles Shocks Atlanta
Chances are, if you follow the drag scene at all, you know about Nina Flowers. Since coming in second during the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she also won the Miss Congeniality award, Flowers has become one of the biggest names in the drag scene. The edgy performer has helped push the popularity of… Read More Nina’s Thorny Flowers
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