I've been working on my burlesque and my live music, and I don't really have the drive to dance and flip flop and be doing dips and, 'Is she gonna jump from there?' It's just not something I want to do. I know I kind of let go of the idea of being a drag queen because, for most people, the stereotypical drag queen lip syncs and performs. magazine:Įing a queer artist is more generalized, and being a drag queen is way more specific.
In July 2018, Aja announced that she no longer wish to be known as a drag queen but rather as a queer artist, stating to them. In May 2019, Aja was sponsored by Starbucks to promote the company's S'Mores Life contest.
Since June 2018, Aja has hosted a talk show called Ayo Sis on WOW Presents Plus. Īja appeared in a commercial for H&M's Pride OUT Loud campaign in May 2018. They performed at Hardware Bar until the house dissolved in June 2018. The drag house Haus of Aja, based in Bedford–Stuyvesant, includes members Aja, Kandy Muse, Momo Shade, Dahlia Sin, and Janelle No5. Another contestant, Morgan McMichaels, rejoined instead, which placed Aja seventh overall. Aja was eliminated during the fifth episode of All Stars 3, but she returned in the following episode to compete for a chance to win re-entry to the competition. Aja placed ninth that season and subsequently returned to participate in the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. She was announced as one of 14 contestants for the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 2, 2017. Career Haus of Aja (Janelle No5, Momo Shade, Aja, Kandy Muse and Dahlia Sin) at DragCon 2018Īja began doing drag in Manhattan at age 16, participating in contests at Posh Bar, the Stonewall Inn, Metropolitan Bar and Sugarland. Later, in a 2019 Tweet, she stated that she is not of Libyan descent. In 2018, she stated on Twitter that she is of Moroccan, Egyptian and Libyan descent. She lived as a trans woman for a year at age 18, later coming to identify as genderqueer after learning about non-binary gender identities. She used to suffer from PTSD and anxiety, which she attributed to her single-parent home, but stopped having panic attacks after starting drag. She recently starred as a contestant on the third season of Legendary on HBO Max, where she finished in 6th place with the House of LaBeija.Īja was born on January 4, 1994, in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She released Nail in the Coffin, a Halloween-themed EP, in collaboration with Shilow later that year.
Her second EP, ALL CAPS, was released in June 2019. Aja released her debut EP, In My Feelings, in 2018, followed by her debut studio album, BOX Office, in February 2019. Venus Nadya Oshun, known professionally as Aja 007, better known mononymously as Aja ( / ˈ ɑː ʒ ə/) (born January 4, 1994) is an American rapper, reality television personality and drag queen best known for competing on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
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