RuPaul was born in San Diego, California.

In the early 1990s, RuPaul worked the Georgia club scene and was known by his full birth name.

In the ' 90s, RuPaul was known in the UK for his appearances on the Channel 4 series Manhattan Cable, a weekly series produced by World of Wonder and presented by American Laurie Pike about New York's wild and wacky public-access television system.

It was around this time that RuPaul co-hosted the BRIT Awards in London, also with Elton John.

) However, possibly the most famous drag artist in music in the 90s was RuPaul.

The album was tied-in to a television Christmas special from The RuPaul Show on VH1.

Before the release of the album RuPaul was known primarily for being the only drag queen supermodel ( hence the album title ).

The video for the song was put into heavy rotation on MTV ; this was a huge surprise to RuPaul and her record label as, at the time, the music being heavily played on MTV was grunge, gangsta rap, and rock.

Under Polsky's direction, the club became renowned as one of centers of new wave music in New York and was frequented by many musicians and artists who became famous during the decade, such as Madonna, New Order, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Sade, Wham !, The Smiths, Squeeze, Cyndi Lauper, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Run-DMC, Depeche Mode, Butthole Surfers, The B-52's, Samhain, Bauhaus, RuPaul, Berlin, Romeo Void, Sonic Youth, Swans, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Cult, Violent Femmes, Soft Cell, The Jesus and Mary Chain, the Beastie Boys, and LL Cool J.

It was covered by Martha Wash ( of The Weather Girls ) as a duet with RuPaul in 1997, Geri Halliwell in 2001 and by Young Divas in 2006.

* Drag Icon RuPaul covered " Physical " on " The Rupaul " Show When Olivia Newton-John was a guest.

With a cast that included Superstar RuPaul, DJ Larry Tee, Lahoma Van Zant, Lady Bunny, Michael Musto, artist Albert Crudo and a bevy of other colorful characters making cameo appearances, it was the epi-center of a creative revolution.

The club became a hangout for “ a new breed of politicized drag performers ” like Lypsinka, Lady Bunny, and RuPaul, whose first New York City show was at the Pyramid Club in 1982.

RuPaul is noted among famous drag queens for his indifference towards the gender-specific pronouns used to address him — both " he " and " she " have been deemed acceptable.

In publicity preparation for the new show, RuPaul made appearances as a guest on several other shows in 2008 including as a guest judge on episode 6 of season 5 of Project Runway and as a guest " chef " on Paula's Party.

With the theatrical drag queen presented not as a " female impersonator " but as a drag queen ( for example, Danny La Rue or RuPaul ), drag changed conventions, meaning and audience.

Visage later co-hosted a VH1 talk show show, the The RuPaul Show with RuPaul, and eventually went on to become a popular on-air personality for New York radio station WKTU.

Guest hosts for the series have included: Cherry Jones, Paris Barclay, Janeane Garofalo, Lesley Gore, Lea DeLaria, Madonna, Nathan Lane, Howard Dean, Gavin Newsom, Helen Thomas, Nancy Grace, RuPaul, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Herman, Carol Channing, Larry Kramer, Barbara Gittings, Lillian Faderman, Judy Shepard, Susan Sarandon, Billie-Jean King, Lily Tomlin, Melissa Etheridge, Esera Tuaolo, Martina Navratilova, Judith Light, Margaret Cho, Le Tigre, Lady Bunny, Wilson Cruz, Bill Brochtrup, Staceyann Chin and Lisa Leslie.

Wild Orchid spent most of 1996 – 1997 promoting their debut album, making appearances on Ricki Lake, Access Hollywood, MTV, Wild On !, The RuPaul Show, Hard Copy, Vibe, Mad TV, Soul Train, Pat Bullard, Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends, Terry Bradshaw, Crook and Chase, Jenny Jones, MuchMusic's Electric Circus, as well as a guest appearance on the UPN sitcom Goode Behavior.

RuPaul Andre Charles ( born November 17, 1960 ), best known as simply RuPaul, is an American actor, drag queen, model, author, and recording artist, who first became widely known in the 1990s when he appeared in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums.

On June 13, 2006, RuPaul released ReWorked, his first remix album and fifth album overall.

RuPaul caused a controversy at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards when he presented an award with actor Milton Berle, who performed an altogether different type of drag early in his career.

RuPaul ( left ) seen out of drag in March 2009.

The premise of the program has several drag queens compete to be selected by RuPaul and a panel of judges as " America's next drag superstar ".

* " Snapshot " ( song ), a single by American drag performer RuPaul

* RuPaul, drag performer, singer-songwriter, actor

RuPaul, a famous drag queen.

* RuPaul Andre Charles, American actor, drag queen, model, author, and singer-songwriter.

Ho, Ho, Ho ( officially titled VH1 Presents RuPaul Ho Ho Ho ) is an album of Christmas music by American drag queen and singer RuPaul, released on October 28, 1997 by Rhino Records.

Supermodel of the World is the debut studio album by American drag queen RuPaul, released on June 8, 1993 by Tommy Boy Records.

Famous drag queen, RuPaul has also sampled a few of the quotes from the documentary in her movie " Starrbooty ", as well as on her TV show " RuPaul's Drag Race "

The name of the hurricane that Peter gets caught in is named RuPaul which " made his or her way up the coast " as Tom Tucker claimed on the news in reference to the famous drag queen.

RuPaul has on occasion performed as a man in a number of roles, usually billed as RuPaul Charles.

RuPaul struggled as a musician and filmmaker in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1980s.

In Atlanta, RuPaul often performed at the Celebrity Club ( managed by Larry Tee ) as a bar dancer or with his band, Wee Wee Pole, which included the late Todd Butler.

Initially participating in genderfuck-style performances, RuPaul performed solo and in collaboration with other bands at several New York nightclubs, most notably the Pyramid Club.

In 1993, RuPaul recorded dance / house albums which included Supermodel of the World.

The two had conflicts back-stage, and when Berle touched RuPaul's false breasts, RuPaul ad-libbed the line " So you used to wear gowns, but now you're wearing diapers.

" The press portrayed the exchange as a crack in the " love everyone " message RuPaul presented, and as a young newcomer treating a legend poorly.

RuPaul would later describe the situation in his autobiography, describing Berle's behavior backstage as sexually inappropriate and rude.

The next year he landed a talk show of his own on VH1, called The RuPaul Show, interviewing celebrity guests and musical acts.

On one episode, RuPaul featured guests Chi Chi LaRue and Tom Chase speaking about the gay porn industry.

Because of his strong fan base within the gay community, RuPaul has performed at gay pride events and numerous gay clubs.

During this time RuPaul helped launch the return of WKTU radio in New York City and would serve as host ( with Michelle Visage ) of the morning show until 1998.

In 2004, RuPaul released his fourth album, Red Hot on his own RuCo Inc. label.