@@marlo5040that’s not even her name to disrespect her 😂
@susioeandno1else
9 ай бұрын
Yes we do
@macaoron
9 ай бұрын
Tammie Brown and RuPaul having met before Drag Race reeeally explains "I don't see you walking children out in nature" lmaooo
@adanmaoriaku
8 ай бұрын
Right. Like how TF would SHE know what Ru does on off hours?
@acidinmyspam7402
3 ай бұрын
@@adanmaoriakuTammie has NERVE. Willam nerve. Few surpass them fr.
@giovannirivera8069
9 ай бұрын
I would definitely buy this book if Raja decided to write it. Looking forward to it ❤
@pattyofurniture694
9 ай бұрын
Same!
@xinophobe
9 ай бұрын
In 1994 I was a 17-year old kid on vacation at Disneyland and I met a guy who worked as a barback at a gay club called OZZ in Buena Park (which Raja sometimes performed at). Me being impetuous me, a week after meeting the guy I had left my Oregon home and moved in with him (almost-30 years later we're still friends!) Anyway, the reason I'm taking this trip down memory lane is just to say the first ever paying job I had (since I had high school theatre experience) was running the spotlight for the Sunday night drag show at OZZ and, yep, that included Raja's numbers. I remember there also being queens such as Glamoura, Montanna, and Shadonna. The relationship and my time at OZZ didn't last more than a year, but god was it a great way to grow up. She's on point about the club kid scene, too-it was so awesome to witness and feel like I was a small little part of. Gosh, even now I'm getting sappy and sentimental.
@polinatalmeltzer450
9 ай бұрын
Wow, it seems like a wonderful year and a dear memory! Thank you for sharing, it’s so precious! The relationship, the time and place - how that all clicked together, huh? Amazing!! 🎉
@na2eu
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experiences❤❤❤ raja is one of my favorites on Drag Race!!
@PositiveRaincloud
9 ай бұрын
Raja is everything I expect in a drag queen. She's also not fake, and will point something out when she see's BS. She's true to herself.
@SVTCARATSTAR1
9 ай бұрын
I love how factual Raja is when she talks about her life and experiences. She doesn't pretend to be overly humble, apologise for being great or shy away from talking about people but she also isn't stuck up her own ass. Will always be my favourite drag race winner. ❤
@PlayerEternal
9 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@igortanaskovic2749
8 ай бұрын
Agreed
@adanmaoriaku
8 ай бұрын
She just confirmed what was obvious all along. Yara Sofia should have won that season. But no matter how ground breaking she was, Ru was gonna ALWAYS choose his friend.
@PlayerEternal
8 ай бұрын
@@adanmaoriaku 👀💅
@kique821
8 ай бұрын
@@adanmaoriakuYara? Sorry. No.
@chrisbuckley1785
9 ай бұрын
Raja definitely needs to write a book. I bet they have some of the greatest stories. They've already shared so many great stories
@XTaitoX
9 ай бұрын
I have a photo wearing an oversized sequined blazer which Ru handed down to Raja and Raja gifted to a drag performer friend of mine. I helped her backstage at a drag benefit show and she told me the history behind it and let me try it on. I always took her word for it because she was one of Raja's drag children, but this story on Exposed solidified it for me, officially.
@Starscooterkart
9 ай бұрын
so cool
@XTaitoX
9 ай бұрын
@@Starscooterkart When I heard "Ru-me-downs" my ears perked up so hard. It was a full circle moment I'll be telling my imaginary grandchildren.
@XTaitoX
9 ай бұрын
@bodelaire6395 No face, and the photo is even blurry, but it shines with an aethereal glow that even the Pope would say its sanctified.
@johnbarham9991
9 ай бұрын
A cultural ethnography written by Raja Gemini would have a wide appeal, and an academic value. That era needs as much documentation as we can remember, lol
@lankyalpaca
9 ай бұрын
fr queer culture is underdocumented and this is our chance to change that
@nb-user25
9 ай бұрын
A book by Raja??? Um, YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!
@pageantempress
9 ай бұрын
I will love to read Raja's book, she is full of knowledge and information about the drag history in Southern California. One of the most underrated winners of Drag Race ❤
@rwb3562
9 ай бұрын
She has so much self confidence, I wish I could exude this level of self love
@seanmarks6304
9 ай бұрын
God - a Raja memoir of sorts would be incredible - but I reckon she should do some kind of photo documentary coffee table book with stories laced into it ❤❤❤❤
@Lola6969
9 ай бұрын
I’m 48 and used to go to Oz in Buena Park and Raja used to run around the club looking fabulous. It was an 18+up club.
@l.c.7507
9 ай бұрын
Wow!!! LEGENDARY interview of icons in our community!! Great job Shep!! 👏🏼 ❤🎉
@wendybutler1681
9 ай бұрын
From the moment Raja walked into the werkroom I have been obsessed. Artistry off the charts. Elegant. Exotic. Wild and sophisticated at the same time. A true icon.
@wendybutler1681
9 ай бұрын
I would buy this book. I am very interested in the history of drag from the 1950s on as told by those who experienced it.
@cheerleaderfever7830
9 ай бұрын
THANK YOU for actually being able to interview these queens rather than cutting them off every other fucking minute to make a quote-unquote funny remark
@TitanicSurvivor666
9 ай бұрын
I fucking love when Raja wears this hairstyle and gets all dolled up she looks gorgeous
@foxroller
9 ай бұрын
I was introduced to drag race through a KZitem and that's where I first saw drag queens and I just love Raja...I'm a big fan and I watch every one of them....UK Mexico etc...thank you RuPaul for introducing drag to the masses❤
@SproutNoDoubt
9 ай бұрын
I would love for Raja to write a book. She’s always been one of my favorite queens and she is soooo interesting. 🥰
@bbsteele671
9 ай бұрын
Living in Louisville, KY in the late 90's we had Connections. Connections had an amazing Drag Theater. I started going when I was 15 sneaking through the kitchen. I loved drag from day 1. I was lucky...
@yeahiprotest
9 ай бұрын
I remember connections ! It was epic
@pinkfairytears
3 ай бұрын
raja is def one of my all time favorite queens. so well-spoken, confident, & honest! ❤️
@cunderw12
9 ай бұрын
I remember when drag race first aired I used to watch it late at night, and if anybody walked in the room I’d change the channel really fast. Almost as if I was watching something bad. Oh how the times have changed!
@acidinmyspam7402
3 ай бұрын
Yes!!! I made sure the house was empty & locked the house DOWN watching Queer as Folk🤣What a journey I had/am having after sad & homophobic yet nostalgic baby moments. It hadn’t been that long for tech to change so much so RAPIDLY. Wildly surreal taking time watching in real time aware of it all.
@Lg.sidequest
9 ай бұрын
Oh we definitely need a book
@jnejne1984
9 ай бұрын
She is my Queen of all Queens. I got to meet Raja at the PHX Art museum and she was so chill, and encouraging. Plus seeing her walk a runway was epic!
@Eughwwww
9 ай бұрын
This is such a great Interview.
@vonlipi
9 ай бұрын
Yes Raja please write a book! I would buy it in a minute!
@Clink2000
9 ай бұрын
I would def pay for her book! Get to writing Raja! ❤🎉
@soldoutclothing
9 ай бұрын
Thank you Raja for the stories, good times
@TheEdoardoCC
9 ай бұрын
Hello dear Joseph, Just wanted to ask where can I watch the full interviews ? Will you upload them on KZitem ? Like you always did before with Exposed,Sissy That Talk and Queening Out? ( I don’t have OUTTV) Much love from your biggest fan from Croatia 🇭🇷 xO xO Edo
@joaomattielo2004
9 ай бұрын
same here! im from Brasil and I have no ideia how to watch this 😭
@Aur1x1
9 ай бұрын
Raja, Raven, Delta Work, Anetra, &, Bianca Delrio are my olympic all stars team! Raja was why I got into drag. That’s right, I said Raja instead of RuPaul bc a humble diva will always outshine the one making all the racket. Sorry I luhyoo Runi just ain’t about to start lying now lol 😂❤❤
@BrooklinnGorrlll
9 ай бұрын
Raja was ROBBBBBBED on AS7 😢
@luf1782
9 ай бұрын
Omg Raja please write a book!!! I would read it in a heartbeat!!!
@bondfool
9 ай бұрын
I would be the first in line for that book! Sounds fascinating.
@vegandolls
9 ай бұрын
Drag brunch absolutely existed before 2009. I'm not even into that scene and I remember drag brunches being a thing in denver since waay back
@GilbyMinaj
9 ай бұрын
Raja will forever be my favorite Drag Queen 🥰
@zyongli5760
9 ай бұрын
I know there a lot of reasons to not like RuPaul, but I like hearing these human-izing stories pre-drag race. Giving them all her outfits was so sweet
@Gab-bx4tp
9 ай бұрын
omg YES to the book! I would love to read it
@D1rtytaco
9 ай бұрын
Thank you raja for giving ru his flowers.
@glamazoid
9 ай бұрын
This is such a gem! Where are documentaries about West Coast drag scene circa 90s and early 2000?
@MassimoConnolli
8 ай бұрын
2:50 DO IT DO IT DO IT!!! We need this book fr - also the audiobook in your delicious voice
@brendarolph-teisan4085
9 ай бұрын
Roger... WRITE A BOOK!!! PLEASE? ❤❤❤
@labellav1103
9 ай бұрын
So "looking good feeling gorgeous" is Thory Thor inspo for her catch phrase "Looking Good Feeling THORGEOUS" nowwww!...6:28
@cesarmalgusto
9 ай бұрын
yesss!!! i love mi tio rogelio so talented and a legendary fashion icon!!! 🤩🥰🥰
@Joey.Alvarado
9 ай бұрын
I love this interview!!!
@nicholasanderson7316
9 ай бұрын
Wasn’t Bianca also chosen to be on the show by Ru? I could be wrong. But that’s such like a high honor when you’re that good without drag race that drag race reaches out to you to be on it.
@asaabrahamagulnik574
9 ай бұрын
Ru called Raja; Kathy Najimi called Ru about Bob.
@charlesmorgan4485
9 ай бұрын
Not David Dalrymple gurrrl flashbax
@Mrbananahead420
9 ай бұрын
Ive been following this beautiful creatures career for most of my life, still the first queen i think of when i think of a drag race winner. Write the fucking book Raja its your responsibility to share your story when you are a part of literal history
@melsyoutube
9 ай бұрын
congrats on 100k 🥰
@edzamora9135
9 ай бұрын
Wonder if Raja remembers Club Ozz in Buena Park. Omg I remember club 7969.
@flaviodublin
9 ай бұрын
Raja is iconic, I love to hear her!
@DanGamboa
7 ай бұрын
Knowing that Ru used to hangout in clubs, even visited Bob in NYC to see her…she is taking her own show to have her “club” at tv. That’s why she gets so exited with performers like Jorgeous, Marina Summers, etc
@martynback1
9 ай бұрын
I could listen to Raja for hours. The interviewer is pitch-perfect too.
@NRayM93
9 ай бұрын
I would LOVE a book from raja.
@rubysmith9711
9 ай бұрын
Yes. La Puente! I just moved here 6 months ago... great city
@CrystallyHammer
8 ай бұрын
rajaku 👑!! i’m indonesian & have adhd too, severely that i didn’t work for most of 2 years ago, still recovering from burnout which is like motivation slowly creeping on. it’s so great to have raja explain their work ethic being affected by adhd as i feel seen & relieved that it wouldn’t have calmed down by my 20’s. im now way in my 20’s but raja will always be my favourite 🎉 so thank you for the representation terima kasih sayang 😢❤
@miguelmelendez3354
8 ай бұрын
America's next top model was my first exposure to Raja ❤
@hannah51238
9 ай бұрын
And after Mother Ru... There came Aunty Raja
@jeix31
9 ай бұрын
I DONT EVEN READ BUT ID BUY THAT BOOK
@JoVs-vv8lm
9 ай бұрын
I would love to listen to her all day 🤩
@din6675
9 ай бұрын
Raja has great memory. I'll have what she's having.
@jewel6522
9 ай бұрын
What happened to 2:59? Lol that was weird
@yourmegapintdoll7.997
9 ай бұрын
Editing 😂😂😂
@carolinapowell2625
5 ай бұрын
I lived for 7969. Partied there in the 90s and met the most beautiful queens ❤
@Loolsie
9 ай бұрын
I watch any video of Raja!
@dalive___
9 ай бұрын
Ron Athey 🖤✨
@ryangriffin5362
9 ай бұрын
Whether it be in print or a recording like this, we need to document our history before it's lost. The ONE archives or a similar organization should really do a sit down with Raja and any other girls still around from the early 90s-early 2000s and record anything and everything they have to say. They're the legendary roots of the queer universe of today, and right now it seems like the memory is only being preserved by a few random people's recollections.
@TheAspiringCentenarian
9 ай бұрын
Love them so much ❣️
@joesbeard
3 ай бұрын
These kids have no idea how cool it was back in the day.
@cjps710
9 ай бұрын
Raja!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
@Kool-_-
9 ай бұрын
Honey… you should totally write a book.
@mantronixtube
9 ай бұрын
i was like 13 or 14 and had these young uncles in their early 20s who had moved to cali from london. one was gay but both were super into clubs and dancing and going out. they got me my first fake id and took me to all of these clubs and drag shows. i went to peanuts so many times, i could draw it for you. we went to a lot of pop up clubs in crazy locations that wer mainly put on my christian farrow.... i think that's how you spell his name. there's one song video of him singing should i should i love you... the clubs i remember were louis louis and there was a party we went to in a large warehouse, but i can't rmember what the name was. im a straight cis woman but i have always loved this community. had so so much fun. i remember project x... that zine with all the la club kids. there was a roller skate party i think. i didn;t go to those parties but i saw the photos in their zines. i love hearing raja talk about it bc of all that history and actually understanding what i was witnessing. raja is such an amazing story teller. the book would be SICK!
@yeahiprotest
9 ай бұрын
Raja should just hire a co-writer and get it done
@miraza.
9 ай бұрын
i really would love to hear more about kiwi (idek if that's how you spell it) but i heard she was an amazing trans queen
@MISH3LLYTRON
8 ай бұрын
I LOVE Raja. So beautiful, extraordinary and a pleasure to watch. I think she is one of the most graceful personalities in the RuPaul universe.
@wendybutler1681
9 ай бұрын
I have so much respect for this human.
@HBADGERBRAD
9 ай бұрын
We went to the clubs to meet our people and community. It’s where we could express ourselves. There was really not many other options to meet and be queer.
@jayhartbarger2793
9 ай бұрын
my memories of the L.A. scene in the late 60's>earlr 70's was very few performance bars but several "drag" bars. Mostly pretty seedy drag, trans, outsider type clientele. I have fond memories of those times. Many of the "girls" were pretty rough, cuz survival was rough, but with great heart.
@pqlasmdhryeiw8
8 ай бұрын
Joseph coming for Maddy's gig. Noted. But in all seriousness, we need more quality interviews. Not just the pink fluffy fan-clacking ones.
@daviroman1198
9 ай бұрын
Raja did my favorite era of drag !
@binkytube
8 ай бұрын
It's true, there was a burgeoning scene in L.A. in the 90's. I'm surprised I don't remember Raja at 'Peanuts'. I practically lived there!
@Ocelot2000
9 ай бұрын
During Club Fuck years it was the Dragonfly Club!
@sfernando04
9 ай бұрын
The Gemini icon ♊️❤️
@baty472008
9 ай бұрын
Full episode please ❤
@TwinOnDeck25_8
9 ай бұрын
Imagine receiving that trash bag and being excited that Ru gave you some stuff to perform, to only see in 30 years her star 💫 would rise to even greater heights and you know have national treasure
@gw4111
9 ай бұрын
Definitely, I will buy the book interesting
@michaelhart7282
9 ай бұрын
I remember when Tigerheat was at 7969
@kimberlyfinch6055
3 ай бұрын
Raja please write a 📖 book 📕 📘 📗 📓
@Patti-sg1fv
8 ай бұрын
Love love love Raja ❤
@Robbydarkwood
9 ай бұрын
Wow she didn't have to audition. 😮
@jupitermarx
9 ай бұрын
I think it was 2008?
@asaabrahamagulnik574
9 ай бұрын
filmed 2008, aired 2009 (February)
@AndreaGracie
2 ай бұрын
I’d by Raja’s book
@mattflorance566
9 ай бұрын
I’d totally buy Rodger’s book
@stephenapple90210
9 ай бұрын
I ly Raja ❤ forever
@privadeneira8189
9 ай бұрын
That’s so dope I’d love to hear raja on a podcast
@OrlandoMajor94
9 ай бұрын
now l understand why Raja will throw Spanish words here and there when she does FPR............hanging out with the queer chol@s -- alright Miss Raja l see u
@TheArchcrate
2 ай бұрын
Raja is SOOOOO beautiful so ethereal gorgeous
@nataliaalfonso2662
5 ай бұрын
I believe raja is a Gemini born on the year of the Tiger! Just like me. : )
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