Raja on Friendship with RuPaul and Infamous Tammie Brown Photo

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  • @macaoron
    @macaoron Před 6 měsíci +263

    Tammie Brown and RuPaul having met before Drag Race reeeally explains "I don't see you walking children out in nature" lmaooo

    • @adanmaoriaku
      @adanmaoriaku Před 5 měsíci +5

      Right. Like how TF would SHE know what Ru does on off hours?

  • @SVTCARATSTAR1
    @SVTCARATSTAR1 Před 6 měsíci +339

    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
      @PlayerEternal Před 6 měsíci +7

      Absolutely!

    • @igortanaskovic2749
      @igortanaskovic2749 Před 5 měsíci

      Agreed

    • @adanmaoriaku
      @adanmaoriaku Před 5 měsíci +1

      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
      @PlayerEternal Před 5 měsíci

      @@adanmaoriaku 👀💅

    • @kique821
      @kique821 Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@adanmaoriakuYara? Sorry. No.

  • @davidtruong5413
    @davidtruong5413 Před 6 měsíci +338

    we love roger

  • @xinophobe
    @xinophobe Před 6 měsíci +88

    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
      @polinatalmeltzer450 Před 5 měsíci +12

      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
      @na2eu Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for sharing your experiences❤❤❤ raja is one of my favorites on Drag Race!!

  • @giovannirivera8069
    @giovannirivera8069 Před 6 měsíci +146

    I would definitely buy this book if Raja decided to write it. Looking forward to it ❤

  • @PositiveRaincloud
    @PositiveRaincloud Před 6 měsíci +61

    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.

  • @johnbarham9991
    @johnbarham9991 Před 6 měsíci +72

    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
      @lankyalpaca Před 5 měsíci +6

      fr queer culture is underdocumented and this is our chance to change that

  • @XTaitoX
    @XTaitoX Před 6 měsíci +84

    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
      @Starscooterkart Před 6 měsíci +3

      so cool

    • @bodelaire6395
      @bodelaire6395 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Does it have the face of Jesus on it? Cause then you know it’s real for sure.

    • @XTaitoX
      @XTaitoX Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@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
      @XTaitoX Před 6 měsíci +7

      @@bodelaire6395 No face, and the photo is even blurry, but it shines with an aethereal glow that even the Pope would say its sanctified.

    • @bodelaire6395
      @bodelaire6395 Před 6 měsíci +2

      🤣@@XTaitoX

  • @chrisbuckley1785
    @chrisbuckley1785 Před 6 měsíci +37

    Raja definitely needs to write a book. I bet they have some of the greatest stories. They've already shared so many great stories

  • @NorthBayFCT
    @NorthBayFCT Před 6 měsíci +40

    A book by Raja??? Um, YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!

  • @pageantempress
    @pageantempress Před 6 měsíci +16

    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
    @rwb3562 Před 6 měsíci +49

    She has so much self confidence, I wish I could exude this level of self love

  • @seanmarks6304
    @seanmarks6304 Před 6 měsíci +10

    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
    @Lola6969 Před 6 měsíci +14

    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.

  • @foxroller
    @foxroller Před 6 měsíci +10

    I was introduced to drag race through a CZcams 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❤

  • @TitanicSurvivor666
    @TitanicSurvivor666 Před 6 měsíci +10

    I fucking love when Raja wears this hairstyle and gets all dolled up she looks gorgeous

  • @bbsteele671
    @bbsteele671 Před 6 měsíci +9

    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
      @yeahiprotest Před 6 měsíci +1

      I remember connections ! It was epic

  • @wendybutler1681
    @wendybutler1681 Před 5 měsíci +7

    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
      @wendybutler1681 Před 5 měsíci

      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.

  • @l.c.7507
    @l.c.7507 Před 6 měsíci +21

    Wow!!! LEGENDARY interview of icons in our community!! Great job Shep!! 👏🏼 ❤🎉

  • @SproutNoDoubt
    @SproutNoDoubt Před 6 měsíci +7

    I would love for Raja to write a book. She’s always been one of my favorite queens and she is soooo interesting. 🥰

  • @Eughwwww
    @Eughwwww Před 6 měsíci +6

    This is such a great Interview.

  • @Joey.Alvarado
    @Joey.Alvarado Před 6 měsíci +1

    I love this interview!!!

  • @cheerleaderfever7830
    @cheerleaderfever7830 Před 6 měsíci +16

    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

  • @Clink2000
    @Clink2000 Před 6 měsíci +5

    I would def pay for her book! Get to writing Raja! ❤🎉

  • @vonlipi
    @vonlipi Před 6 měsíci +2

    Yes Raja please write a book! I would buy it in a minute!

  • @MassimoConnolli
    @MassimoConnolli Před 5 měsíci

    2:50 DO IT DO IT DO IT!!! We need this book fr - also the audiobook in your delicious voice

  • @soldoutclothing
    @soldoutclothing Před 6 měsíci +4

    Thank you Raja for the stories, good times

  • @Gab-bx4tp
    @Gab-bx4tp Před 6 měsíci +1

    omg YES to the book! I would love to read it

  • @Lg.sidequest
    @Lg.sidequest Před 6 měsíci +4

    Oh we definitely need a book

  • @bondfool
    @bondfool Před 6 měsíci +3

    I would be the first in line for that book! Sounds fascinating.

  • @melsyoutube
    @melsyoutube Před 5 měsíci +1

    congrats on 100k 🥰

  • @SupervillainOfTexas
    @SupervillainOfTexas Před 6 měsíci

    This was lovely❤

  • @glamazoid
    @glamazoid Před 6 měsíci

    This is such a gem! Where are documentaries about West Coast drag scene circa 90s and early 2000?

  • @BrooklinnGorrlll
    @BrooklinnGorrlll Před 6 měsíci +5

    Raja was ROBBBBBBED on AS7 😢

  • @pinkfairytears
    @pinkfairytears Před 5 dny +1

    raja is def one of my all time favorite queens. so well-spoken, confident, & honest! ❤️

  • @TheEdoardoCC
    @TheEdoardoCC Před 6 měsíci +17

    Hello dear Joseph,
    Just wanted to ask where can I watch the full interviews ? Will you upload them on CZcams ? 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
      @joaomattielo2004 Před 6 měsíci +2

      same here! im from Brasil and I have no ideia how to watch this 😭

  • @TheAspiringCentenarian
    @TheAspiringCentenarian Před 6 měsíci +2

    Love them so much ❣️

  • @luf1782
    @luf1782 Před 6 měsíci

    Omg Raja please write a book!!! I would read it in a heartbeat!!!

  • @jnejne1984
    @jnejne1984 Před 5 měsíci +2

    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!

  • @cunderw12
    @cunderw12 Před 6 měsíci +2

    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!

  • @rubysmith9711
    @rubysmith9711 Před 6 měsíci

    Yes. La Puente! I just moved here 6 months ago... great city

  • @GilbyMinaj
    @GilbyMinaj Před 6 měsíci +6

    Raja will forever be my favorite Drag Queen 🥰

  • @cesarmalgusto
    @cesarmalgusto Před 6 měsíci +2

    yesss!!! i love mi tio rogelio so talented and a legendary fashion icon!!! 🤩🥰🥰

  • @brendarolph-teisan4085
    @brendarolph-teisan4085 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Roger...
    WRITE A BOOK!!!
    PLEASE? ❤❤❤

  • @labellav1103
    @labellav1103 Před 6 měsíci

    So "looking good feeling gorgeous" is Thory Thor inspo for her catch phrase "Looking Good Feeling THORGEOUS" nowwww!...6:28

  • @Dragonpixilll.
    @Dragonpixilll. Před 6 měsíci +4

    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 😂❤❤

  • @rudigerh5234
    @rudigerh5234 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Thank you raja for giving ru his flowers.

  • @baty472008
    @baty472008 Před 6 měsíci

    Full episode please ❤

  • @NRayM93
    @NRayM93 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I would LOVE a book from raja.

  • @Loolsie
    @Loolsie Před 6 měsíci +1

    I watch any video of Raja!

  • @charlesmorgan4485
    @charlesmorgan4485 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Not David Dalrymple gurrrl flashbax

  • @JoVs-vv8lm
    @JoVs-vv8lm Před 6 měsíci +2

    I would love to listen to her all day 🤩

  • @dalive___
    @dalive___ Před 6 měsíci +4

    Ron Athey 🖤✨

  • @edzamora9135
    @edzamora9135 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Wonder if Raja remembers Club Ozz in Buena Park. Omg I remember club 7969.

  • @gw4111
    @gw4111 Před 6 měsíci

    Definitely, I will buy the book interesting

  • @flavioschillingps582
    @flavioschillingps582 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Raja is iconic, I love to hear her!

  • @DanGamboa
    @DanGamboa Před 3 měsíci

    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

  • @cjps710
    @cjps710 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Raja!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @samyljones3871
    @samyljones3871 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Would love to see a conversation with RAJA and RuPaul. TWO MONUMENTAL PIONEERS of the culture

  • @Patti-sg1fv
    @Patti-sg1fv Před 4 měsíci

    Love love love Raja ❤

  • @jeix31
    @jeix31 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I DONT EVEN READ BUT ID BUY THAT BOOK

  • @CrystallyHammer
    @CrystallyHammer Před 5 měsíci

    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 😢❤

  • @martynback1
    @martynback1 Před 5 měsíci

    I could listen to Raja for hours. The interviewer is pitch-perfect too.

  • @wendybutler1681
    @wendybutler1681 Před 5 měsíci

    I have so much respect for this human.

  • @herrmichalak
    @herrmichalak Před 5 měsíci

    When’s the full video?

  • @nicholasanderson7316
    @nicholasanderson7316 Před 6 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @vegandolls
    @vegandolls Před 6 měsíci +2

    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

  • @carolinapowell2625
    @carolinapowell2625 Před měsícem

    I lived for 7969. Partied there in the 90s and met the most beautiful queens ❤

  • @stephenapple90210
    @stephenapple90210 Před 6 měsíci

    I ly Raja ❤ forever

  • @danielrocha5422
    @danielrocha5422 Před 5 měsíci +1

    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

  • @hannah51238
    @hannah51238 Před 6 měsíci +2

    And after Mother Ru... There came Aunty Raja

  • @jewel6522
    @jewel6522 Před 6 měsíci +2

    What happened to 2:59? Lol that was weird

  • @Kool-_-
    @Kool-_- Před 5 měsíci

    Honey… you should totally write a book.

  • @din6675
    @din6675 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Raja has great memory. I'll have what she's having.

  • @sfernando04
    @sfernando04 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The Gemini icon ♊️❤️

  • @mantronixtube
    @mantronixtube Před 5 měsíci

    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!

  • @miraza.
    @miraza. Před 6 měsíci +1

    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

  • @michaelhart7282
    @michaelhart7282 Před 6 měsíci

    I remember when Tigerheat was at 7969

  • @sweets3745
    @sweets3745 Před 6 měsíci

    Id read the book

  • @ryangriffin5362
    @ryangriffin5362 Před 5 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @Ocelot2000
    @Ocelot2000 Před 5 měsíci

    During Club Fuck years it was the Dragonfly Club!

  • @jayhartbarger2793
    @jayhartbarger2793 Před 6 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @STUDY0421
    @STUDY0421 Před 6 měsíci

    Ugh, Raja my queen ❤❤❤

  • @Robbydarkwood
    @Robbydarkwood Před 5 měsíci

    Wow she didn't have to audition. 😮

  • @privadeneira8189
    @privadeneira8189 Před 5 měsíci

    That’s so dope I’d love to hear raja on a podcast

  • @anacaroline1365
    @anacaroline1365 Před 6 měsíci

    😂😂❤❤

  • @HBADGERBRAD
    @HBADGERBRAD Před 5 měsíci

    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.

  • @paulfrels3590
    @paulfrels3590 Před 6 měsíci

    Anyone know how long Tammi has been doing Drag?

  • @shellyb413
    @shellyb413 Před 4 měsíci

    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.

  • @danielmcintyre
    @danielmcintyre Před 5 měsíci

    My favorite queen

  • @mattflorance566
    @mattflorance566 Před 6 měsíci

    I’d totally buy Rodger’s book

  • @Roger214dat
    @Roger214dat Před 5 měsíci

    Wft was that at 2:58 ???

  • @yeahiprotest
    @yeahiprotest Před 6 měsíci +1

    Raja should just hire a co-writer and get it done

  • @pqlasmdhryeiw8
    @pqlasmdhryeiw8 Před 5 měsíci

    Joseph coming for Maddy's gig. Noted.
    But in all seriousness, we need more quality interviews. Not just the pink fluffy fan-clacking ones.

  • @zyongli5760
    @zyongli5760 Před 6 měsíci +14

    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

  • @miguelmelendez3354
    @miguelmelendez3354 Před 4 měsíci

    America's next top model was my first exposure to Raja ❤

  • @binkytube
    @binkytube Před 5 měsíci

    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!

  • @daviroman1198
    @daviroman1198 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Raja did my favorite era of drag !

  • @TwinOnDeck25_8
    @TwinOnDeck25_8 Před 5 měsíci

    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

  • @julianacobbs1829
    @julianacobbs1829 Před 6 měsíci

    I've been a fan since she was a fabulous make up artist on ANTM that's when she went by Sutan
    #ICONICDAWLING
    #REALDEAL
    #LOVEMESUMRAJABAYBEEE😘✊🏾💯