Young RuPaul’s Life at the Jane West Hotel in NYC 1986 Featured Image


Before he was “RuPaul, supermodel of the world,” RuPaul was a New York City club kid with a “Starrbooty attitude.”

In this recently discovered clip from 1986, uploaded to YouTube a few years ago, we get a glimpse into RuPaul’s life before his rise to fame. This younger version of the glamazon we all know and love is still just as charming as he is today. This video shows that RuPaul seemed destined for stardom from the beginning.

RuPaul’s Life at the Jane West Hotel in NYC, Circa 1986

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