Coming to NYC and seeing how cutthroat NYC drag is, it pushed me to use more of my sewing skills, and it made me realize my true passion. Right now I’m in advertising and marketing, but in the winter I am switching my major to fashion design. But Instagram already had a user with that name, so I switched the “y” in Kennedy to “ie!Īnd you’re an FIT student now. What are you majoring in? So I got “Jasmine” from Aladdin, and “Kennedy” from JFK. So I was originally Jasmine Rikers, like the jail! But then, when my mom (not drag mom) found out I did drag, she said “if you’re going to be a drag queen. So when I first started drag I wanted to be a slutty drag queen, as everyone does when they start. Taking off my makeup takes as much effort as getting to the center of a Tootsie Pop! I feel I paint more on the “old way” of drag: a lot of powder, and seven different colors for contour. But I found out the basics from there, and than just experimented from there. And than I watched the really old, 45 minute YouTube tutorials where it was all fast forwards, and looked like it was filmed on a laptop. How did you begin experimenting with makeup and looks?Īt first, I had my sister teach me the basics of makeup when I was playing in drag. From then on, I started watching Drag Race. After that, drag left my life until my senior year of high school, where I found videos of pageantry drag like Continental and EOY and Miss Gay USofA, and I fell in love with drag from there. I was flipping through the channels, and it was Raja with just a spotlight on her… and I was in such awe at what I thought was a woman. I remember when It was Raja’s season it was the reunion. I’m guessing it was RuPaul who exposed you first to drag? And I always use to say when I was a kid, “I’m going to Hollywood, Mom!” So that’s always been in the back of my head since I was a child. But I used to always play in my mom’s makeup and clothes as any drag queen did. I played lacrosse, did cross country and track as well as cheering–which was my number one passion for three years. I played soccer for eight years, I swam and dove for three. I wasn’t into a lot of arts, as a lot of people may think. What were your early creative interests / pursuits? I was born in Binghamton, and lived there and Morgantown, West Virginia for the majority of my life. I’ve been doing drag for four years now, but the first two years were more “playing in drag.” You’ve become one of nightlife’s go-to Shablammer over the course of this past year! You bring beauty and showstopping dance to every show that you appear in. It’s a great venue, because of the outside and inside space. And everyone at Narcbar and the Standard were amazing. The crowd was amazing, and had amazing energy. That’s a crowded panel of performers! Did you get your chance to slay? And it was my first time working with Lucy Balls–such a sweetheart, and a really smart entertainer. I love Rify, and I’ve worked with Bootsie in the past. Jasmine Kennedie: It was an amazing viewing party! Kim Chi was such a sweetheart, and the audience was amazing. Kim Chi was there too, as a special guest! How did it go? Thotyssey: Jasmine, hello! So last week you performed at the East Village Standard’s Narcbar for their RuPaul’s Drag Race viewing party hosted by Rify Royalty, Bootsie LeFaris and Lucy Balls. Thotyssey learned how Jasmine got here, and where she’s going next! She’s now in the cast of the popular revue TURNt at the Ritz, which celebrates its second anniversary this week. One of the city’s breakthrough drag entertainers of the past year, FIT’s crown-winning queen Jasmine Kennedie is known for igniting venues with her electrifying “shablams” and gorgeously glam looks.
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