MikeQ
Michael Cox, known by the stage name MikeQ, is an American DJ, musician, music producer, and prominent figure in the ballroom community. He is the founder of the record label Qween Beat. In 2020 MikeQ was the DJ for HBO's Legendary. Early life Michael Cox was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and grew up in Newark. He was first exposed to the ballroom scene in 2003, when the 17-year-old Cox attended a LGBT+ party at The Globe, a now defunct venue in Newark. In 2004 he began to release music and joined the House of LaBeija. In September 2005, he DJ'ed his first gig at The Globe. DJing and music production MikeQ's style has been described by ''The New York Times'' as "ecstatic ballroom house", and by ''Resident Advisor'' and ''Fact'' as "Spine Snapping". He has DJ'ed numerous parties, balls, and events primarily in New York City and New Jersey, but also London, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Moscow, Paris, Mexico, Australia, and Seoul, including events with MoMa PS1, Unsound Festival, Opening ...
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Michael Cox, known by the stage name MikeQ, is an American DJ, musician, music producer, and prominent figure in the ballroom community. He is the founder of the record label Qween Beat. In 2020 MikeQ was the DJ for HBO's Legendary. Early life Michael Cox was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and grew up in Newark. He was first exposed to the ballroom scene in 2003, when the 17-year-old Cox attended a LGBT+ party at The Globe, a now defunct venue in Newark. In 2004 he began to release music and joined the House of LaBeija. In September 2005, he DJ'ed his first gig at The Globe. DJing and music production MikeQ's style has been described by ''The New York Times'' as "ecstatic ballroom house", and by ''Resident Advisor'' and ''Fact'' as "Spine Snapping". He has DJ'ed numerous parties, balls, and events primarily in New York City and New Jersey, but also London, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Moscow, Paris, Mexico, Australia, and Seoul, including events with MoMa PS1, Unsound Festival, Opening ...
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Ball Culture
The Ballroom Scene (also known as the Ballroom community, Ballroom culture, or just Ballroom) is an African-American and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture that originated in New York City. Beginning in the late 20th century, Black and Latino drag queens began to organize their own pageants in opposition to racism experienced in established drag queen pageant circuits. Though racially integrated for the participants, the judges of these circuits were mostly white people. While the initial establishment of Ballroom mimicked these drag queen pageants, the inclusion of gay men and trans women would transform the Ballroom scene into what it is today: a multitude of categories that all LGBTQ+ people can participate in. Attendees "walk" these categories for trophies and cash prizes. Most participants in Ballroom belong to groups known as "houses," where chosen families of friends form relationships and communities separate from their families of origin, from which they may be estrang ...
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Ballroom Community
The Ballroom Scene (also known as the Ballroom community, Ballroom culture, or just Ballroom) is an African-American and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture that originated in New York City. Beginning in the late 20th century, Black and Latino drag queens began to organize their own pageants in opposition to racism experienced in established drag queen pageant circuits. Though racially integrated for the participants, the judges of these circuits were mostly white people. While the initial establishment of Ballroom mimicked these drag queen pageants, the inclusion of gay men and trans women would transform the Ballroom scene into what it is today: a multitude of categories that all LGBTQ+ people can participate in. Attendees "walk" these categories for trophies and cash prizes. Most participants in Ballroom belong to groups known as "houses," where chosen families of friends form relationships and communities separate from their families of origin, from which they may be estrang ...
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Legendary (TV Series)
''Legendary'' is an American voguing reality competition streaming television series, exploring the world of ball culture. It premiered on HBO Max on May 27, 2020. The series follows LGBT house members—predominantly from eight to ten houses—as they navigate through nine balls (dancing/voguing/walking events), with US$100,000 prize for the winning house. As such, the series was praised by GLAAD for featuring queer and trans artists "from the New York ballroom scene." In July 2020, HBO Max renewed the series for a second season. On April 17, 2021, HBO Max announced that the second season would premiere on May 6, 2021. In June 2021, HBO Max renewed the series for a third season. On April 27, 2022, HBO announced that the third season would premiere on May 19, 2022. In December 2022, HBO Max canceled the series after three seasons and removed it. Cast Each episode features a fashion and performance coaches responsible for polishing the houses' looks and moves on the dancefloor ...
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Zebra Katz
Ojay Morgan (born 1987), better known as Zebra Katz, is a Berlin-based Jamaican-American rapper, producer and songwriter who has collaborated with artists including Busta Rhymes and Gorillaz. Fashion designer Rick Owens featured Zebra Katz's song "Ima Read" at his show at Paris Fashion Week in 2012. Morgan self-identifies as queer. Musical style Throughout his career, Morgan has openly spoken out against the " queer rap" genre coined by Pitchfork and other publications used to classify Zebra Katz, and artists like Mykki Blanco and Le1f. While stating that if it weren't for his sexuality, he'd be generally classified as a "rapper". Ima Read Despite not having a strong personal relationship with voguing, Morgan says the movement was pushed onto him as a means for creating context for "Ima Read". The connection between voguing and the track was fueled by the 20th anniversary of the ballroom scene documentary film '' Paris is Burning'' and popularization of voguing in 2012. Th ...
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Night Slugs
Night Slugs is an English electronic music record label, established in 2010 by Alex Sushon (also known as Bok Bok) and James Connolly (also known as L-Vis 1990). History Night Slugs was originally started as a London-based club night by DJs/producers Alex Sushon and James Connolly after the two met on Myspace in 2008. The first Night Slugs party was staged at the Redstar in Camberwell in March 2008, though the nights would eventually move to the more centrally located East Village. After artists featured at the club nights remained unsigned, Sushon and Connolly founded Night Slugs as a record label in January 2010 with the release of Mosca’s ''Square One EP''. That same year the label released their first compilation, ''Night Slugs Allstars Vol. 1''. '' Spin'' magazine described the label as having "developed one of the most distinctive sounds in U.K. dance music, a mutable hybrid of grime, house, electro, R&B, techno, hip-hop, and dubstep". Artists Artists who have ...
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Ash B
Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non-gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash is the non-gaseous, non-liquid residue after complete combustion. Ashes as the end product of incomplete combustion are mostly mineral, but usually still contain an amount of combustible organic or other oxidizable residues. The best-known type of ash is wood ash, as a product of wood combustion in campfires, fireplaces, etc. The darker the wood ashes, the higher the content of remaining charcoal from incomplete combustion. The ashes are of different types. Some ashes contain natural compounds that make soil fertile. Others have chemical compounds that can be toxic but may break up in soil from chemical changes and microorganism activity. Like soap, ash is also a disinfecting agent (alkaline). The World Health Organization recommends as ...
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Remixes
A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The only characteristic of a remix is that it appropriates and changes other materials to create something new. Most commonly, remixes are a subset of audio mixing in music and song recordings. Songs may be remixed for a large variety of reasons: * to adapt or revise a song for radio or nightclub play * to create a stereo or surround sound version of a song where none was previously available * to improve the fidelity of an older song for which the original master has been lost or degraded * to alter a song to suit a specific music genre or radio format * to use some of the original song's materials in a new context, allowing the original song to reach a different audience * to alter a song for artistic purposes * to provide additional versions ...
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Vogue (dance)
Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance House dance is a freestyle street dance and social dance that has roots in the underground house music scene of Chicago and New York.