Jasmine Masters
{{Short description|American drag queen}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jasmine Masters
| image = Jasmine_Masters.png
| caption = Masters performing in 2017
| birth_name = Martell Robinson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|16}}
| birth_place = San Diego County, California, U.S.
| other_names = Jasmine Diane Masters
| occupation = Drag queen, actor, singer
| years_active = 1997–present
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality
| embed = yes
| channel_id = UC_ZNjQmxMyiZIbwsIIpCsSQ
| channel_display_name = Jasmine Masters
| genre = Vlog, comedy
| subscribers = 198,000+
| views = 19.1 million
| stats_update = 13 August 2021
| years_active = 2014–present
}}
}}
Martell Robinson (born October 16, 1976), known by the stage name Jasmine Diane Masters, best known simply as Jasmine Masters, is an American drag queen, internet celebrity, YouTuber, and stand-up comedian. He is best known for competing on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Robinson is responsible for several viral videos, many of which have become memes, most notably And I Oop! which was the most used gif of 2019.
Early life
Martell Robinson{{Cite news |date=2015-03-19 |title=RuPaul fights back after death threats are sent to Drag Race queen |work=Gay Star News |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/rupaul-fights-back-after-death-threats-are-sent-drag-race-queen190315/ |access-date=2018-03-20 |archive-date=2020-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519075032/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/rupaul-fights-back-after-death-threats-are-sent-drag-race-queen190315/ |url-status=dead }} was born on October 16, 1976, in the San Diego, California area.{{cite web | url=https://chicago.gopride.com/entertainment/column/index.cfm/col/2112 | title=Mastering Jasmine Masters - Nunn on the Run }}{{cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/martell_l_robinson_born_1976_13060234| title=The Birth of Martell Robinson|publisher=California Birth Index|access-date=December 16, 2018}} He first performed in drag at the age of 21, in 1997, by impersonating Patti LaBelle.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wehoville.com/2013/10/28/jasmine/|title=Jasmine Masters| date=2013-10-28|publisher=WEHOville.com|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en-US}} The drag name "Jasmine Masters" came from Jasmine Guy and her drag mother, Destiny Masters.{{Cite news|url=https://queerblackmillennial.com/name-jasmine-masters-something-say/|title=Her Name is Jasmine Masters and She Has Something to Say|date=2018-02-27|publisher=Queer Black Millennial|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He auditioned for Drag Race beginning with Season two.{{Cite news|url=https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2015/03/18/rupauls-drag-race-season-7-hotspots-interviews-jasmine-masters/|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7 – Hotspots Interviews Jasmine Masters|date=2015-03-18|work=Hotspots! Magazine|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en-US}}
Career
Before Drag Race, Robinson appeared as the character, Mordecai, in the 2008 film First Sunday.{{Cite news|url=https://www.queerty.com/10-things-you-never-knew-about-jasmine-masters-20150416|title=10 Things You Never Knew About Jasmine Masters|last=Winfred|first=Tim|date=2015-04-16|access-date=2018-03-20}} He also appeared with fellow Drag Race alumnus Willam for an episode of The New Normal in 2013.{{Citation|last=KiMO sMash|title="The new normal" - reading|date=2013-01-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhbtvMxZgF8|access-date=2018-03-20}}
=''RuPaul's Drag Race''=
Jasmine was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for season seven of RuPaul's Drag Race on March 2, 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/drag-race-season-seven-premiere_n_6555636.html|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Adds New Judges, Will Premiere March 2|last=Nichols|first=JamesMichael|date=2015-01-28|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en-US}} She was eliminated in the third episode after lip-syncing against Kennedy Davenport, and placed 12th overall. During her time on the show, she received online death threats including racist remarks, which eventually led to RuPaul defending Masters on Twitter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/rupaul-fights-back-after-death-threats-are-sent-drag-race-queen190315/#gs.3ovbtfg|title=RuPaul fights back after death threats are sent to Drag Race queen|date=2015-03-19|work=Gay Star News|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519075032/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/rupaul-fights-back-after-death-threats-are-sent-drag-race-queen190315/#gs.3ovbtfg|url-status=dead}} Masters would be referenced in 2017 by Nina Bo'Nina Brown for season nine of Drag Race, with Brown impersonating her for the annual "Snatch Game".{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/04/28/25114126/rupauls-drag-race-recap-snatch-game-welcomes-liza-minnelli-jasmine-masters-and-other-gay-icons|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: "Snatch Game" Welcomes Liza Minnelli, Jasmine Masters, and Other Gay Icons|work=The Stranger|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en}}
Masters competed on the Drag Race television special RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8482663/rupauls-drag-race-holiday-spectacular-trixie-shangela|title=Kim Chi, Shangela, Trixie Mattel & More to Compete in 'RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-11-02}} Masters later posted a YouTube video explaining why she wasn't featured as much as the other contestants in the special, stating that Shangela was late during one of the rehearsals, which caused Masters to become frustrated and leave the set early.{{Cite web|url=https://flashkiki.com/jasmine-masters-walks-off-holi-slay-special-takes-to-youtube-to-spill-the-tea/|title=Jasmine Masters Walks Off Holi-slay Special, Takes to YouTube To Spill the Tea|last=admin|date=2018-12-09|publisher=Flashkiki.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-09|archive-date=2018-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210071813/https://flashkiki.com/jasmine-masters-walks-off-holi-slay-special-takes-to-youtube-to-spill-the-tea/|url-status=usurped}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.out.com/popnography/2018/12/10/why-jasmine-masters-walked-drag-race-holi-slay-set|title=Why Jasmine Masters Walked Off 'Drag Race Holi-Slay' Set|date=2018-12-10|work=Out|language=en|access-date=2018-12-15}}
Masters was announced to compete on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-4-cast/|title=Exclusive: Meet the 'RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 4' cast|last=Nolfi|first=Joey|date=2018-11-09|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/985483/meet-the-rupaul-s-drag-race-all-stars-season-4-queens#photo-955104|title=Meet the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4 Contestants|date=2018-09-07|publisher=E! News|access-date=2018-12-01|language=en-US}} She was eliminated in the first episode by Trinity the Tuck after her stand-up performance for the annual talent show, placing 10th.{{Cite web|url=https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2018/12/14/now-jasmine-masters-really-has-something-say|title=Now, Jasmine Masters Really Has Something To Say|date=2018-12-14|work=Out|language=en|access-date=2018-12-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/tv/article/Jasmine-Masters-has-something-to-say-about-13466930.php|title=Jasmine Masters has something to say about 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'|last=Guerra|first=Joey|date=2018-12-14|work=Houston Chronicle|location=Texas|access-date=2018-12-15}} She had a chance to return in sixth episode, where the eliminated queens faced off with the queens still in running, but lost a lip sync to Trinity, conclusively eliminating her from the competition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-4-episode-6.html|title=RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Recap: 4 Shots of Adrenaline|last=Rogers|first=Matt|date=18 January 2019|website=www.vulture.com|access-date=2019-02-02}}
She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season eleven of Drag Race.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-episode-1-recap-live-blog-news/|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' 11 episode 1 recap: Which queen was sent packing on 'Whatcha Unpackin'? [UPDATING LIVE BLOG]|date=2019-02-28|website=Goldderby|language=en|access-date=2019-03-01}}
=After ''Drag Race''=
After Drag Race, she was one of thirty drag queens featured in Miley Cyrus's 2015 VMA performance.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2256541/meet-miley-vma-dancers-drag-queens/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831110139/http://www.mtv.com/news/2256541/meet-miley-vma-dancers-drag-queens/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2015|title=Meet All 30 Of Miley's Day-Glo Dancers From Her Insane VMA Performance|publisher=MTV News|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en}}
Masters gained notoriety with her self-published YouTube videos on her channel. Her video "RuPaul Dragrace fucked up drag", criticizing the show's portrayal of drag, sparked criticism from fans and queens including Phi Phi O'Hara.{{Cite news|url=https://www.queerty.com/jasmine-masters-rupauls-drag-race-fcked-up-drag-20160130|title=Jasmine Masters: "'RuPaul's Drag Race' F*cked Up Drag"|last=Winfred|first=Tim|date=2016-01-30|access-date=2018-03-20}} The video was featured in Willam's internet show, "Willam's Beatdown".{{Citation|last=willam belli|title='Beatdown' S3 Episode 19 with Willam (Part 1)|date=2016-06-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMizAiIhkTc|access-date=2018-03-20}} Her video "Fix ur breath" was featured in a post on Justin Bieber's Instagram page, making Masters go viral.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newnownext.com/justin-bieber-just-made-jasmine-masters-a-viral-star/06/2016/|title=Justin Bieber Just Made Jasmine Masters A Viral Star|publisher=Logo|access-date=2018-03-20}}
Because of Masters's viral success, she is the host of her own web show with WowPresents called "Jasmine Masters' Class" that premiered its first episode in 2018.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8070902/world-of-wonder-animated-drag-tots-jasmine-masters-series|title=World of Wonder Announces Animated 'Drag Tots,' Executive Produced by RuPaul, & New Jasmine Masters Series|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-03-20}} She also was featured as a guest in an episode of Lemme Pick You Up with Ts Madison.{{Citation|last=WOWPresents|title='Lemme Pick You Up': Jasmine Masters with T.S. Madison|date=2018-02-07|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3KLykmXMFs|access-date=2018-03-20}} She was a guest for multiple episodes of the web series "Wait, What?" with Kimora Blac.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4fqM55lP3o|title=Home Ec with Jasmine Masters and Kimora Blac: WAIT, WHAT?|website=YouTube|date=14 January 2019 |access-date=2019-02-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDp5w4LvIMc|title=Literature with Jasmine Masters and Kimora Blac: WAIT WHAT?|website=YouTube|date=28 January 2019 |access-date=2019-02-24}}
She was with Tammie Brown, Miz Cracker, Eureka O'Hara, Shea Coulee and Ginger Minj for two episodes of the Billboard web series "Spillin' The Tea" in June 2018.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8459486/drag-race-jasmine-masters-miz-cracker-tammie-brown-spillin-tea|title='Drag Race' Queens Talk Drag's Future in Pop Culture, Importance of Supporting Local Talent: Watch|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-06-14}} She was with Trixie Mattel to discuss the Drag Race season ten contestants for Access.{{Cite web|url=https://www.accessonline.com/videos/rupauls-drag-race-season-10-trixie-mattel-jasmine-masters-rate-the-new-queens/|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 10: Trixie Mattel & Jasmine Masters Rate The New Queens!|website=Access Online|date=21 March 2018 |access-date=2018-06-14}}
Masters appeared in the music video for Latrice Royale's "Excuse the Beauty" on May 10, 2018{{Citation|last=Latrice Royale|title=Latrice Royale: Excuse the Beauty|date=2018-05-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ouxjCrOHg|access-date=2018-10-21}} and Pandora Boxx's "Oops I Think I Pooped" on September 24, 2018.{{cite web|author=Pandora Boxx|title=Pandora Boxx - Oops I Think I Pooped (Official Video)|website=YouTube|date=2018-09-24|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kpsuXYKK1A&a=|access-date=2018-09-24}}
Masters featured on the single "And I Oop!" by Adam Joseph in June 2019.
She is also working on a podcast called The Wake and Bake with Honey Davenport.{{cite news |url=https://socialitelife.com/catching-up-with-rupauls-drag-races-honey-davenport-shes-back-with-a-new-ep-videos-more/ |title=Catching up with RuPaul's Drag Race's Honey Davenport! She's back with a new EP, videos & more |date=December 15, 2021 |last=Fitzgerald |first=Christine |access-date=January 5, 2022 |website=Socialite Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102223610/https://socialitelife.com/catching-up-with-rupauls-drag-races-honey-davenport-shes-back-with-a-new-ep-videos-more/ |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-status=live}}
Since June 4, 2023, Masters hosts her own brunch & evening drag show each week called Jush Sundays in LGBTQ event space Fluid510 in Oakland, California. She invites drag race contestants and local drag queens to perform alongside her. This is the first major recurring drag show featuring TV stars in the San Francisco Bay Area.{{Cite news |last=Cassell |first=Heather |date=September 12, 2023 |title=Fluid510's new tasty brunch & evening drag show |work=Bay Area Reporter |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=bartab&sc=drag&id=328269 |access-date=December 22, 2023}}
Masters featured on the talk show Very Delta, hosted by drag queen Delta Work, on episode 63 "Do you Oop! like me?".{{Cite web |title="Very Delta" Episode 63 (w/ Jasmine Masters) {{!}} VERY DELTA with Delta Work Podcast |url=https://www.everand.com/podcast/673469793/Very-Delta-Episode-63-w-Jasmine-Masters-Drag-Superstar-Jasmine-Masters-gets-Very-Delta-as-she-joins-Delta-Work-on-the-world-s-premiere-Luxury-Pu |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Everand |language=en}}
In popular culture
A clip of Masters interrupting herself in shock, known as "And I Oop", became an internet meme in 2019. It originated from a 2015 YouTube video named "Jasmine Masters handle your liquor".{{Cite web|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/and-i-oop-meme-rupauls-drag-race-jasmine-masters/|title="And I oop" memes are going viral and it's all thanks to a 'RuPaul's Drag Race' legend|website=PopBuzz|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/pablovaldivia/jasmine-masters-and-i-oop|title=The "And I Oop" Meme Is Already The Best Meme Of 2019, Period|last=Valdivia|first=Pablo|website=BuzzFeed|date=23 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/jasmine-masters-and-i-oop-reaction-meme/|title=How 'and I oop' became the perfect reaction meme for shocking developments|date=2019-05-24|website=The Daily Dot|access-date=2019-05-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elitedaily.com/p/the-funniest-i-oop-memes-will-make-you-laugh-so-hard-17935540|title=These Hilarious "And I Oop" Memes Will Basically Guarantee Laughs|website=Elite Daily|date=30 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://thefreshtoast.com/culture/meme-of-the-week-and-i-oop-is-the-internets-new-favorite-expression/|title=Meme Of The Week: 'And I Oop' Is The Internet's New Favorite Expression|date=2019-05-31|website=The Fresh Toast|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-23}} According to Giphy, Masters' "And I Oop" was the most used gif of 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wivb.com/news/national/giphy-releases-list-of-most-popular-gifs-of-2019/|title=Giphy releases list of most popular gifs of 2019|date=2019-12-05|website=WIVB|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-12|archive-date=2019-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213065808/https://www.wivb.com/news/national/giphy-releases-list-of-most-popular-gifs-of-2019/|url-status=dead}} with over 419 million views.{{Cite web|url=https://mashable.com/article/top-most-used-gifs-of-2019/|title=Top 10 most popular GIFs of 2019, according to Giphy|date=2019-12-04|website=Mashable|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-14}} Masters also trademarked the term.{{Cite web|url=http://trademarks.justia.com/885/49/and-i-88549552.html|title=AND I OOP Trademark Application of Robinson, Martell - Serial Number 88549552 :: Justia Trademarks|website=trademarks.justia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-22}}
Discography
= Singles =
== As featured artist ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col"| Album |
|---|
| scope="row"|"Freaky Money"{{Cite news|url=https://worldofwonder.net/rupaul-presents-the-covergurlz-2-music-videos/|title=WOWPresents Premiere: RuPaul Presents The Covergurlz 2 Music Videos|date=2015-03-02|access-date=2019-12-15|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2015-01-30 |title=RuPaul Teases "Covergurlz 2," New Album With Season 7 Queens, On Instagram |url=https://www.logotv.com/news/nq5ew5/rupaul-teases-covergurlz-2-new-album-with-season-7-queens-on-instagram |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.logotv.com |language=en-us}}
(RuPaul featuring Jasmine Masters) | 2015 |RuPaul Presents CoverGurlz 2 |
Filmography
= Movies =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title !Role ! style="text-align: center;" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2008
| scope="row" | First Sunday |Mordecai | |
| 2020
|The Queens | Herself |style="text-align: center;" |{{cite news|url=https://gcn.ie/documentary-the-queens-trans-contestants-pageant/|title=The Queens documentary focuses on the trans contestants of major drag pageant|date=August 7, 2020|first=Peter|last=Dunne|website=GCN|access-date=August 22, 2020}} |
= Television =
| class="wikitable VSCO GIRLS sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title !Role ! |
|---|
| 2013
| scope="row" | The New Normal | | |
| 2015
| scope="row" | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7) | rowspan="7" |Herself |Contestant (12th place) |
| 2015
| |
| 2018
|RuPaul's Drag Race Holi slay Spectacular |Contestant (Joint winner) |
| 2018
| scope="row" |RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars |Contestant (10th place) |
| 2019
| scope="row" |RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11) |Guest - episode 1 |
| 2019
|Brunch With Tiffany |Guest |
| 2023
|The Real Housewives of Potomac |Episode: "Mic Drop" |
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title !Ref. |
|---|
| 2015
| scope="row" | Shangela - Uptown Fish | style="text-align: center;" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.out.com/popnography/2015/4/08/watch-shangelas-bringing-you-uptown-fish|title=WATCH: Shangela's Bringing You 'Uptown Fish'|last=Hinzmann|first=Dennis|date=April 8, 2015|website=Mic.com|access-date=April 11, 2020}} |
| 2018
| scope="row" | Latrice Royale - Excuse the Beauty |
| 2018
| scope="row" | Pandora Boxx - Oops I Think I Pooped |
= Web series =
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
|
! Year ! Award Giving Body ! Category ! Work ! Results ! Ref. |
| style="text-align:center"|2020
| style="text-align:center"|Shorty Awards | style="text-align:center"|Gif of the Year | style="text-align:center"|Jasmine Masters - "And I OOP" | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2874454|Jasmine Masters}}
{{RuPaul's Drag Race}}
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