BeBe Zahara Benet

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Bebe Zahara Benet
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Benet at NUBIA NYC in 2020
Born
Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa

(1980-03-20) March 20, 1980 (age 44)
Douala, Cameroon
Occupations
Years activec. 2001–present
Known for RuPaul's Drag Race (season 1) winner and RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars contestant
Website bebezaharabenet.net

Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa (born March 20, 1980), better known by his stage name BeBe Zahara Benet, [1] is a Cameroonian-American drag performer, television personality, and musician best known for winning the first season of the reality-television drag competition RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009. In 2018, he returned as a surprise contestant for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars , placing in the top four.

Contents

His first EP, Face, was released in 2014, followed by his second EP, Kisses & Feathers, in 2017. His third EP, Broken English, was released in 2020. From 2019 to 2020, he starred in the TLC transformational makeover television series Dragnificent , as the event planning expert. [2] In 2021, Being Bebe, a film documenting 15 years of his life, was released.

Early life

Ngwa was born and raised in Cameroon. [3] While growing up, his father played the guitar and his mother frequently sang, later inspiring him to create music. [4] His family later moved to France where Ngwa lived until he settled in Minneapolis at age nineteen to complete his college studies and to be closer to family. [4] [5] [6]

Career

Benet's first experience with drag was at a Paris fashion show, where he was asked to put on a dress to walk the runway as a female as a last-minute replacement for an absent model. [7] His first drag performance was alongside Cyndi Lauper in The Gay 90s bar after moving to Minneapolis in 2000. [8] [9] She has participated in drag pageants, including Miss US of A. [10] [11]

Benet at Twin Cities Pride in 2009 BeBe Zahara Benet.jpg
Benet at Twin Cities Pride in 2009

RuPaul's Drag Race and other television

In early 2009, after a suggestion from RuPaul himself after seeing him perform to "Circle of Life" at Minneapolis Pride, and encouragement from Chi Chi LaRue, [12] Ngwa auditioned for the first season of Logo's reality-TV drag-queen competition RuPaul's Drag Race . [13]

He eventually became one of nine queens cast in the season, [14] having been selected out of thousands of applicants. [9] He was the inaugural winner of the series, having won two challenges during the competition. Bebe's win would inspire many soon-to-be drag queens to pursue the art of drag, including eventual Drag Race season 8 winner Bob The Drag Queen. [15] [16]

A lot of drag artists do exactly what — or even more than what — mainstream artists do. What we do in terms of our transformation, our music, our comedy, it's just legit artistry

—Ngwa, in a 2018 interview [9]

In 2011, Benet appeared in two episodes of RuPaul's Drag U , serving as a "drag professor". [17]

Benet was revealed as the surprise 10th contestant on the third season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars , [18] becoming the first-ever winner in the show's history to return for an All-Stars season. He reached the season finale, having won two challenges, but was not chosen to advance to the final two by a jury of previously eliminated queens and subsequently finished in joint third place with Shangela.

Benet appeared with Jujubee, Thorgy Thor, and Alexis Michelle in the TLC television special Drag Me Down the Aisle which aired on March 9, 2019, and was later picked up as a series and re-titled Dragnificent. [2]

Music

Benet's first dance single, "I'm the Sh*t", has been remixed by Felix Baumgartner, Ralphi Rosario and Mark Picchiotti. [19] He released his second single, "Cameroon" in July 2010. Benet made a cameo appearance in the music video for Erasure's re-release of their song A Little Respect , in December 2010 (which was a fundraiser for students of the Harvey Milk Institute in San Francisco). [20] He released his third single "Dirty Drums" on April 17, 2012 via iTunes. [21] His fourth single, "Face," was released on March 3, 2014. [22]

Benet recorded a cover of "Little Drummer Boy" for the Drag Race Christmas Queens 4 album. [23]

Other ventures and tours

In November 2017, Ngwa was a featured performer in Queens United, a benefit show created by Phi Phi O'Hara in an effort to raise money to people affected by Hurricane Maria. [24] In 2018, Ngwa created "Roar", a monthly show featuring interacting dancing. [9]

In 2020, they co-created, produced, and headlined the Nubia tour, a live Drag Show celebrating Black drag queens through original music, group choreography, video installations, live vocals, lip syncs, and narrative-driven performance art. On opening night, Vulture.com praised the cast, RuPaul’s Drag Race alum; Bob The Drag Queen, Peppermint, Shea Couleé, The Vixen, and Monique Heart, noting the “touching sincerity” and “joyous” celebration of black culture featured in the show.

The tour began its run with sold-out shows in New York City, and has plans to visit Los Angeles, as well as other major cities across the United States. [25] [26] [27]

In June 2021, Ngwa will be featured in "Gospel Brunch Drag Show", an "LGBTQIA+ Youths Of Color Celebrate Black Pride" event, and the virtual "Pride Bigger Than Texas" event livestreamed from the Bonham Exchange. [28] [29] In August 2021, they will be a featured performer and in Klub Kids London Presents: NOIR: The Tour, where 25% of the proceeds from the production will be donated to the Black Lives Matter movement. [30]

A documentary film titled Being Bebe premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival from June 19–23, 2021, and later screened at the Provincetown International Film Festival on June 23, 2021, and screened for three days. The film documented the past fifteen years of Ngwa's life as Bebe Zahara Benet, including his journey preparing for RuPaul's Drag Race. [31] The film won the 2021 Best Documentary Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival. [32]

Outside of drag, Ngwa is the CEO of The Lavish Labs, an event planning and decor firm. [10]

Personal life

Prior to starting drag, he was a choir director and music teacher. [33] He doesn't consider himself a drag queen, and prefers to be called a "drag artist" or "drag performer". [9] [33] Ngwa is a devout Christian. [34]

He has named Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, and Alphadi as personal fashion icons. [35] Musically, he has named Yvonne Chaka Chaka as his childhood music icon, and Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Angélique Kidjo, and Davido as musicians he’d like to collaborate with. [4]

Ngwa does not define his sexual orientation and accepts all pronouns. [36]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2020Nubia: AmplifiedThemself OutTV original [37]
2021Being BebeThemselfDocumentary about Bebe's life [38]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ThemselfContestant (Winner) [14]
2011 RuPaul's Drag U [17]
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars Contestant (3rd/4th place) [18]
2019Vice LiveGuest [39]
2019–2020 Dragnificent Also known as Drag Me Down the Aisle [2]
2019 The Rachel Ray Show Guest [40]
2020 Infinity Train SashayEpisode: "The Parasite Car" [41]
2022Nubia Amplified: The SeriesThemselfPanelist [42]
2023Drag Me to Dinner Hulu original reality series [43]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014WOW Shopping NetworkThemselfGuest [44]
Transformations [45]
2015Drag Queens React [46]
2018Whatcha Packin' [47]
Hey Qween! [48]
2019Follow MeEpisode: "Pangina Heals" [49]
2020Bobbin' AroundEpisode: "Nubia" [50]
BingePodcast by Entertainment Weekly [51]
2021Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire presents Drag Queen Summer GlampProduced by Jack Daniel's [52]

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef.
2009"Cover Girl" RuPaul ft. Bebe Zahara Benet
"I'm The Shit"Themself
2010"A Little Respect" (HMI Redux) Erasure [53]
"Cameroon"Themself
2014"Face"
2017"Fun Tonite"
2018"Jungle Kitty" [54]
"Jolene" Dolly Parton [55]
2018"Little Drummer Boy"Themself [23]
2020"Banjo"Themself [56]
"Body on Me"Themself [57]

Discography

Albums

Comedy albums

TitleDetails
Africa Is Not a Country [58]

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Face [4]
  • Release date: 2014
  • Label: Dakarai Morris-James/Marshall Ngwa
  • Formats: Digital download
Kisses & Feathers [4]
  • Release date: November 17, 2017
  • Label: Savannah Street Music
  • Formats: Digital download
Broken English [59]
The Christmas Chanteuse [60]

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbumRef(s)
"I'm the Shit"2009Non-album single
"Cameroon"2010
"Dirty Drums"2012
"Face"2014
"Get Fierce (Lose Yourself)"2017Kisses & Feathers [4]
"Fun Tonite"
"Starting a Fire"
"Dirty Drums/Cameroon" (All Stars Mix)2018Non-album single
"Jungle Kitty"
"Banjo"2020Broken English [33]
"Fever"2021Non-album single
"Waiting"2022
"Smoke Signals"
"Pull Over"2023
"Heavy"
"Try"
TitleYearOther artist(s)Peak chart positionsAlbum
US Elec.
[61]
"Drag Up Your Life"2018 RuPaul, Trixie Mattel, Kennedy Davenport, Shangela, BenDeLaCreme —Non-album single
"Kitty Girl" RuPaul, Trixie Mattel, Kennedy Davenport, Shangela18
"Winner Winner (Chicken Dinner Remix)" [62] 2021 Yvie Oddly, Brad Kemp, Shea Couleé —

Guest appearances

TitleYearAlbum
"Cover Girl"
(RuPaul featuring BeBe Zahara Benet)		2011 Jealous of My Boogie - The RuMixes
"Little Drummer Boy"2018 Christmas Queens 4

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