Jade Elektra

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Jade Elektra

Jade Elektra (born Alphonso King Jr.) is a Black queer and HIV activist, drag queen, singer, recording artist (DJ Relentless), and stage performer originally from Tampa, Florida, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] Jade is openly living with HIV and through activism and outreach, has strived to make a positive impact for HIV-positive, queer people of colour, and LGBTQ communities in Toronto and around the world. Jade is a founder of POZPLANET and POZ-TO, which fight HIV/AIDS stigma by hosting social events, [3] partnering with AIDS Service Organizations, [4] and fundraising for community-based HIV/AIDS organizations. [1]

Jade is a Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research ambassador. [5] Her local performance of "Undetectable," a rendition of the Nat King Cole's classic "Unforgettable," has led to her performing this song for the U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable) campaign at various events, including the U.S. Conference on AIDS in Washington, D.C. in 2019. [6] [7]

Discography: https://queermusicheritage.com/drag-elektra2.html

SINGLES AND TRACKS

All lyrics by Jade Elektra and on 2nd Level Records unless otherwise noted

She Turns It 

• Original Mix • Bask In My Lovely Dub

What-Evah! 

• Original Mix

Why Are You Gaggin'? 2nd Level Records (US) / Progressive High Records (US)

• Original Mix • Vjuan Allure Remix • Cesar Murillo's Unreleased Cunty Vocal

Bitch You Look Fierce © 2008 2nd Level Records (US) / Filthy Bitch Records (UK)

• Original Mix • Chip Chop's Jungle Feedback Vocal Dub • Dirty Bitch Dub • Jon-E Industry's Fugly Remix • Josh Riptide Anthem • Vjuan Allure Remix

Proud Mary

• Original Mix

Walk On The Wild Side

Written and originally recorded by Lou Reed

Additional lyrics by Jade Elektra. 

• Original Mix

Trade - 2nd Level Records (US) / Soundgroove Records (US)

Performed by Jade Elektra and Jason Ryan • Original Mix  • Midnight Society Streetwalker Mix

I Wanna Be Loved By You

Performed by Jade Elektra and Paul Manchin • Original Mix

This Is What We Call A Bitch Track

• Original Mix

If I Were A Woman

• Original Mix

Everyday Love (Unreleased) You Bettah Muthaphuckin' Feel It

• Original Mix

How Do I Look? - © 2005 2nd Level Records (US) / Pure Music Productions (US)

Performed by Jade Elektra and Midnight Society • Original Mix (Music from the documentary film 'How Do I Look?')

Under The Moonlight (unreleased) This Masquerade (demo) Don't Explain

Written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr. • Felly's 2-Step House Mix • Josh Riptide Elektroboogie Mix • Josh Riptide Radio Edit • Scott Harris' No Explanation Mix

RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)

• Vjuan Allure Mix • Joellapussy Remix

H-I-Vogue

• Vjuan Allure Elite Bump Mix • DJ Fierce Tease Freshly Served Vocal Mix • DJ Fierce Tease Freshly Served Radio Edit • Chip Chop's Big Room Dub • Vjuan Allure's Waiting Room Mix

ALBUMS & EXTENDED PLAYS

• Are You Gaggin' Yet? • Bitch You Look Fierce  • Proud Mary  • An Intimate Evening With Jade Elektra (Live In Concert) (2011) • Bitch You Look Remixed (2011) •  •  • Are You Gaggin' Yet? © 1998 2nd Level Records • Track listing: • 1 Bitch You Look Fierce • 2 Walk On The Wild Side • 3 What-Evah! • 4 Why Are You Gaggin'? • 4 Why Are You Gaggin'? (House Mix) • 5 She Turns It • 6 She Turns It (Dub Mix) • 8 This Is What We Call A Bitch Track •  • Proud Mary © 2001 2nd Level Records • Track listing: • 1 Proud Mary • 2 Bitch You Look Fierce • 3 Walk On The Wild Side • 4 What-Evah! • 5 She Turns It • 6 Why Are You Gaggin'? • 7 Trade (Duet with Jason Ryan) • 8 I Wanna Be Loved By You (Duet with Paul Manchin) • 9 This Is What We Call A Bitch Track • 10 If I Were A Woman •  • Bitch You Look Fierce © 2002 2nd Level Records • Track listing: • 1 Bitch You Look Fierce (Original Mix)  • 2 Bitch You Look Fierce (Josh Riptide Anthem) • 3 Bitch You Look Fierce (Dirty Bitch Dub Mix) • 4 Trade -duet with Jason Ryan- (Original Mix) • 5 Trade -duet with Jason Ryan- (Cleo's Mix) • 6 Trade -duet with Jason Ryan- (Josh Riptide's Workin' Hard Club Mix) • 7 Proud Mary (Original Mix) • 8 Proud Mary (Sam Pena's Monster Anthem) • 9 If I Were A Woman (Original Mix) • 10 I Wanna Be Loved By You -duet with Paul Manchin- •  • Proud Mary: 10th Anniversary Edition © 2011 2nd Level Records • Track listing: • 1 Proud Mary (Sam Pena Remix Edit) • 2 Bitch You Look Fierce (Radio Edit) • 3 Walk On The Wild Side • 4 What-Evah! • 5 She Turns It (Cleo's Dub Mix) • 6 Why Are You Gaggin'? (Radio Edit) • 7 Trade -Duet with Jason Ryan- (Cleo's Album Edit) • 8 I Wanna Be Loved By You -Duet with Paul Manchin- • 9 This Is What We Call A Bitch Track • 10 If I Were A Woman (Album Edit) • Bonus tracks: • 11. Don't Explain (Felly's 2-Step House Mix) • 12. How Do I Look? -Jade Elektra & Midnight Society- (Relentless Tribute Edit) • 13. You Better Feel It (Ken Terry & Relentless Runway Dub) • 14. R.I.F. (Reading Is Fundamental) (Joelapussy Remix Edit) • 15. HIVogue (Fierce Tease Freshly Served Vocal Radio Edit)

A Intimate Evening With Jade Elektra © 2012 2nd Level Records Track Listing: (Live In Concert at Statlers, Toronto) 1 Introduction by Marcy Rogers (Toronto Playwright) 2 What You Won't Do For Love 3 Bitch You Look Fierce 4 Let's Stay Together 5 This Masquerade 6 Don't Explain 7 You Know I'm No Good 8 Come In From The Rain 9 Since I Fell For You 10 All Of Me (duet with Jennifer Walls) 11 You Don't Bring Me Flowers (duet with Ryan G. Hinds) 12 Sweet Transvestite 13 Encore: Summertime Jade Does Ber'lin © 2014 Ber'lin Records Track Listing: EP 1 I Was Born This Way / Respect Yourself (Relentless Blissful House Edit) 2 Bitch This Way 3 I Was Born This Way / Bitch This Way / Respect Yourself (Club Night Compiliation) 4 I Was Born This Way (Erik Elias Remix) 5 I Was Born This Way (Radio Mix) 6 Respect Yourself (Erik Elias Remix) 7 Respect Yourself (Nostalgic Mix) 8 I Was Born This Way / Respect Yourself (Almost a Cappella) Karma EP © 2015 Ber'lin Records Track Listing: EP 1 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Radio Edit) 2 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Legends Mix) 3 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Eastern Bloc Mix) 4 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Dopamine Mix) 5 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Lectra Beats) 6) Karma (It's A Bitch) (Original Mix) 7 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Machine Mix) 8 Scared Of Evolution (Erik Elias Revolutionary Mix) 9 Scared Of Evolution (Electric Funk Mix) 10 Scared Of Evolution (E. Funk Instrumentality) 11 Scared Of Evolution (Extraordinary Negro Mix) Come Get This Education - Single © 2015 Ber'lin Records Jade Elektra & The Philthkids Track Listing: Single 1 Come Get This Education 2 Come Get This Education (B-Side Mix) 3 Come Get This Education (Walk Dub) Scared Of Evolution: The Remixes © 2016 Ber'lin Records Track Listing: CD Single 1 Scared Of Evolution (Trap Mix) 2 Scared Of Evolution (Whispering Stormtroopers Mix) 3 Scared Of Evolution (Ever Evolving Mix) Don't Get It Twisted - Single © 2016 Ber'lin Records 1 Don't Get It Twisted Re-Respect Yourself © 2016 Ber'lin Records Track Listing: CD Single 1 Re-Respect Yourself (Rock Bottom Dub) 2 Re-Respect Yourself (Cris Is Bliss Remix) 3 Re-Respect Yourself (Rock Bottom Mix) 4 Re-Respect Yourself (Blissfully Jaded Mix) 5 Re-Respect Yourself (Cris Is Bliss Radio Edit) How Do I Look 2.0 - Single © 2017 iUnderground Records 1 How Do I Look 2.0 (Erik Elias Mix) Basic Bitch (Remixes) EP © 2018 Aviance Records Track Listings: EP 1 Basic Bitch (Vjuan Allure Mix) 2 Basic Bitch (David Ohana Aviance Club Mix) 3 Basic Bitch (Vjuan Allure The Girls Mix) 4 Basic Bitch (David Ohana Aviance Dub Mix) Reading Glasses (Dub) Single © 2018 iUnderground Records 1 Reading Glasses (Dub Mix)

Jade is married to John Richard Allan and lives in Toronto.

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  2. ↑ "7 Questions With Jade Elektra". IN Magazine. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  3. ↑ "We chat with Jade Elektra about the upcoming POZ TO Awards!". TheBUZZ Magazine. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
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