Jasmine Masters

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Jasmine Masters
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Masters performing in 2017
Born
Martell Robinson

(1976-10-16) October 16, 1976 (age 47)
San Diego County, California, U.S.
Other namesJasmine Diane Masters
Occupation(s) Drag queen, actor, singer
Years active1997–present
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2014–present
Genre(s) Vlog, comedy
Subscribers198,000+ [1]
(13 Aug 2021)
Total views19.1 million [1]
(13 Aug 2021)

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.

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Early life

Martell Robinson [2] was born on October 16, 1976, in the San Diego, California area. [3] [4] He first performed in drag at the age of 21, in 1997, by impersonating Patti LaBelle. [5] The drag name "Jasmine Masters" came from Jasmine Guy and her drag mother, Destiny Masters. [6] He auditioned for Drag Race beginning with Season two. [7]

Career

Before Drag Race, Robinson appeared as the character, Mordecai, in the 2008 film First Sunday . [8] He also appeared with fellow Drag Race alumnus Willam for an episode of The New Normal in 2013. [9]

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. [10] 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. [11] 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". [12]

Masters competed on the Drag Race television special RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular . [13] 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. [14] [15]

Masters was announced to compete on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. [16] [17] She was eliminated in the first episode by Trinity the Tuck after her stand-up performance for the annual talent show, placing 10th. [18] [19] 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. [20]

She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season eleven of Drag Race. [21]

After Drag Race

After Drag Race, she was one of thirty drag queens featured in Miley Cyrus's 2015 VMA performance. [22]

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. [23] The video was featured in Willam's internet show, "Willam's Beatdown". [24] Her video "Fix ur breath" was featured in a post on Justin Bieber's Instagram page, making Masters go viral. [25]

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. [26] She also was featured as a guest in an episode of Lemme Pick You Up with Ts Madison. [27] She was a guest for multiple episodes of the web series "Wait, What?" with Kimora Blac. [28] [29]

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. [30] She was with Trixie Mattel to discuss the Drag Race season ten contestants for Access. [31]

Masters appeared in the music video for Latrice Royale's "Excuse the Beauty" on May 10, 2018 [32] and Pandora Boxx's "Oops I Think I Pooped" on September 24, 2018. [33]

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. [34]

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. [35]

Masters featured on the talk show Very Delta , hosted by drag queen Delta Work, on episode 63 "Do you Oop! like me?". [36]

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". [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] According to Giphy, Masters' "And I Oop" was the most used gif of 2019, [42] with over 419 million views. [43] Masters also trademarked the term. [44]

Discography

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Freaky Money" [45] [46]

(RuPaul featuring Jasmine Masters)

2015RuPaul Presents CoverGurlz 2

Filmography

Movies

YearTitleRoleRef
2008 First Sunday Mordecai
2020The QueensHerself [47]

Television

YearTitleRole
2013 The New Normal
2015 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7) HerselfContestant (12th place)
2015 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race Holi slay Spectacular Contestant (Joint winner)
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars Contestant (10th place)
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11) Guest - episode 1
2019Brunch With TiffanyGuest
2023 The Real Housewives of Potomac Episode: "Mic Drop"

Music videos

YearTitleRef.
2015 Shangela - Uptown Fish [48]
2018 Latrice Royale - Excuse the Beauty [32]
2018 Pandora Boxx - Oops I Think I Pooped [33]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2015-2019 Hey Qween! HerselfGuest; 2 episodes
2016–2017Drag CousinsCo-host [49]
2018Spillin' The TeaPanelist [50]
2018–PresentJasmine Masters Master ClassHost [51]
2018Puff Puff SessionsEpisode: "Conspiracy Theories" [52]
Lemme Pick You UpGuest [53]
Whatcha Packin'Guest [54]
2018–19Wait, What?Guest [55]
2019Brunch With TiffanyGuest [56]
DetailzGuest [57]

Awards and nominations

YearAward Giving BodyCategoryWorkResultsRef.
2020 Shorty Awards Gif of the YearJasmine Masters - "And I OOP"Won [58]

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