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So Fierce Music is a Canadian record label and entertainment company founded by Velvet Code during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company caters to artists who have been treated as insignificant by the music industry due to their identity or background. [1] [2] [3] [4]
So Fierce Music was founded in 2020 by Canadian musical artist Velvet Code. Velvet Code has over 20 years working in the music field along with working with Lady Gaga, and he created this record label / entertainment company due to his knowledge of how hard it can be for LGBTQ+ artists in the music industry. On September 25, 2020, the first musical release on the label was performed by artist Sofonda Cox. [2] [3] [5] [6]
Jean Paul Gaultier is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer. He is described as an "enfant terrible" of the fashion industry and is known for his unconventional designs with motifs including corsets, marinières, and tin cans. Gaultier founded his eponymous fashion label in 1982, and expanded with a line of fragrances in 1993. He was the creative director for French luxury house Hermès from 2003 to 2010, and retired following his 50th-anniversary haute couture show during Paris Fashion Week in January 2020.
The Velvet Teen is an American independent rock trio from Sonoma County, California.
Hana Soukupová is a Czech model. She has participated in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows and modelled for the Victoria's Secret catalog.
Simon Delacroix, better known by his stage name the Toxic Avenger, is a French DJ, songwriter, and record producer.
SoFly and Nius were a French music production and songwriting duo signed to Artist Publishing Group (APG).
AOMG is a South Korean hip-hop and R&B record label founded in 2013 by rapper and singer-songwriter Jay Park. The label currently houses 20 musicians, UFC fighter Chan Sung Jung, and cartoonist Kian84.
Vivie-ann Bakos, known professionally as BLOND:ISH, is a Canadian music producer and DJ. An environmental activist, she founded the nonprofit charity Bye Bye Plastics to eliminate single-use plastics from music venues and events.
Victoria Monét McCants is an American singer-songwriter. First gaining recognition for her songwriting work, Monét pursued a recording career with the release of a series of extended plays (EPs) before releasing her fifth EP, Jaguar (2020) to critical acclaim. Her debut studio album, Jaguar II (2023) became her commercial breakthrough and was supported by the hit single, "On My Mama", which peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year. At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, she was the recipient of seven nominations and three wins for Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
Moa Anna Maria Carlebecker, better known by her stage name Cazzi Opeia, is a Swedish DJ, singer and songwriter.
Canada's a Drag is a Canadian documentary series that premiered on CBC Gem on March 7, 2018. The show was created by Peter Knegt and Mercedes Grundy. Each episode focuses on a drag performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers. It is produced by CBC Arts.
Icesis Couture is the stage name of Steven Granados-Portelance, a Canadian drag queen who won the second season of Canada's Drag Race in 2021. She later returned to compete on the first season of the spin-off series, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World, in 2022.
Radmila Lolly is a Russian–American singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. Her songs "U R Moving Me" and "Tonight" charted on Billboard Dance Club Songs list at positions 21 and 40 respectively. Her two studio albums were premiered at New York's Carnegie Hall and six of her songs were featured on the soundtrack for the film Honor Up, directed by Damon Dash. As a fashion designer she has created designs for celebrities such as Nicole Ari Parker, Natti Natasha, Carla Morrison, Gayle King, Bebe Rexha and Mýa. She appeared on the cover of the virtual edition of the magazines Elle India, Glamour Bulgaria and L'Officiel Baltic.
Barbada de Barbades is the stage name of Sébastien Potvin, a Canadian drag queen most noted as one of the drag house mothers in the reality competition series Call Me Mother.
André Pham, better known by the stage name Suki Doll, a Canadian drag performer who competed on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race.
Océane Aqua-Black is the stage name of Thierry Boily-Simard, a Canadian drag performer who competed on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race.
The third season of Canada's Drag Race premiered on July 14 and concluded on September 8, 2022. The season airs on Crave in Canada, BBC Three in the United Kingdom and WOW Presents Plus internationally.
Sven Selka, known by his alias INHUMAN, formerly Code:Pandorum and Static:Reset, is a German musician, record producer, and salesman. He is credited with being one of the pioneers of "deathstep" music and the incorporation of orchestral music into dubstep. He has also done numerous remixes for other artists such as Riot Ten, Modestep, and Apashe.
Gisèle Lullaby is the stage name of Simon Gosselin, a French Canadian drag performer most known for winning the third season of Canada's Drag Race.
Kimmy Couture is a Filipino-Canadian drag queen known for being the first transgender contestant on Canada's Drag Race when she competed on season 3 of the series.