Deja Dubois shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Deja , it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: Have any recent moments made you laugh or feel proud?
My most proudest moment this year was taking on the responsibility to host/ curate entertainment for 2025 Trinity Pride in Fort Worth, Texas. We packed up all the venues showcasing fierce, fabulous local drag from all across the DFW metroplex.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Deja Dubois and I’m a Latinx queer artist originally from the Rio Grande Valley from Brownsville, Texas. I now live and reside in Dallas-Fort Worth and perform as a live singing/dancing drag artist. An interesting fact about me is that I work full time as an opera singer and a drag artist and love getting the opportunity to perform in stages both singing and stomping across the country and the great state of Texas.
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
My earliest moment of feeling true queer power was turning it out at 18 years old at the legendary Rose Room on Thursday Night for the “Rising Star Competition.” This sparked a fire in me that grew hungry to perform doing almost every single talent night and drag competition in DFW. The first person to see my potential was my drag mother Shalula Davenport of OKC! She fueled my passion for queer art and entertainment. Me and her went out almost every other night for 2 years doing shows to get my start.
If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
You are a star, and you were always right and on the correct path. There are a lot of people who will judge, critique, and try to damage you and you won’t ever let them. “You know what to do,” – Shalula Davenport.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What’s a cultural value you protect at all costs?
My Mexican identity is something I will always protect and showcase to the fullest in every performance. In today’s political climate we mustn’t be invisible. I draw influence for every look, my makeup, my numbers on my cultural background. I am a woman of many taglines such as “La Sonría, La voz y La Diva Más Latina.”
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. Are you doing what you were born to do—or what you were told to do?
I was told from a young age I was going to be an artist. From the very beginning when I was born I cried and had my grandfather tell me, “he’s crying loud because he’s going to be a singer.” Then I had many people in my classical music industry say otherwise “ you’ll never be a great singer, you’ll never find work as a DRAG QUEEN WHO SINGS, no one hires opera singer who do drag!” Drag came from my love for opera and the costuming and iconic villains and heroines in the shows I grew up watching. Everyday I do what I love, I’ve been singing songs and wearing wigs for almost a decade. I’ve been singing professionally since I was 15 and doing drag for 7 years.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dejad_dubois?igsh=OGZmMXZ3ZnVrb3Zx&utm_source=qr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deja.dubois.2025?mibextid=wwXIfr&mibextid=wwXIfr
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@davidmejiamusic?si=7oZzQsgMJn_H8X__
- Other: TIK TOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@davy1030?_t=ZP-8y58jKQRdCJ&_r=1
Image Credits
Scott Kirby
