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Jeffree Star
Jeffree Star at the July 2009 Warped Tour.Jeffree Star at the July 2009 Warped Tour.
Background information
Birth nameJeffrey Lynn Steininger
Also known asJeffree Star
OriginOrange County, California, United States
GenresPop, synthpop, electronic
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter,
make-up artist,
fashion designer,
model
Years active2006–present
LabelsKon Live, Popsicle
Websitepopsiclemusic.com
Musical artist

Jeffree Star (born Jeffrey Lynn Steininger on November 15, 1985) is an American model, fashion designer, makeup artist, DJ, and singer-songwriter residing in Beverly Hills, California. He started his music career from being known for his popularity on MySpace with over 100 million plays on his self released music, as well as his fashion line and from his transgressive, gender-bending appearance and persona while calling himself "Queen of the Internet" and "Cunt". Star has leveraged his fame as an androgynous model and aesthetic talents to launch his own clothing line and forays into acting and DJing.

Early Life

Jeffree Star was born in Los Angeles County, California. His father died when he was 6 years old; subsequently, he was raised solely by his alcoholic mother, a model who frequently went on assignments. As a child, Star regularly began experimenting with his mother's makeup, leading to an obsessive compulsive interest, and convinced her to let him wear makeup to school when he was in junior high. At the age of fifteen, Star became a make-up artist. During this time, he wore makeup, dyed his hair with day-glo colors and began cross dressing which in turn led to receiving large amounts of attention and popularity from both fellow students and strangers. Following his graduation from high school, Star moved to Los Angeles and began supporting himself with various makeup, modeling, and music jobs. He later recalled spending his time on weekends "using a fake ID to attend Hollywood clubs dressed in mini dresses and nine inch high heels where celebrities would contract for makeup work at their homes", or "hiring as a model." Star reports that his weekend socializing at clubs and the makeup advice he offered eventually led to his modeling career.

Career

2006–2008: Internet popularity and musical beginnings

Star attending a tribute to Anna Nicole Smith in 2007.

Jeffree Star used popular social networking website MySpace to further both his music as well as fashion design career. Star also used MySpace for blogging about his life while making social commentary on "self-image and confidence", fame, beauty and life. Star had built up a fan base on several websites but convinced many to join him on MySpace, giving his MySpace profile a large number of "friends" from the beginning. His MySpace photo shoots would frequently get over 50,000 comments when posted, and by November 2006, he was recognized as MySpace's most connected profile personality. Star also gained fame as one of the most popular unsigned artists with the daily rankings placing him in the top tier on MySpace. On March 28, 2007 at Project Runway's Jeffrey Sebelia fashion show Star was a front row "celebutante" where he revealed details of Buzznet.com’s “Queen Needs a Princess Contest” which had "a day of femme-licious fun with Star" as the grand prize. The social-networking, music-news site specializes in new-media (integrated photoblog and videoblog capabilities) which Star has capitalized on to dovetail his modeling and music interests. Stars' social trendsetting participation at Buzznet and his success at growing online fan-base was noted in Buzznet's six million financing in May 2007. Star regularly uploads video-blog segments including music reviews, event reports as well as posting news about his upcoming music release.

Star's music career as an electronica and pop vocalist began when he befriended Peaches' drummer who encouraged him to make music. Star was then asked by Deuce of Hollywood Undead to rap on their song "Turn off the Lights" for their debut album. However, the track did not make it onto the disc. Deuce was recently evicted from Hollywood Undead and has produced a mixtape ("Break Them Wallz") with Jeffree and another song titled "Freaky Now" (alongside friend "Truth"), in which Jeffree raps extremely explicit lyrics. His first two solo tracks "We Want Cunt", named in tribute to his former screen name Cunt: Queen of the Beautifuls, and "Straight Boys" were co-written with Hole and one time Mötley Crüe drummer, Samantha Maloney and singer Jessicka from Scarling.. Star asked MySpace co-founder Tom to convert his MySpace profile into a music page so he could showcase his music. On the 13 March 2007, Star released his debut extended play Plastic Surgery Slumber Party which was produced by Ultraviolet Sound. The record topped at number one on the iTunes’s dance charts and "has consistently topped the iTunes dance charts at #1, hovering high above household names such as Justin Timberlake and Cascada." Separately, Star's MySpace page has 25 million listens to Plastic Surgery Slumber Party as of July 2007.

During the summer of 2007, Star was advertised as a part of the True Colors Tour 2007, which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada. The tour, sponsored by the LGBT Logo channel, began on June 8, 2007 to coincide with Pride month. Profits from the tour benefited the Human Rights Campaign as well as PFLAG and The Matthew Shepard Foundation. Though he was advertised as a special guest to perform on several West Coast dates, Star did not appear. Star's song "Plastic Surgery Slumber Party" appeared on the August 2007 Tommy Boy release of Cyndi Lauper's True Colors tour compilation. Featuring ten tracks from ten of the artists, the compilation benefits the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that fights for civil rights for LGBT people. Throughout 2006 and 2007, Star appeared in music videos by various artist, including Godhead, Good Charlotte, The Autumns, Aiden, and Amy Winehouse.

Star waving to the crowd at Warped Tour 2009.

Following the success of Plastic Surgery Slumber Party, Star embarked on his Jeffree Star Will Steal Your Man tour, which had several North American and European dates. Prior to the release of his second extended play, Star released his debut promotional single "Heart Surgery Isn't That Bad..." on February 14, 2008. Star later released the single's b-side, "I Hate Music", on April 17, 2008. Star later recorded and released "Starstruck" featuring Danger Radio - his first single available for free download as a "thank you" to fans. Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso from Metro Station originally provided vocals for the song, however, due to a feud between the band and Star, they were ultimately replaced with Andrew de Torres from Danger Radio. In late 2007, following the success of his first EP, Star announced he was working on his debut studio album, set for release in 2008. Despite Star claiming the album would be released in 2008, he later announced that it had been pushed back to 2009, as he had to complete community service. After Star pushed back the release date of his debut album, he announced his upcoming extended play, which he hoped to release by late 2008. He released his official debut single, "Lollipop Luxury", as the lead single from the album on November 18, 2008. Cupcakes Taste Like Violence, Star's second EP, was released on December 9, 2008. This is his first record to be available as a CD as well as digital download. This is also Star's debut record to be released under Popsicle Records through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. Star said the extended play "reminds me of myself. I may look sweet, but I'm really scary and violent on the inside." Cupcakes Taste Like Violence peaked at number six on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums and at number eight on the Billboard Top Heatseekers.

2009 - present: Beauty Killer and continued success

Star at the Vans Warped Tour in 2009.

When speaking of the new album, Star stated that the new songs "are more sexy, some are more "guy"ish and some are me screaming my heart out. I'm still finding what "Jeffree Star" really is. And I think I'm almost there..." To "tide fans over" until the first single from the album was released, on April 21, 2009, Star released a remix cover of Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" which was made available for free download. Morgan Page's radio edit mix of "Prisoner" was released for free download by Star on December 18, 2009. He worked with producers such as Lester Mendez, 3OH!3's Nathaniel Motte, God's Paparazzi and more. Star performed at Warped Tour 2009 to promote some of the music from his album. The first single from the album, "Prisoner", was released for digital download on May 2, 2009. The track received two million plays on MySpace at the end of its second week being available for stream. "Love Rhymes With Fuck You" was released as a promotional single from the album, and was released for digital download on June 30, 2009. Star's debut studio album, Beauty Killer, was released on September 22, 2009. The album debuted at number 122 in the US Billboard 200 Chart. It also debuted at #7 in the US Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart and fell to #12 on its second week. Shortly after the album was released, Star announced a two week winter "I'm Cold, Keep Me Warm... Bitch!" tour in North America. However, due to "personal things have gotten out of hand in family" the tour was cancelled. Star embarked on his "2 DRUNK 2 FUCK" 2010 world tour, in which he stated he would "be going everywhere...and yes that means Europe and Australia". It was his first headlining tour to promote Beauty Killer. It featured BrokeNCYDE and Blood On the Dancefloor as the opening acts for various North American dates, while BrokeNCYDE was a co-headlining act for the European legs. He also headlined the "Lookin' Hot and Dangerous tour throughout 2010, which featured mainly North American shows, though four where outside of the US. Throughout late 2010 and early 2011, Star toured with pop-singer Dev on his Fresh Meat tour, named after the song from the album. The tour only featured North American dates, going through the United States, Canada, and Mexico. "A music video for "Prisoner" was originally planned in September 2009, though it was later replaced with "Get Away With Murder" which was filmed on November 7, 2009. The video premiered on the front page of MySpace on January 23, 2010. A music video for the title track, "Beauty Killer", was filmed in May 2010. The video premiered on Star's YouTube channel on June 19, 2010. Following the album's commercial success, Star released the song "Blush", an outtake from the original track listing. The song was released for digital download on February 16, 2010. A sixth promotional single, "Size of Your Boat", featured Muffy and was released for digital download on June 29, 2010.

In the Fall of 2010, Star was signed by R&B singer/producer Akon to his imprint Kon Live Distribution and did a joint venture with Star's own imprint Popsicle Music. In a recent interview with VLADTV Akon stated this about Star: "Jeffree is a male superstar... he's very creative on a whole other level. What inspired me to sign Jeffree was how far he's willing to take his vision, there's no limit. I love artists like that 'cause the sky is the limit. He's one of those guys who has a future of how he sees himself and how he wants to be perceived. With music you have to be able to raise some eyebrows..." On October 10, 2010 Star released a new promotional single "I'm In Love (With a Killer) for digital download. Star began working on his then second studio album in 2010, but he later revealed that he would be releasing an extended play, rather than his second studio album. The EP, titled Virginity, was initially slated for a February 14, 2012 release date, but has since been pushed back to an unannounced date. The lead single from this extended play, "Prom Night", was released for radio airplay and digital download on March 3, 2012. "Prom Night" is Star's third official single, and major label debut single. "Prom Night" is produced by Akon & written by Star, Kelly Sheehan, and Heather Bright. Los Angeles radio station 102.7 KIIS FM debuted the single and Star hosted the "Weekend Mixtape" show to promote it with DJ Skee and music director Julie Pilat. The music video was directed by Robby Starbuck, and was released on Star's personal YouTube account on May 11, 2012.

Other endeavors

Star was referred to celebrities including Kelly Osbourne, AFI frontman Davey Havok and Jessicka from the band Scarling. He is a former make-up artist for porn company, Hustler. Star gained a cult following from posting outrageous photographs of himself on Internet forums and later MySpace, who began sending him gifts including expensive cameras to take more pictures. On August 1, 2006, Los Angeles' LGBT magazine Frontiers featured Star on its cover. On November 17, 2006 Star and several contestants from "America's Next Top Model" were a part of Black Chandelier's "Fall 2006 Runway Show" at Salt Lake City's Union Pacific Depot. Star was also a guest on "America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7". On March 16, 2007, Star was one of the featured runway models for BOXeight's production of designer Jared Gold’s flamboyant "Quiet Army show", regarded as "the wildest front row in all of Fashion Week." The shows 2007 theme was "Mormon chic", effectively using the Los Angeles Theater as a backdrop during L.A. Fashion Week. He has appeared in several music videos including Good Charlotte's "The River", Godhead's "Push", Aiden's "One Love", Metro Station's "Shake It" and Ke$ha's "Take It Off (K$ n' Friends Version)"

Star announced that he was developing a fragrance titled "Fierce" in 2008, which he said will smell like "vanilla and cotton candy."

Discography

Main article: Jeffree Star discography

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