FOF #2313 Latrice Royale Infuses Jazz with Pizazz

Published: March 25, 2016, 8:07 a.m.

b'One of the sweetest drag queens to ever come out of RuPaul\\u2019s Drag Race is Latrice Royale, who like Dr. Dre is straight out of Compton, or gay out of Compton.

Amazingly, she\\u2019s survived it all: having two brothers caught up in gangs and then she served time in prison for possession of a small amount of marijuana and a single pill of klonopin.

Today, Latrice Royale joins us to talk about her new album \\u201cHere\\u2019s to Life,\\u201d a collection of jazz classics that pays tribute to strong black women in show business like Broadway\\u2019s Ruth Brown and jazz icon Shirley Horn.

Latrice\\u2019s boyfriend Christopher Hamblin serves as the pianist and arranger for the album with fellow Drag Race contestant Mimi Imfurst as the album\\u2019s producer!

Listen as we talk with Latrice about her amazing drag family of Jasmine Masters, Lady Red Couture and Kennedy Davenport. What do these gals kiki about when the cameras aren\\u2019t rolling?

Chicago, check out her on April 2 at the Divas of Drag Showcase at the House of Blues.

PLUS:
\\u27a4 The origins of \\u201cJesus is a biscuit.\\u201d
\\u27a4 What Latrice Royale has to say about RuPaul\\u2019s latest interview that has everyone on the internet talking.'