Jeffree Star

Jeffree Star (born Jeffrey Steininger, 15 November 1986) is an American model, fashion designer, make-up artist and singer-songwriter residing in the Los Angeles area. He is an Internet celebrity known for his popularity on MySpace as well as his fashion line and from his transgressive, genderfuck and gender-bending appearance and persona while calling himself “Queen of the Internet” and “Queen of the Beautifuls”. Star has leveraged his fame as an androgynous model and aesthetic talents to launch his own clothing line and forays into acting and DJing.

Star’s music career as an electronica and hip-hop vocalist began when he befriended Peaches’ drummer who encouraged him to make music. Star was then asked by 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.

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.

Star has toured with electro musician Peaches, as well as Metro Station, Breathe Carolina, Dr. Manhattan, Schoolyard Heroes, Brokencyde, and Ultraviolet Sound

In March 2007, Star released his first EP, Plastic Surgery Slumber Party. It debuted March 20, 2007 at No. 1 on 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 an impressive 45 million listens off Plastic Surgery Slumber Party.

On August 30, 2008, Star announced that he started his own record label called Popsicle Records. A 6-song EP called Cupcakes Taste like Violence, his label’s first release, was released in stores and digitally on December 9, 2008.