Martell Robinson (born October 16, 1976), known by the stage name Jasmine Masters, is an American

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, internet celebrity, YouTuber, and stand-up comedian. He is best known for competing on the seventh season of ''

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'' and ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' season 4. Robinson is responsible for several

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s, many of which have become

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, most notably ''And I Oop!'' which was the most used gif of 2019.

Early life

Martell Robinson was born on October 16, 1976 in Los Angeles County, California. He first did drag in 1997 at the age of 21 by impersonating Patti LaBelle. The drag name "Jasmine Masters" came from

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and her drag mother, Destiny Masters. He auditioned for ''Drag Race'' beginning with Season two.

Career

Before Drag Race, Robinson appeared as the character, Mordecai, in the 2008 film ''

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''. He also appeared with fellow ''Drag Race'' alumnus Willam for an episode of The New Normal in 2013.

''RuPaul's Drag Race''

Jasmine was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for season seven of

on March 2, 2015. She was eliminated in the third episode after lip-syncing against Kennedy Davenport, and placed 12th overall. During her time on the show, she received online death threats including racist remarks, which eventually led to RuPaul defending Masters on

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. Masters would be referenced in 2017 by

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for

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of Drag Race, with Brown impersonating her for the annual "

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". Masters competed on the ''Drag Race'' television special ''

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''. Masters later posted a YouTube video explaining why she wasn't featured as much as the other contestants in the special, stating that

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was late during one of the rehearsals, which caused Masters to become frustrated and leave the set early. Masters was announced to compete on the fourth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. She was eliminated in the first episode by

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after her poor

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performance for the annual talent show, placing 10th. She had a chance to return in sixth episode, where the eliminated queens faced off with the queens still in running, but lost a lip sync to Trinity, eliminating her for good. She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season eleven of Drag Race.

After ''Drag Race''

After ''Drag Race'', she was one of thirty drag queens featured in

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's 2015 VMA performance. Masters gained notoriety with her self-published YouTube videos on her channel. Her video "''RuPaul Dragrace fucked up drag''", criticizing the show's portrayal of drag, sparked criticism from fans and queens including

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. The video was featured in Willam's internet show, "''Willam's Beatdown''". Her video "''Fix ur breath''" was featured in a post on

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's Instagram page, making Masters go viral. Because of Masters's viral success, she is the host of her own web show with WowPresents called "''Jasmine Masters Master Class''" that premiered its first episode in 2018. She also was featured as a guest in an episode of ''Lemme Pick You Up'' with

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. She was a guest for multiple episodes of the web series "Wait, What?" with

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. She was with

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, Shea Coulee and

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for two episodes of the Billboard web series "''Spillin' The Tea''" in June 2018. She was with

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to discuss the ''Drag Race'' season ten contestants for

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. Masters appeared in the music video for

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's "Excuse the Beauty" on May 10, 2018 and

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's "Oops I Think I Pooped" on September 24, 2018. Masters featured on the single "And I Oop!" by

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in June 2019. She is also working on a podcast called ''The Wake and Bake'' with

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In popular culture

A clip of Masters interrupting herself in shock, known as "And I Oop", became an internet meme in 2019. It originated from a 2015 YouTube video named "Jasmine Masters handle your liquor". According to

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, Masters' "And I Oop" was the most used gif of 2019, with over 419 million views. Masters also trademarked the term.

Discography

Singles

As featured artist

Filmography

Movies

Television

Music videos

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Masters, Jasmine 1977 births Living people African-American drag queens LGBT African Americans American YouTubers LGBT people from California American gay actors Gay comedians LGBT YouTubers Jasmine Masters Shorty Award winners 21st-century American LGBT people American LGBT comedians