Ok, so he had a bumpy and likely pretty hazy start.

While there, he again decided to “sashay away” before graduation.

That recording led him to be signed by Tommy Boy Records.

RuPaul smiling

MAC offered him a modeling contract (genius!

), and from then on the gigs, the exposure, and the money came rolling his way.

Many of us know RuPaul best as the host of"RuPauls Drag Race.

A smiling RuPaul in a black and pink suit with a yellow background

“It’s not that important to me.

It never was.”