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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’: Megami Wasn’t Joking When She Said ‘Protect Queer Art’


Billboard chats with 'Drag Race' star Megami about her much-discussed "protect queer art" performance, cosplay and more. See what she said here.

Duking it out in a lip sync to Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” Mhi’ya expertly evoked the singer’s self-loving energy with a pitch-perfect performance. Billboard chatted with Megami about her thoughts on the Rusical challenge, her origins as a cosplayer, and why she’s glad her plea to “protect queer art” in this season’s talent show got all the attention it did — positive or negative. It came from a very sincere and real place, so I’m not gonna claim that it was my intention to become a meme or any of that — I love drag and this community so much, and with everything happening in the world, I just felt compelled to say something.

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