Jade Elektra (born Alphonso King Jr.) is a Black queer and HIV activist, drag queen, singer, recording artist (DJ Relentless), and stage performer originally from Tampa, Florida, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1][2] Jade is openly living with HIV and through activism and outreach, has strived to make a positive impact for HIV-positive, queer people of colour, and LGBTQ communities in Toronto and around the world. Jade is a founder of POZPLANET and POZ-TO, which fight HIV/AIDS stigma by hosting social events,[3] partnering with AIDS Service Organizations,[4] and fundraising for community-based HIV/AIDS organizations.[1]
Jade is a Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research ambassador.[5] Her local performance of "Undetectable," a rendition of the Nat King Cole's classic "Unforgettable," has led to her performing this song for the U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable) campaign at various events, including the U.S. Conference on AIDS in Washington, D.C. in 2019.[6][7]
Discography: https://queermusicheritage.com/drag-elektra2.html
SINGLES AND TRACKS
All lyrics by Jade Elektra and on 2nd Level Records unless otherwise noted
She Turns It
• Original Mix • Bask In My Lovely Dub
What-Evah!
• Original Mix
Why Are You Gaggin'? 2nd Level Records (US) / Progressive High Records (US)
• Original Mix • Vjuan Allure Remix • Cesar Murillo's Unreleased Cunty Vocal
Bitch You Look Fierce © 2008 2nd Level Records (US) / Filthy Bitch Records (UK)
• Original Mix • Chip Chop's Jungle Feedback Vocal Dub • Dirty Bitch Dub • Jon-E Industry's Fugly Remix • Josh Riptide Anthem • Vjuan Allure Remix
Proud Mary
• Original Mix
Walk On The Wild Side
Written and originally recorded by Lou Reed
Additional lyrics by Jade Elektra.
• Original Mix
Trade - 2nd Level Records (US) / Soundgroove Records (US)
Performed by Jade Elektra and Jason Ryan • Original Mix • Midnight Society Streetwalker Mix
I Wanna Be Loved By You
Performed by Jade Elektra and Paul Manchin • Original Mix
This Is What We Call A Bitch Track
• Original Mix
If I Were A Woman
• Original Mix
Everyday Love (Unreleased) You Bettah Muthaphuckin' Feel It
• Original Mix
How Do I Look? - © 2005 2nd Level Records (US) / Pure Music Productions (US)
Performed by Jade Elektra and Midnight Society • Original Mix (Music from the documentary film 'How Do I Look?')
Under The Moonlight (unreleased) This Masquerade (demo) Don't Explain
Written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr. • Felly's 2-Step House Mix • Josh Riptide Elektroboogie Mix • Josh Riptide Radio Edit • Scott Harris' No Explanation Mix
RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)
• Vjuan Allure Mix • Joellapussy Remix
H-I-Vogue
• Vjuan Allure Elite Bump Mix • DJ Fierce Tease Freshly Served Vocal Mix • DJ Fierce Tease Freshly Served Radio Edit • Chip Chop's Big Room Dub • Vjuan Allure's Waiting Room Mix
ALBUMS & EXTENDED PLAYS
• Are You Gaggin' Yet? • Bitch You Look Fierce • Proud Mary • An Intimate Evening With Jade Elektra (Live In Concert) (2011) • Bitch You Look Remixed (2011) • • • Are You Gaggin' Yet? © 1998 2nd Level Records • Track listing: • 1 Bitch You Look Fierce • 2 Walk On The Wild Side • 3 What-Evah! • 4 Why Are You Gaggin'? • 4 Why Are You Gaggin'? (House Mix) • 5 She Turns It • 6 She Turns It (Dub Mix) • 8 This Is What We Call A Bitch Track • • Proud Mary © 2001 2nd Level Records • Track listing: • 1 Proud Mary • 2 Bitch You Look Fierce • 3 Walk On The Wild Side • 4 What-Evah! • 5 She Turns It • 6 Why Are You Gaggin'? • 7 Trade (Duet with Jason Ryan) • 8 I Wanna Be Loved By You (Duet with Paul Manchin) • 9 This Is What We Call A Bitch Track • 10 If I Were A Woman • • Bitch You Look Fierce © 2002 2nd Level Records • Track listing: • 1 Bitch You Look Fierce (Original Mix) • 2 Bitch You Look Fierce (Josh Riptide Anthem) • 3 Bitch You Look Fierce (Dirty Bitch Dub Mix) • 4 Trade -duet with Jason Ryan- (Original Mix) • 5 Trade -duet with Jason Ryan- (Cleo's Mix) • 6 Trade -duet with Jason Ryan- (Josh Riptide's Workin' Hard Club Mix) • 7 Proud Mary (Original Mix) • 8 Proud Mary (Sam Pena's Monster Anthem) • 9 If I Were A Woman (Original Mix) • 10 I Wanna Be Loved By You -duet with Paul Manchin- • • Proud Mary: 10th Anniversary Edition © 2011 2nd Level Records • Track listing: • 1 Proud Mary (Sam Pena Remix Edit) • 2 Bitch You Look Fierce (Radio Edit) • 3 Walk On The Wild Side • 4 What-Evah! • 5 She Turns It (Cleo's Dub Mix) • 6 Why Are You Gaggin'? (Radio Edit) • 7 Trade -Duet with Jason Ryan- (Cleo's Album Edit) • 8 I Wanna Be Loved By You -Duet with Paul Manchin- • 9 This Is What We Call A Bitch Track • 10 If I Were A Woman (Album Edit) • Bonus tracks: • 11. Don't Explain (Felly's 2-Step House Mix) • 12. How Do I Look? -Jade Elektra & Midnight Society- (Relentless Tribute Edit) • 13. You Better Feel It (Ken Terry & Relentless Runway Dub) • 14. R.I.F. (Reading Is Fundamental) (Joelapussy Remix Edit) • 15. HIVogue (Fierce Tease Freshly Served Vocal Radio Edit)
A Intimate Evening With Jade Elektra © 2012 2nd Level Records Track Listing: (Live In Concert at Statlers, Toronto) 1 Introduction by Marcy Rogers (Toronto Playwright) 2 What You Won't Do For Love 3 Bitch You Look Fierce 4 Let's Stay Together 5 This Masquerade 6 Don't Explain 7 You Know I'm No Good 8 Come In From The Rain 9 Since I Fell For You 10 All Of Me (duet with Jennifer Walls) 11 You Don't Bring Me Flowers (duet with Ryan G. Hinds) 12 Sweet Transvestite 13 Encore: Summertime Jade Does Ber'lin © 2014 Ber'lin Records Track Listing: EP 1 I Was Born This Way / Respect Yourself (Relentless Blissful House Edit) 2 Bitch This Way 3 I Was Born This Way / Bitch This Way / Respect Yourself (Club Night Compiliation) 4 I Was Born This Way (Erik Elias Remix) 5 I Was Born This Way (Radio Mix) 6 Respect Yourself (Erik Elias Remix) 7 Respect Yourself (Nostalgic Mix) 8 I Was Born This Way / Respect Yourself (Almost a Cappella) Karma EP © 2015 Ber'lin Records Track Listing: EP 1 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Radio Edit) 2 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Legends Mix) 3 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Eastern Bloc Mix) 4 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Dopamine Mix) 5 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Lectra Beats) 6) Karma (It's A Bitch) (Original Mix) 7 Karma (It's A Bitch) (Machine Mix) 8 Scared Of Evolution (Erik Elias Revolutionary Mix) 9 Scared Of Evolution (Electric Funk Mix) 10 Scared Of Evolution (E. Funk Instrumentality) 11 Scared Of Evolution (Extraordinary Negro Mix) Come Get This Education - Single © 2015 Ber'lin Records Jade Elektra & The Philthkids Track Listing: Single 1 Come Get This Education 2 Come Get This Education (B-Side Mix) 3 Come Get This Education (Walk Dub) Scared Of Evolution: The Remixes © 2016 Ber'lin Records Track Listing: CD Single 1 Scared Of Evolution (Trap Mix) 2 Scared Of Evolution (Whispering Stormtroopers Mix) 3 Scared Of Evolution (Ever Evolving Mix) Don't Get It Twisted - Single © 2016 Ber'lin Records 1 Don't Get It Twisted Re-Respect Yourself © 2016 Ber'lin Records Track Listing: CD Single 1 Re-Respect Yourself (Rock Bottom Dub) 2 Re-Respect Yourself (Cris Is Bliss Remix) 3 Re-Respect Yourself (Rock Bottom Mix) 4 Re-Respect Yourself (Blissfully Jaded Mix) 5 Re-Respect Yourself (Cris Is Bliss Radio Edit) How Do I Look 2.0 - Single © 2017 iUnderground Records 1 How Do I Look 2.0 (Erik Elias Mix) Basic Bitch (Remixes) EP © 2018 Aviance Records Track Listings: EP 1 Basic Bitch (Vjuan Allure Mix) 2 Basic Bitch (David Ohana Aviance Club Mix) 3 Basic Bitch (Vjuan Allure The Girls Mix) 4 Basic Bitch (David Ohana Aviance Dub Mix) Reading Glasses (Dub) Single © 2018 iUnderground Records 1 Reading Glasses (Dub Mix)
Jade is married to John Richard Allan and lives in Toronto.
- ^ a b "How This Drag Queen Ignited a Global U=U Conversation". www.hivplusmag.com. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "7 Questions With Jade Elektra". IN Magazine. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "We chat with Jade Elektra about the upcoming POZ TO Awards!". TheBUZZ Magazine. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "MINGLE". Asian Community AIDS Services. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ "Jade Elektra". CANFAR. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ King, Mark S. (2019-09-09). "Watch Jade Elektra sing "Undetectable" at the U.S. Conference on AIDS". My Fabulous Disease. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ^ Kerr, Sue (21 June 2019). "Drag Artist Jade Elektra Wows Toronto AIDS Vigil with Her Version of 'Undetectable'". Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents. Retrieved 10 August 2022.