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Detoxx Busti-ae

Drag Performer

Detoxx Busti-ae is a native of Jamaica who currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, and is one of the few Jamaican Drag entertainers currently living in the melting pot of the world. Busti-ae goes by the pronouns of she/her when in drag, and he/him when out of drag as Steven Rose. She has been a drag entertainer for 10+ years, and brings her unique style of being an “NYC Drag Queen with a Jamaican twist,” around the world. As an emerging entrepreneur, Busti-ae merged her passion for art, fashion and drag to found Detoxx Creations, where she produces one of a kind carnival costumes, custom press on nails, and lashes for drag queens. Busti-ae is an avid volunteer with the Caribbean Equality Project and enjoys using his/her platform to promote self-love and acceptance within the Caribbean LGBTQ+ community.  

In 2017, Detoxx Busti-ae won the Queens Pride Drag Race Queenie Award. She was recognized for marching with the Caribbean Equality Project’s "Prideful Mosaic: LGBTQ People of the Caribbean" contingent in the 25th Anniversary of the Queens Pride Parade, showcasing a fab-ulous carnival costume made by EnJ Productions. 

In 2019, Detoxx Busti-ae was inducted in the Caribbean Equality Project’s “Queer Caribbeans of NYC” archive and exhibition, the first-ever multimedia historical retrospective showcasing the racial and cultural intersections of Caribbean LGBTQ rights activists in NYC. She is the recipient of various Citation of Honors for her 10+ years of activism from honorable elected officials, including the NYC Public Advocate Jumaanee Williams and NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm.