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Jaren Kyei Merrell (born February 8, 1989), known professionally as Shea Couleé, is an American drag queen, musician, actor, podcaster, and fixture of the Chicago nightlife scene. Born in Warsaw, Indiana, they began their drag career in 2012.
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- Jaren Kyei Merrell, February 8, 1989 (age 34), Warsaw, Indiana, U.S.
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Shea Couleé is an American drag queen, performer, rapper, and one of the Season 9 contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race and placed 3rd/4th alongside Trinity The Tuck.
On May 8, 2020, it was announced that she would be competing on All Stars 5. She won the season in July of 2020, beating fellow finalists Jujubee and Miz Cracker.
Shea also hosts Wanna Be On Top?, a discussion podcast where guests join her to discuss recent episodes of America's Next Top Model.
She later returned to All Stars 7, the first All Winners season of Drag Race. She placed 3rd/4th.
"Shea" is slang spell of her real middle name, Kyei (Swahili for "beautiful boy"). "Couleé" is a reference to the dessert coulis and an East African riddle.
Couleé has three drag daughters: Kenzie Couleé, Bambi Banks-Couleé & Khloe Couleé. They all represent the drag house, Maison Couleé.
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9
•"My name is Shea Couleé, and I didn't come to play, I came to slay!" (entrance quote) •"Chicago drag is the motherfuckingbomb.com... that's right, bitch, it's got its own domain!" •"Nothing reminds me of home more than a big wiener sandwiched in between 2 buns." •"WHY Y'ALL ACTING BRAND NEW? We have to get out of here! Who's after Peppermint?... Damn!" (to castmates during Untucked Episode 3) •"CHARLIE, DO SOMETHING! [...] CHARLIE, COME ON!" •"Mama, you look so good it's damn near sinful." (to RuPaul) •"And I don't taste a day over 15." (Naomi Campbell in "Snatch Game", to RuPaul after he said she didn't look a day over 16) •"I thought about Tyra Banks' modeling career, so I said: the toilet." (as Naomi Campbell in "Snatch Game") •"Michelle, we know you for being a kind patient shero... and gonorrhea clinics know you as patient zero." (said during "Michelle Visage's Roast") •"...If you liked my performance my name is Shea Couleé, but if you hated it my name is Nina Bo'nina Brown." (said during "Michelle Visage's Roast") •"Trinity, when's your birthday? I'mma mail you some edges." •"I will subpoena Nina." •"Messica Simpson." (referring to Nina Bo'nina Brown) •"I see the claws... comin' out, gurl." •"I think we got a real lip sync ASSASSIN on our hands!" (referring to Peppermint) •"Oh, SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE WORDS." (referring to Valentina during her lip sync against Nina Bo'nina Brown) •“Slay Couleé, look at the edges I snatched today. I see you watching how I sashay, them other girls best get out my way. 'Cause I want, I get it and came up in here and did it. And girl I'm ready to show 'em, how these bitches I own 'em. Got that supermodel switch, Ms. Couleé she a real, real bad bitch. Let me rock this mic, leave 'em in my dust like Tina did Ike. I'm sickening, no? And real fierce too. Chicago in the house, girl whatcha gon' do? About to shut it down, come on Mama Ru, bring the queen her crown. I approve this message and all I'm gonna say is I'm Shea Couleé and I always...” (verse in Category Is) •"Do I look upset to you?" (to Valentina) •"TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMP." •"When we were doing the promo for the show, you go...Shea, I just wanna say: If anyone comes for Nina, I told her that I will stand up for her, and I will make it all right'. And I'm confused!" (Imitating Valentina) •"Talk shit, get hit."
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 5
•"I'm blaaack." (entrance quote) •"I'm Shea Couleé, I know you have missed me, but it's ok." •"Wow Ru, love what you've done with the place." •"She's here to save the day!" (commenting on Mariah's entrance look) •"WoOoOo!" (impersonating Derrick Barry’s entrance quote) •"Mama, the drama!" •"...Sure!" •“Chadwick Boseman. Oh, yeah, girl, he's my boo. The mother-tuckin Black Panther, what you gonna do? He's tall, dark, long and lean and he rocks my kitty world like you never seen. He's the king and I'm his queen, I'm dreaming about what kind of life we'll lead.” (verse in I'm in Love) •"I might be pretty on the outside, but on the inside I'm pure garbage!" (during the TMZ challenge) •"But were you surprised?" •“Better be careful how you talk to me. There's no mistaking that I'm the queen. Fall in line, you don't want me to come for you. Ask your homegirl because she got dragged too. Trollin’ on me? Better back down. Want the truth? You better sit down. Give the clap back heard across the world. Need a good reading, then I'm your girl.” (verse in Clapback) •"My name is Shea Couleé and I didn't come to slay, I came to WIN!" (victory line)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 7
•"Oh, I didn't know I needed an introduction." (entrance quote) •"That's right save the best for last, I'm Miss Couleé but did you got to ask? I'm dripped in designer, hot on fire, strutting down the runway building my empire. You better bring the energy, 'cause slaying is my legacy, if you ain't scared of me, miss thing you better be!" •"I don't have anything prepared." (after Jinkx Monsoon chose to block her) •"Hell nah boy, you best stop trippin', what's wrong boo, your CD skippin'? Better not play me like a clown or like Titanic, it's going down, like that JLo neck, turn around boo, let me see that back. Just got hit up by your friend 'cause oops, I did it again!"
•Shea Couleé graduated with a degree in costume design on Columbia College in 2011.
•The summer after her graduation, Couleé started doing drag.
•Shea speaks French.
•Even though Shea speaks French, her drag last name is considered to be misspelled, since all French adjectives ending in "é" in the masculine form are followed (and not preceded) by an "e" in their feminine form, thus making "Coulée" look more correct.
•Shea was named by New York Magazine as one of the top 100 most powerful drag queens in America in June 2019.
•Shea auditioned five times before appearing on Season 9.
May 30, 2019 · The drag superstar gets deep about growing up outside the gender status quo, coming out, and why Drag Race needs to embrace gender non-conformity to thrive. By Nico Lang. May 30, 2019. Shea Couleé Adam Ouahmane.
Jul 25, 2020 · Shea Couleé talks to EW about her historic victory, her love for Black women, and her journey from a maid's daughter to a drag royalty. The season 9 alum is the third Black queen to win a franchise title in 2020, following Jaida Essence Hall and Heidi N Closet.
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