1. Kevin Aviance is a personality in New York City's gay scene and has performed throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
19 Facts About Kevin Aviance
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Kevin Aviance has worked with several artists, including Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston.
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Kevin Aviance was raised in Richmond, Virginia, in a close-knit family of eight siblings.
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Kevin Aviance's father provided for them as a landscape contractor.
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From an early age, Kevin Aviance dedicated himself to the study of music and theatre, his first experience in drag was in the seventh grade.
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Kevin Aviance moved to Washington DC where he worked as a hairdresser and did drag performances.
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Kevin Aviance developed a bad crack habit but with help of the House of Aviance he was able to overcome it, after his initiation in the house he took the name Kevin Aviance.
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The House of Kevin Aviance was founded in 1989 by Mother Juan Kevin Aviance.
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Kevin Aviance is regarded as Mother Juan and the House's "oldest daughter".
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In 1993, Kevin Aviance, who was living in Florida at the time, was asked to move to New York City by Mother Juan.
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Kevin Aviance accepted his House Mother's request and shortly after landed a cameo role in Madonna's 1994 Secret video.
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In July 1999, Kevin Aviance performed as part of Billboard's sixth annual Dance Music Summit.
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Kevin Aviance has appeared in several films, including Flawless starring Robert De Niro and the independent film Punks.
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Kevin Aviance's second album, Entity is a more consistent effort than his first.
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On June 10,2006, while exiting the Phoenix, a popular gay bar located in the East Village section of Manhattan, Kevin Aviance was robbed and beaten by a group of men who yelled anti-gay slurs at him.
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Kevin Aviance was not dressed in his gender-bending performance clothes but as a boy.
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Kevin Aviance had to have his jaw wired for a month.
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Kevin Aviance suffered a fractured knee and neck injuries as well as blows to the face.
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At Cielo, a club in New York known for its lighted walls, the tandem performance marked the return to the spotlight for Kevin Aviance, performing two of his new hit singles.