Hall feels his tenacious work ethic comes from the lack of opportunities he had in the entertainment industry as a black gay man. He also performed on cruises with Royal Caribbean, Holland America Line, and at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. At age 16, he began performing on weekends at the amusement park Six Flags Over Texas it was the first time he combined singing and dancing. Hall is gay, and came out to his family when he was 15. An elementary teacher in Dallas led Hall toward the arts, including theater, the orchestra, and ballet. As an adult, he would create Oz, the Musical the pop song The Wizard of Ahhhs featuring the pop a cappella quintet Pentatonix and the visual album and tour Straight Out of Oz. He was raised by a single mother until she married when he was a teen, when he gained a brother and stepfather. Todrick Hall was born on April 4, 1985, in Plainview, Texas, a farming community in the state's panhandle.
2.3 2014–2015: Pop Star High and Todrick docuseries.2.2 2011–2013: Career growth and YouTube fame.In 2020 he released an EP, Quarantine Queen, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic featuring "Mask, Gloves, Soap, Scrub", and was the international host of Global Pride 2020. Later in 2017, he began appearances as Billy Flynn in Chicago on Broadway and the West End.Īs a singer-songwriter he has released four studio albums, including the visual albums Straight Outta Oz (2016) and Forbidden (2018). From 2016 to 2017, Hall starred as Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway. Starting with season eight, Hall became a resident choreographer and occasional judge on RuPaul's Drag Race.
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A documentary series about his video-making process titled Todrick aired on MTV in 2015. He aspires to be a role model for LGBTQ and people of color. Following this, he amassed a huge following on YouTube with viral videos including original songs, parodies, and skits. He gained national attention on the ninth season of the televised singing competition American Idol. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Todrick Hall (born April 4, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and YouTuber. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).