{"id":1314,"date":"2013-07-24T23:37:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T03:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2017-10-16T13:34:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T17:34:02","slug":"robot-moonjuice-queer-performer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/robot-moonjuice-queer-performer\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot MoonJuice: Queer Performer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI feel like a little kid again,\u201d whispered\u00a0Robot MoonJuice\u00a0as he dipped a chocolate chip cookie into his hot chocolate. It was a rainy day which made it the perfect opportunity to wear a polka dotted, striped blue rain jacket as he was with a black beanie, DIY ripped up band t-shirt and a clear see through backpack.<\/p>\n

Robot\u00a0Moon\u00a0Juice\u00a0is a queer rapper and performance artist living in New York City. It\u2019s impossible not to be mesmerized by his energy and fierce ambition. Born in the Dominican Republic,\u00a0Robot\u00a0was Jean Carlos Angel Pi\u00f1a Escolastico. His story starts with his family as cattle and cheese farmers living in the countryside far away from civilization.<\/p>\n

As a kid,\u00a0Robot\u00a0was left to his own devices creatively since he was removed from most media. At the age of 12, he moved to Harlem, NYC with the dream of being an actor. In those days, his dress was already eccentric with animal prints-on-prints, an afro, torn up tights and a killer attitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always had a knack to want to be different. Always been a little creep. In high school I was wilding out. I threw a lot of women\u2019s clothing together. But always kept my beard. Now it\u2019s a little more structured. In high school I was a fucking mess.”<\/p>\n

Still this is where he discovered his instrument of expression: music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a weird beef with one of the kids at school. One day I was walking by him during Freestyle Friday (where all the boys came together to rap) and I was walking by them when they decided to make fun of me. I got pissed off so I started rapping back out of nowhere and I kind of liked how that felt. It opened up the element of music for me\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Robot<\/a>
Photo Credit: Cyle Hunter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Flash back to present day and his EP\u00a0Young, Drunk, and Beautiful<\/i>\u00a0releases on July 27th<\/sup>. \u201cIt\u2019s about the life I\u2019ve lived being a NYC kid and wilding out.\u201d\u00a0Robot\u00a0explains. It\u2019s an intro to the next chapter of his life and closure for the earlier part.\u00a0The next chapter of his life introduces a new persona that is the antithesis of\u00a0RobotMoon\u00a0Juice: St. Vincent Price.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a straight man who only wears suits and heels. He\u2019s very demure. It\u2019s like a male industrial Lana del Rey in a weird way. It\u2019s very emotional and personal. \u201c<\/p>\n

When asked about why he\u2019s decided to create this alternate persona,\u00a0Robot\u00a0shared the issues he\u2019s had with sticking to one general sexuality and how he needed to separate and conjure up a second persona to satisfy his expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always been hard for me to identify myself with a group. I can look very masculine but then if I want I can be very feminine. That\u2019s kind of how\u00a0Robot\u00a0Moon\u00a0Juice\u00a0and St. Vincent Price are divided. Moon\u00a0Juice\u00a0is more NYC flamboyant and St. Vincent Price is more demure, elegant and macho.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outfits he puts together are inspired by unexpected subjects such as homeless people or buildings. Much comes from films. None of his inspiration comes from fashion magazines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing about beauty is that it\u2019s boring. I\u2019m over beautiful people. Society\u2019s standard of beauty is what I hate. It\u2019s been thrown in my face; it\u2019s now changed my taste in men. There\u2019s been so much buff, muscular guys thrown at me in TV and media. I like ugly boys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Robot<\/a>
Photo Credit: Cyle Hunter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As an artist,\u00a0Robot\u00a0steps over the boundaries of fitting into the gender binaries. With his second persona St. Vincent Price, he introduces a straight man who only wears suits and heels. As for his sexual orientation\u00a0Robot\u00a0says with conviction that he is a \u2018raging homosexual\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I tend to want men because my inner power animal is a woman. It\u2019s femininity. There comes a time when certain girls will have me going ballistic but I\u2019m a raging homosexual. I wish there could be a 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0or 4th<\/sup>\u00a0gender. I guess in the dictionary I\u2019d be considered a bisexual but I hate that word. I\u2019ve met some real bisexuals. I\u2019m real jealous of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

RobotMoon\u00a0Juice intertwines his music and sense of style with the exploration of his sexuality. \u00a0This is a unique and personal approach to expression and is what makes him stand out. With his unstoppable determination, powerful attitude, and ingenuity, there is no doubt what he comes up with next will blow our minds.<\/p>\n

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Related article: Hannah Herr \u2013 Jewelry Designer, Philanthropist, and all around BAMF<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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