text: whatever happened to rupaul? is he still a man or is now a real woman? i've heard before that he's not even gay, that, "rupaul" is just for entertainment.  i've seen him as a guy on an old tv show called "hanging with mr. cooper". but he is beautiful as a woman huh?! rupaul is a man who performs in drag.  he is gay.  rupaul racked up three top-10 dance hits and two number one dance hits in 2004 & 2006.  he released a new cd and a dvd compilation, and also markets his image as the rupaul doll, the best-selling doll of its kind in history.  he is appearing in the world-wide smash hit "zombie prom," a movie adaptation of the theatre show, which was released as an independent movie.  he also produced his own film "starrbooty" which is being released to indie theatres soon.    rupaul owns his own record label and production company and lives in new york.  he recently finished a pretty extensive worldwide promotional tour for "rupaul is red hot," the cd, for his dvd collection, and to help promote his various other projects.