Jeffree Star

Jeffree Star (born Jeffrey Lynn Steininger Jr.; November 15, 1985) is an American Internet celebrity, beauty YouTuber, makeup artist, model, entrepreneur, and singer-songwriter. The founder and owner of Jeffree Star Cosmetics. By 2006, Star had become the most followed person on MySpace. He frequently used the platform to promote his music career. In 2009, Star released his first and only studio album, Beauty Killer, which included songs such as "Lollipop Luxury" featuring Nicki Minaj. He embarked on several world tours to promote his music. In 2010, he signed to Konvict Muzik—whose founder Akon described Star as "the next Lady Gaga"—with plans to release a second album titled Concealer. However, it was never released and Star abruptly left the music industry in 2013 under unclear circumstances and also due to legal issues Akon was facing between 2007 and 2010.In November 2014, he founded his own cosmetics company, Jeffree Star Cosmetics; which he promoted on his YouTube channel. In 2018, Star earned $18 million from his YouTube endeavours alone, according to Forbes. That was enough to make him the 5th highest-paid YouTube star as of December 2018.