Tee was born to two Canadian-born citizens in
Seattle,
Washington. He grew up in Seattle and then
Marietta, Georgia. In the early 1980s, he moved to Atlanta, where he became a part of the music scene and hung out with personalities such as
RuPaul,
Michael Stipe of
R.E.M.,
Lady Bunny, and
Lahoma Van Zandt at the Celebrity Club in Atlanta. In 1986, Tee, along with RuPaul, Lady Bunny, and Lahoma Van Zandt, moved to
New York City. Living with videographer
Nelson Sullivan, Tee quickly became involved with the
Club Kids scene with his epic party, Love Machine. He hosted nights at
Michael Alig's infamous DISCO 2000, which is featured in the movie
Party Monster (2003). He also DJed at the
ROXY on a weekly basis. During the 1990s, he became a prominent DJ by playing at highly regarded venues such as
Palladium, the
ROXY, and
Twilo. In 2007, he and
Andy Bell released the single "Matthew", an homage to
Matthew Shepard, who in 1998 was killed for being gay. In 2009, Tee released the
iTunes top 20 dance album
Club Badd, featuring songs by
Perez Hilton, Princess Superstar (the "Licky" single was later re-written by Sean Garrett of
Beyoncé/Usher fame and re-recorded by
Shontelle), Jeffree Star, Roxy Cottontail, Herve, Bart B More, and
Christopher Just. "Licky" also appeared on the Steve Aoki mix album with Santogold rapping on it, and in the Russell Brand movie, "Get Him To the Greek". In 2010, Tee released the single "
Let's Make Nasty" featuring Roxy Cottontail; it was re-released in the UK in 2011. In 2010, Tee collaborated with celebrity blogger
Perez Hilton and
Amanda Lepore to produce Hilton's first music track. Tee has remixed artists including Sia, Iggy Azalea, Steve Aoki, R.E.M., Lady Gaga, Roisin Murphy, Kele of Bloc Party, and Cher. In 2011, Tee moved to
Shoreditch, London. He ran a weekly night in east London called Super Electric Party Machine at East Bloc every Friday Night, and XOYO, which has featured artists like Charli XCX, Brooke Candy, AME from Duke Dumonts #1 smash, Le1f, Ssion, and 2 Bears' Rolf. In June 2015, Tee moved to Berlin to run TZUJI from Germany and run KRANK parties in Berlin. TZUJI has since been featured on shows such as
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,
X Factor, and similar shows in several countries. The brand is associated with such entertainers as
Rhianna,
Missy Elliott, and
Sean Kingston, and is sold in such shops as La Petite Mort and the Dover Street Market in New York, V Files, Asos Marketplace, Flasher (on Melrose, in Los Angeles), Borderline Apparel (in London), and Chaos-Labs (in Berlin). In 2020, Tee launched the Fashertainment Inc website for forthcoming reality TV project of the same name. In 2023, Tee moved to Los Angeles with his partner, drag queen Morgan Wood. In 2024 he produced music with Love Bailey, DJ'd at Just Like Heaven Festival and appeared in a documentary about the Butthole Surfers. In 2025, Tee wrote music for the reality competition show for drag kings,
King of Drag, broadcast on
Revry. His music was featured in the first episode where contestants had to write verses and perform in two boy bands. ==References==