Sexxy Red in Miami Gardens in December 2024.Photo:Ivan Apfel/Getty
Ivan Apfel/Getty
Sexxy Red’s career could have gone in a totally different direction.In aninterview withDazedon Feb. 12, the rapper (whose real name is Janae Wherry), 26, revealed that she was offered a permanent position in the WWE as a wrestler.While she didn’t have the time to properly train for WWE Stardom, she insteadmade a cameo with wrestling icon Shawn Michaels.Sexxy Red in Miami Gardens in December 2024.Ivan Apfel/GettyFor Sexxy Red, wrestling is similar to acting.“Rapping and wrestling are pretty much the same,” she told the publication. “It’s not quite acting, but it’s kind of acting too, right? Because when we go home and take off all our jewels and gold and remove the costumes we wear, we then have to go right back to reality with our families.”In May 2024, the “U My Everything” musician made her WWE NXT Debut,perBillboard.At the sports event, she unveiled the brand new NXT North American Women’s Championship belt and later escorted NXT champion Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans for their match, where she twerked and did a split in the ring.Backstage, the St. Louis native encountered Michaels where the pair sang his classic theme song “Sexy Boy.“In a December 2024 interview with PEOPLE, Sexxy Red reflected on the surprise of finding success as an artist.“My life took a turn,” she said. “I ain’t saying for the worst, but it definitely took a turn. It took a turn, a crazy turn. Something I wasn’t expecting. When I was little, I never said ‘I’m going to be a singer, I’m going to be a rapper.’“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Sexxy Red in Chicago in August 2024.Ryan Bakerink/FilmMagicSexxy Red continued: “I used to want to be a hairstylist. I used to want to work on cars. I used to want to work on houses. I thought I was going to open a salon. I didn’t think I knew how to rhyme and stuff, I didn’t think that it was going to be like what it is.“Elsewhere in the conversation, the “SkeeYee” performer discussed why she thinks her music has appealed to so many different demographics.“It is funny. It’s funny, but it not a shocker because I just relate to everybody. I relate to old people, white people, Black people, purple people, pink people, gay people, straight people. I just relate to everybody. God, I feel like I relate to everybody. I’m just like a free spirit. For real, for real. I don’t care about nothing,” she said.
Sexxy Red’s career could have gone in a totally different direction.
In aninterview withDazedon Feb. 12, the rapper (whose real name is Janae Wherry), 26, revealed that she was offered a permanent position in the WWE as a wrestler.
While she didn’t have the time to properly train for WWE Stardom, she insteadmade a cameo with wrestling icon Shawn Michaels.
Sexxy Red in Miami Gardens in December 2024.Ivan Apfel/Getty
For Sexxy Red, wrestling is similar to acting.
“Rapping and wrestling are pretty much the same,” she told the publication. “It’s not quite acting, but it’s kind of acting too, right? Because when we go home and take off all our jewels and gold and remove the costumes we wear, we then have to go right back to reality with our families.”
In May 2024, the “U My Everything” musician made her WWE NXT Debut,perBillboard.
At the sports event, she unveiled the brand new NXT North American Women’s Championship belt and later escorted NXT champion Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans for their match, where she twerked and did a split in the ring.
Backstage, the St. Louis native encountered Michaels where the pair sang his classic theme song “Sexy Boy.”
In a December 2024 interview with PEOPLE, Sexxy Red reflected on the surprise of finding success as an artist.
“My life took a turn,” she said. “I ain’t saying for the worst, but it definitely took a turn. It took a turn, a crazy turn. Something I wasn’t expecting. When I was little, I never said ‘I’m going to be a singer, I’m going to be a rapper.’”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Sexxy Red in Chicago in August 2024.Ryan Bakerink/FilmMagic
Ryan Bakerink/FilmMagic
Sexxy Red continued: “I used to want to be a hairstylist. I used to want to work on cars. I used to want to work on houses. I thought I was going to open a salon. I didn’t think I knew how to rhyme and stuff, I didn’t think that it was going to be like what it is.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, the “SkeeYee” performer discussed why she thinks her music has appealed to so many different demographics.
“It is funny. It’s funny, but it not a shocker because I just relate to everybody. I relate to old people, white people, Black people, purple people, pink people, gay people, straight people. I just relate to everybody. God, I feel like I relate to everybody. I’m just like a free spirit. For real, for real. I don’t care about nothing,” she said.
source: people.com
