Everything old is new again.
New York drag icon Kevin Aviance continues to gain fashionable fans after Beyoncé sampled his 1996 song “C**ty” on her “Renaissance” album.
On Tuesday, Aviance dusted off the 27-year-old track while performing at the Daily’s annual cocktail party to celebrate Pride at the Hard Rock Hotel’s New York RT60 rooftop and lounge.
And the crowd ate it up!
Guests lined up in the lounge area and cheered Aviance on as he worked the room runway-style, performing three songs including the one Beyoncé sampled.
“Come on baby! Come on,” model Victoria Brito shouted while capturing the performance on her phone.
Aviance told Page Six he was shocked when he found out Beyoncé sampled his song for her track “Pure/Honey” when she released it last year.
“I feel like someone heard me. I’m vindicated. She gets it. I’m just so honored and overwhelmed,” he told us at the time.
Beyoncé and her team didn’t give him a heads up she was using his vocal. “I heard it and I was like, ‘Wow!’ The song lives, and that’s all I ever wanted it to do,” he said.
He told the crowd at the Daily’s celebration, “this Pride is about celebrating, about protesting. It’s about us standing up, and standing with each other. We’re here. We’re not going anywhere. Respect us and call it a day.”
The Daily’s chief content officer, Eddie Roche, echoed Aviance, remarking at the party: “This year, more than ever, we need to stand together as a community to celebrate the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Pride and equality are always in fashion!”
Gillian Hearst, Marc Bouwer and party kids Sophie Sumner, CT Hedden, Daniel Walters and Jack James Busa of the Muses also attended.
Jennifer Lopez was there — in spirit at least — as in her new Delola cocktails brand supplied the booze.
A small group of partygoers ended the night dining at the hotel’s NYY Steak restaurant.
