King Molasses (They/them) is an award-winning drag king and performing artist based in Washington, DC. They are the winner of King of Drag (Season 1), the first-ever televised drag king competition series. Molasses' reigns as DC’s Best Drag King from 2022 through 2025, consecutively. They have been featured on Bravo, The Washington Post, Good Morning America, and NPR. 

A DMV native, Molasses debuted in 2018 and has since become a fixture in the district’s performing arts scene. Their movement has been commissioned nationwide, including the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian galleries, and Sasha Velour’s acclaimed NYC drag revue, NightGowns. 

Their drag is a call to mindfulness, embodiment, Black surrealism, and heritage-based movements that dare to create images of self-liberation.