AUSTIN, Texas — If you’re among the people who began 2022 ugly crying through the Austin edition of Netflix reality show “Queer Eye,” then you probably were charmed by the story of BlackLight, a local rapper with a hard-hitting flow and the cutest baby on television. Season 6 episode “The Mis-Inspiration of Reggie DeVore” focuses on his efforts to reinvigorate his music career after a year of pandemic shutdowns.
DeVore, an Air Force veteran and father to two boys, was familiar with the Emmy Award-winning reality TV show, but he had no idea his wife nominated him to be a “Queer Eye” hero. (That's what the show calls the people who receive life overhauls each episode.)
It was “so left field” from where his mind was at, he said. After a successful 2019, which included a slot opening for Katy Perry and Dua Lipa at a music festival in India, he had fallen into a creative slump as the coronavirus pandemic forced tour cancellations and closures of music venues. Plus: He and his wife, author Sasha DeVore, had just welcomed a surprise second son, Baby Stokely. Their older son, Little Reggie, is 13.
