Willi Ninja was born on April 12, 1961 (to September 2, 2006). He was a dancer, performance artist, and choreographer who was featured in the ball community documentary film, “Paris is Burning.” William Roscoe Leake grew up in Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens, where he began dancing at the age of seven. He had an undistinguished school career, but his talent soon led him to Manhattan. Arriving in Greenwich Village in the late 1970s, Willi Ninja […]

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