A fourth-generation lower east sider, Sir Ari Gold was born and raised in the orthodox Jewish community of Pelham Parkway in The Bronx and discovered singing at age five at his brother’s bar mitzvah. Ari’s parents Lynn and Sid Gold were raised by Eastern European immigrant butchers, bus drivers and shmatta workers and were the first generation to receive a formal education. Their life-long commitment as educators for the NY Board Of Education inspired Ari to receive his BA from New York University, graduating with the Honors Day Award. Ari also studied Queer Theory and LGBTQ studies at Yale on a program he devised when the discipline was new to undergraduates. Ari began his professional singing career at age six, playing the lead role in a CBS Children’s Record Pot Belly Bear.  As an independent singer/songwriter/producer, Ari has gone on to become a Billboard Top 10 Recording Artist, Independent Music Award Winner, USA Songwriting Competition GRAND PRIZE Winner, and 3x Outmusic Award winner & “Visionary Award” recipient by the LGBT Academy of Recording Arts. Ari is proud to have received his knighthood by a royal drag queen from the Imperial Court of New York at The Night of a Thousand Gowns, one of the longest standing human rights organizations in the world. Ari’s music has been heard on hit TV shows Scrubs and Cougar Town. He has been featured on VH-1, MTV, BBC, Top of The Pops, Bravo and LOGO w/ more #1 Videos than any artist. He’s received critical acclaim in People Magazine, Vibe, W, V, New York Magazine, Perez Hilton, HuffPo, Advocate & is an OUT100 recipient. Ari is a published essay writer and has collaborated with Boy George, RuPaul, Laverne Cox and noted by influencers like Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Musto and Clive Davis. Ari has acted in plays by Tony nominated Colman Domingo and in RuPaul's cult film Starrbooty. He’s headlined concerts in Europe, Canada, and in over 40 states including his hometown NYC at Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub and Central Park’s Summerstage. As a child vocalist he has sung on over 400 TV and radio jingles, voiced characters for Jem and the Holograms, Cabbage Patch Kids and sang on Diana Ross record Swept Away. He can be seen paying tribute to one of his idols, George Michael, in the “Too Funky” remake with Peppermint and the stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 9. His 5th studio album Soundtrack To Freedom released under the collective GoldNation is OUT NOW with five new music videos. His third remix album, Remix To Freedom, is being released every month since July 2018 and is scheduled to drop in its entirety June 2019 for World Pride in NY commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall.

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