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“She puts her all into her scenes and I feel she’s good at capturing people’s attention.” —director J. Royal
Mystique became a ZZ exclusive in February on the heels of six crowd-pleasing scenes for the site in 2021, one of which was a shower session titled “Soak Her All In” with seasoned deal- closer Isiah Maxwell.
“Performing with Ebony is a treat because you know you’re in for a good day and also because I leave set feeling more knowledgeable,” Maxwell, the 10-year industry veteran from Cleveland, Ohio, tells AVN. “We converse over deep topics made for us to think bigger and better. Her rapid growth in this industry is due to her intelligence. She understood early how to take control of her brand and blow it up. You’ll get all that with one conversation with her.”
Her popularity on Brazzers comes as no surprise to veteran shooter J. Royal, the co-owner, executive producer and director of PinkyXXX, the site that launched Mystique’s career in 2019 when her first hardcore video went viral even though she was wearing a mask opposite Rob Piper.
“To be honest, me and Pinky been in the business for about 16 years, we’ve been dealing with many girls and introducing girls to the industry and we haven’t really seen anybody build a strong fanbase as quick as she did, and also getting contracted that fast,” Royal tells AVN.
“So the progress she’s made since she’s been in the industry is something I haven’t seen... My opinion is she has a certain magic when the cameras come on. I think she just makes it look fun. She puts her all into her scenes and I feel she’s good at capturing people’s attention.”
No argument here.
The Oakland, Calif.-native J. Royal partnered with the adult industry legend Pinky in 2006 to launch her official site with the vision of “having fun and giving the fans something that they would really enjoy.”
“Pinky is just a girl who came into the business who really loves sex and loves her job and wanted to express that on film,” J. Royal says. “Of course the money is important but we were not putting the finances first.”
However what J. Royal and Pinky did prioritize was creating authentic porn that the fans want to see. Enter Mystique, who has been one of the most requested performers on PinkyXXX since her splashy arrival.
Her first sex scene without a mask—with Jovan Jordan—went live on PinkyXXX in August 2019; she returned five more times in the next two years, ballin’ with primetime performers such as Rico Strong, BK Brick, Damion Dayski and Maxwell—as well as leading ladies such as Kyler Quinn, Jayden Starr and Isabelle Miller, among others.
According to J. Royal, who directed the action every time Mystique was on set in those early days, she made it look easy from the start.
“To be honest, she took to it like she always been doing it, like it was meant to be,” Royal says.
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