LaLah

Once in a while, a musical
child prodigy comes along and disrupts the flow of the music industry. That
prodigy can be found anywhere across the world wherever music can be heard and
taken seriously. In the heart of Miami, one such artist is on the verge of
stardom, still in her adolescent years, she definitely portrays the talent to
exceed beyond where others dream. With her vocal singing talent, that was
inherited from her mother, along with her lyrical skill, which she writes all on
her own, music is, without a doubt, predominate in her life. Her name is more
like a musical tone, a sound you sing with rhythm and melody, her style, her
attitude, her talents, and her ability to make you rewind her track a second
time is unquestionably the reason why you need to check this talented lyricist
out for yourself. With the buzz she’s creating right now, there is no stopping
her reign. I introduce you to the voice of her people, the one and only LaLah.

I recently caught up with
LaLah at Proffesir’s studio, Pro Muzick, while she was working on
her anticipated mixtape. 24hourhiphop.com
got a chance to sit down and get to know the young, humble, and intelligent Ms.
LaLah, this is the first exclusive interview that you will only see here.      

24: First
off, how is everything with the most talented Ms. LaLah?

LaLah:
Everything’s great. I’m waiting on the Lord
to bless me and allow me to give this music to the community and show the world
what I’m able to portray. So I’m just waiting on a blessing to come along.

24: Let’s
get directly into it; can you give us a brief history of the beginnings of
LaLah?

LaLah: Well,
I grow up in Miami, Florida; I grew
up around music since my mother was an artist herself. AS my come up, I went
from dancing to gymnastics and that bought me to where I am now. I’m still
focusing on dance, focusing on school, of course, and that’s the basics.

24: Growing
up, who were your favorite artists and how did you react to their lyrics and
subject matter?

LaLah:
Growing up I had a lot of favorite artists, 2Pac, female artists like Eve
and Left Eye. The makings that had a
positive vibe for everyone, not really hardcore people, but people that had
something to say. But anyone that had basically positive subject matter.

24: At a
young age, you studied ballet and modern dance, so could you say you could
choreograph your own dance moves?

LaLah: Yeah,
of course, I do it now in school. We have a program that we call student
choreography that a group of five of us that put together a show that becomes
part of a bigger show that we hold every year at our school. 

24: What
inspired you to get into the music industry?

LaLah: I
have always been around music since I was young. I grew up around my mother who
was around music all the time, but I saw that God blessed me with the ability to write, so I was like let me sit
down and actually do this, this is really cool, let me get into this. Besides
the fact its fun, I want to have a good influence on people and I found a great
way to do that.

24: Now
getting into your music, as a young artist, knowing that you have a huge
following of fans behind you, what message do you want to incorporate in your
songs?

LaLah: I
want to have a positive message, a message that tells kids to follow their dreams
and go for anything good that’s in their lives to go for, not to get into
selling drugs or quitting school. So basically, I want to express a positive
message of stay in school do what you have to do to get in college and pursue
to your greatest ability.

24: You work
directly with Pro Muzick Entertainment,
can you give us a brief history on how that all began?

LaLah: That
came from dancing with a previous artist that Proffesir use to work with. I came here one day and we were
practicing our choreography before a show so in the midst of that, Proffesir
was like does anybody here know how to rap or sing or anything, and at the
time, I was so shy I didn’t want to say anything, so he basically just forced
me to jump into the booth and being that I wasn’t all that good at freestyling
back then, I wrote up a couple of things and just let loose on the mic.
Proffesir was like yeah, you got the talent, the delivery, the voice, and
everything. So we exchanged numbers, he hit me up on myspace one day and it went
from there.

24: So how
does it feel to work with Proffesir
and his caliber of music?

LaLah: It’s
pretty well; I know we had our little disagreements and everything at first,
but as things worked through, we had to learn each other, we all have to learn
each other, so at about now it’s pretty well, it’s going better than before.

24: Knowing
that your music will mature with age, what direction would you keep it at?

LaLah: I’d
keep it at a positive note, very positive and of course it will get more mature
than it is now, but the crowd that I’m trying to reach right now, is 15, 16, 17
year olds, so when I hit another two years I’ll be older and more mature, but I
wouldn’t go about cursing and all that, I’ll keep a positive and semi-clean
attitude.

24: The
image that you are trying to portray, do you feel intimidation with the people
around you, or can you take that on and not worry about that?

LaLah: My
attitude, I can take a lot of things on, I don’t let people intimidate me at
all. All of us are equal people; I’ve been brought up with my mother teaching
me that you shouldn’t be afraid of any man on earth; only one you should fear
is God. The intimidation may look like it’s getting to me, but sometimes you
just have to sit back and be humble about certain things, it’s not just
intimidation to me, it’s just sitting back and learning how to listen.

24: So what
would you say sets you apart from other artist’s trying to make it in the game,
how would you prove your worth?

LaLah: Most
likely it’ll be my style, how I go about portraying everything. You know all of
us are somewhat equal, but we have our talents that set us apart from each
other. But most likely it will be my style.

24: They say
fame changes a person’s mindset, what are your thoughts on that?

LaLah: It
sometimes takes a hold, it can become very crazy in a person’s mind to think
that they’re bigger than other people, when it all boils down to it all of us
are still equal, we are all still human beings. So when people get real
bigheaded, it’s something there just mainly dealing with mentally. I personally
won’t get bigheaded, but I rather people get bigheaded of my music. 

24: I had a
chance to listen to a couple of your songs, they have definite potential; can
you give us a brief synopsis on tracks LaLaBop
and Boy Don’t Lie?

LaLah:
LaLaBop is a dance I’ve come up with that’s for fun and it’s not too hard. My
producer and I sat down and came up with the track and it just went from there,
it’s just a fun track, something that will come out that’s around the basis of
what is out now, it’s something fun for the kids. With the Boy Don’t Lie track,
that’s a personal track, it comes from a personal aspect, “I don’t need a
boyfriend.” and girls around my age really don’t need a boyfriend. That song comes
from a personal issue that Proffesir and I sat down and put together that
worked on both sides.

24: So when
can we expect the mixtape to grace the world?

LaLah: As
soon as possible, I have no idea what date it’ll drop, I’m leaving that up to
my management and production, but I know as soon as possible. You guys look out
for that, just know it’ll be soon.

24: How
would the fans go about getting in contact with you and listening to these
futuristic chart toppers?

LaLah: Ya’ll
can reach me on myspace at myspace.com/laladread, or if ya’ll see me around
just holla at me.

24: Thank
you for vibing one on one with 24hourhiphop.com,
do you any last words for your current and future fans?

LaLah: Just
look out for me, because I will hit hard and I’ll hit hard for all of us. I’ll
deliver the message that you can’t say, but I’ll deliver it across the world,
because I do have that same teenage mind frame, so I will be delivering that in
my music. Ya’ll look out for me and