Vita (rapper)

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Vita
Background information
Birth name	La'Vita Raynor
Also known as	Vita, Hot Totti
Born	September 26, 1981
Origin	Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
Genre(s)	Hip-Hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, songwriter, actress
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	Hype Williams (1996–1999) The Inc. Records (1999–2002) The Black Wall Street Records (2005–2006)
Website	Vita Myspace Page

La'Vita Raynor "Vita" a female rapper born on September 26, 1981, from Plainfield, New Jersey is half-Bermudan & half-African American. She first got a real life look into being a rapper when her older sister, Kima, joined Bad Boy Entertainment's R&B trio, Total. Later she signed a management contract to Hype Williams, a well known music video director. In 1999, under the name Hot Totti, she appeared in the Hype Williams film "Belly" playing DMX's girlfriend on the side. In the same year she also signed her first deal with Murder Inc., joining Irv Gotti's super group The Murderers. The Murderers made their debut with the release of "Irv Gotti present: The Murderers". Vita's self-titled song "Vita" was the album's third single. She was scheduled to release her debut album La Docle Vita in 2000, however it was never released. After constant album delays she left the label to sign to The Game's The Black Wall Street Records label, but according to Vita's My Space page she is no longer signed to Game's Black Wall Street nor is she listed on the label website.

Vita also appears in the unreleased film titled "Blue Sombrero" playing the character of Angelina.

Portfolio

Mobb Deep's "Burn".
N*E*R*D's debut single, "Lapdance".
Ja Rule's singles "Down 4 U" and "Put It On Me"
In 2000 she appeared on the Next Friday soundtrack with Ja Rule on a track called We Murderers Baby.
The Murder Inc. Remix of Faith Evans' "Good Life," which appeared on the soundtrack to The Fast and the Furious.
The Game's "Fall Back (Vita freestyle)" and "Twisted" (Vita freestyle) from the 2004 album "You Know What It Is Vol. 2".

Vita also contributed a song to a hip hop version of Madonna's controversial hit, "Justify My Love", which featured Ashanti. She can also be seen in a cameo in Ashanti's debut solo video, "Foolish".