La La (entertainer)
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| La La | ||
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| Birth name | Alani Vasquez | |
| Born | June 25, 1979 | |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, USA | |
Alani "La La" Vásquez (born in June 25, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American disc jockey , TV personality and MTV VJ of Puerto Rican descent.
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[edit] Early years
Vásquez' mother and father, both of Puerto Rican descent, met in New York City where they married. They settled in the borough of Brooklyn where Vasquez was born. She also has a younger brother, Christian, from the same marriage. There she received her primary and secondary education; as a young child, she was involved in many activities; however, music was her main interest. Her mother divorced and re-married and moved to Georgia.
[edit] Career
In Atlanta, Vasquez obtained a job as a programming assistant at WHTA-FM radio station. After working for some time at the station, she decided to attend college and relocated to Washington, D.C., where she attended Howard University and studied communications studies. While attending college, she worked as a disc jockey for that institution's radio station. Vazquez subsequently returned to Atlanta, and there she received her first big break when she debuted in a radio show alongside Ludacris, called Future Flavas.
In 1999, she moved to Los Angeles, California, and went to work for KKBT-FM radio. There she was noticed by MTV and was invited to audition, although was not called back until a year later in 2003. She is currently the host for TRL, Direct Effect, MTV2 Hip Hop, and Ladies Night mix show on Hot 97.
Vasquez has also appeared in "Hot In There," "Oh Boy," "Drops Top Bentley," and "Famed Invita."
Vasquez made her film debut in 2001 as Bobby the DJ in Two Can Play That Game starring Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut. In 2002 she participated in the film Urban Massacre as Pam Jackson. She also made a cameo in Fat Joe's music video for "So Much More". She has a supporting role as herself in 2004's You Got Served. She was also featured in a sketch on Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes.
She is currently the co-host of MTV's Direct Effect and Total Request Live, along with hosting the reunion specials for both seasons of VH1's Flavor of Love.
[edit] Notes
She got engaged to Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony on New Years Eve in 2004[1st janurary 2005}. He proposed to her while hosting New Year's Eve party. They are now proud parents of a new born baby boy Kiyan Anthony.
