Street Queen Entertainment
Presents
Miss Mama Queen
Lasheka Benford, better known as Lil Mama,Miss Mama Queen, or just Queen, is one of the best female rappers on the come up as of right now. At just the age of 21 she writes her own music, as well as writes R&B songs for others,"I'm Cold with the R and B songwriting ! I been working with several local artists, just trying to get my name in the songwriting game. Best so work so far is "Happiness" and "Upz and Downz", both of those songs are on Myspace at www.myspace.com/streetqueenzentrandb."
She has already been compared to majority of all the female rappers in the game, but when it is all said and done just wants to be one of the best to ever do it. She recently just sold over 40,000 ringtones on Myxer, she felt this was one of her biggest accomplishments, being that she has no big marketing schemes or major promotion."Im down here in this small city, and its people in the U.K. That have me on there ringtone. Like there's 40,000 people out there that when their phone ring, my song plays. That's incredible to me. Hopefully this time next year we will be discussing my million downloads accomplishment."
So who is Lil Mama? "Well Lil Mama is a name that was given to me when I was a lil one, like months old. Ive always been called that ever since. And at one point it was also my rap name, but I had to change it, due to legal issues with the other female rapper Lil' Mama. So now I go by Miss Mama Queen or Queen whateva floats best. But who is Miss Mama Queen? She's a ordinary female out here grinding trying to provide for me and mines one way or the other." When it comes to her influences she came up listening to Mary J. Blige,TLC,Aaliyah,and Monica, but the first rapper that she actually got into was Eve."I use to write down her lyrics and recite them, and be all hype about it. That was back in the 8th grade, and then I just started rapping myself. Then I started listening to different artists and different styles of Hip Hop. I love Jay-Z, Pac, Nas, Fab, Remy Ma (Free Remy), T.I., Weezy, Kanye, and many others."
When it comes to the lack of female rappers in the industry, "I think a major problem that females dont realize is that it aint healthy to come in the game on a man's coatails, especially if he's already established. Alot of women settle for less too often when it comes to record deals and promotion. Also the females I've seen currently, it seems like they're scared to come out of the norm. Also at the same time, these labels are scared to put full promotion into a female rapper, which means that we have to work ten times harder than a male.The females that dont realize this fact, sit back and wait for the label to push the album, which is not gon' happen. There's a female from a round this way named Lady Dolla, thats one female i can say that has hustled from square one, to the top of her game, by her lonesome. just by gettin it in, working hard. I'm inspired by her, I believe she's with Chopper City Records now. But I admire her for that, and it encourages me. Thats why I'm not big on signing to no huge label, im already aware that it's every female for themself in this game."
" I can turn nothing into something, same time dismiss something like its Nothing!" To me that means that coming where im from, we had to make something out of nothing, erythang that I got now, wasn't given to me, I had to work for it. At the same time, some things or people may seem important, but sometimes you just have to let things go.
Her target marketers for her music, are young teenage females in the hood or the urban market. Being that she has experienced some of the same struggles they have in the past and currently, whether it's speaking about relationships,love, or whatever the situation might be. This February she begins working on her Debut release under her record label Street Queenz Entertainment. None of her other work has actually been put in stores just pushed out in the streets,but on this debut she wants to go all the way and see what the business has in store for her. She looks foward to working on the songwriting tip with Beyonce, Keyshia, Monica, Lil Mo, and Mary J. Blige. Rap wise, she's looking forward to working with Remy Ma. "Since she been locked up, the female game been quiet. I see Nikki shaking some thangs but im trynna get in there, and do me."
With all that said first and foremost big shoutouts to Jaszy for giving me this opportunity, best wishes to everything you put ya hands on Homie. Thanks to all the fans in every hood, city, state, and country. Shoutouts to My Street and Online Teamz. To my Manager D, Myxer.com, Block2Block, HTHG, and Rawksteady, thanx for the support. BIG UPZ TO ALLL MY HATAZZ ! MWAHHHHH!
STREET QUEENZ ENTERTAINMENT
To hear some of Miss Mama Queen's music/ringtones go to:
**www.myxer.com/missmamaqueen
**www.myspace.com/streetqueenzentertainment
**www.myspace.com/missmamaqueen
**On Facebook- LaSheka Benford
