Alaya From That Girl Lay Lay

Published: Nov. 29, 2022, 1 a.m.

Born in Houston, That Girl Lay Lay is a social media star and hip-hop prodigy who has taken the world by storm with her infectious energy and sharp rhymes. She has been writing, producing, rapping and singing since the age of five, and at age 11 became the youngest female rapper to sign a recording deal and create her own imprint, Fresh Rebel Muzik/EMPIRE. Her music videos garner millions of views, with her smash hits “Mama” and “Supersize XL” having amassed over 100 million views on YouTube to date between the two.

For her work on the series, That Girl Lay Lay earned a nomination for an NAACP Image Award in the “Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series)” category. Additionally, season one of That Girl Lay Lay shattered ratings records last Fall and was consistently #1 in their time slot across all TV among K6-11,