Alani Vazquez Anthony (born June 25, 1979), better known as La La, is an American actress, radio disc jockey, and television personality.

Early years

Vazquez's parents were both Nuyorican. Vasquez, along with her brother and two sisters, were born in Brooklyn. As a child, Vazquez was involved in many activities, but music was her main interest.

Career

In Atlanta, Vazquez worked as a programming assistant at WHTA radio. While a student at Redan High School, she received her first big break with her debut in a radio show, alongside Ludacris, called Future Flavas. After working for some time at the station, she decided to relocate to Washington, D.C., where she attended Howard University and studied Communications. While at Howard, she worked as a disc jockey at WHUR, the campus radio station.

In 1999, she moved to Los Angeles, California, and went to work at KKBT radio. There, she was noticed by MTV and was invited to audition, although was not called back until a year after the audition. She was the co-host of MTV's Direct Effect and Total Request Live. She has also hosted the reunion specials for all seasons of VH1's Flavor of Love, both seasons of I Love New York, the first season of Real Chance of Love, the first season of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School and For the Love of Ray J. In addition, she often introduced stories on MTV's High School Stories and she appeared as a dean on VH1's Charm School with Ricki Lake.

Vazquez made her film debut in 2001 in Two Can Play That Game. Her other film credits include Urban Massacre (2002), Monster Island (2003), and You Got Served.

LaLa launched her personal website, IamLaLa.com in April 2012. The site is an interactive community for her fans and friends focusing on fashion, hair and beauty, pop culture, family life, relationships and everything in between.

Personal life

Vazquez became engaged to Carmelo Anthony on Christmas Day 2004. Their son, Kiyan Carmelo Anthony, was born on March 7, 2007.

They were married by Michael Eric Dyson on July 10, 2010 at Cipriani's in New York before 320 guests, including Justin Timberlake, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Lamar Odom, Ciara, Trina, Chris Paul, Amar'e Stoudemire, Serena Williams, Kenyon Martin, Hakim Warrick, Jim Boeheim, Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, Spike Lee, and LeBron James. The ceremony was filmed by VH1 and aired as part of a reality series on the couple, titled La La's Full Court Wedding.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Two Can Play That Game	Bobby the DJ
2002	Urban Massacre	Pam Jackson
	Total Request Live	Herself	TV series
2002"2006	Direct Effect	Host	TV series
2003	50 Cent: The New Breed	Herself	Documentary
	Sex and the City	MTV Interviewer	TV series; episode: "The Post-it Always Sticks Twice"
2004	You Got Served	Herself
	Monster Island	Herself	TV movie
	One on One	Kendra	TV series; episode: "Phatheadz"
	Soul Plane	Herself
	Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
2006	Da Jammies	Angelique	Voice
	Flavor of Love	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion"
	Chappelle's Show	Herself	TV series; episode: #3.2
	Flavor of Love 2	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion: After the Lovin"
2007	Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
2008	I Love New York 2	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
2009	For the Love of Ray J	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
	Charm School with Ricki Lake	Judge/Dean
2010	La La's Full Court Wedding	Herself	TV series
2010	Gun (2010 film)	Herself	movie

See also

• List of notable Puerto Ricans
• Category:Hip hop DJs

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