Anzzia Magazine 7:2018 | Page 27

interview

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I want to go for all of these things I wanted to do." So

I set out wanting to make a CD, five years ago and I

didn't really know what I was doing. I kind of got

taken advantage of by these producers where I paid

them and they kind of just took my money and

disappeared.

Anzzia: oh no.

Cha Cha: That was really disheartening. But, then I

would say, I took on a mentor who is a singer. I started

following her around to all of her shows. She's also in the D.C. Grammy Chapter, she really got me into the music world and the more I immersed myself in it the more I think

it boosted my confidence more to like, give

it a try, to put just one song out there.

So, I started with just one song.

Anzzia: What was the song?

Cha Cha: It's called Daddy. That was my

first single. Then I made a music video

for it the next year while I was in L.A.

and it was crazy how that happened.

Because I put my website in this group

of models, photographers and actors in

L.A. My mentor goes to The Grammy's

like, every year.

Anzzia: Who is your mentor?

Cha Cha: Her name is Deborah Bond.

So she invited me to The Grammy's one

year. After a couple of

years of mentoring she invited me.

The second time I didn't go to The

Grammy's but, I just went to L.A. with

her. Just to go to some events with

her and stuff like that. Anyways,

these people reached out to me and

they were like "Hey, we want to

shoot a music video for you." I

was like, "Where did you hear my

song?" and they said, "Oh, on

your website when you posted

your link." Mind you I was looking

for photographers to do like,

shoots with. I was not expecting to

run into videographers and it was

these two girls from China. I think

they're from China. They came and