IBTHH Radio Show Feat Nyla Vamp

Nyla Vamp born Anna Lankford on July 12 1993 in Venice, CA. With nine siblings growing up, being the middle child allowed her a chance to absorb the maturity of her older siblings yet she still has a youthful attitude that she gained playing with youngsters in the family. Recognizing her need to perform on a major platform, her parents enrolled her in ballet, contemporary modern, tap, jazz and ethnic dance beginning at the young age of 2. In addition to taking professional dance classes at Santa Monica College, she became aware of her talents as a singer in the Holy Name Catholic Church Choir. It was at Culver City High School that she knew that her voice was above average while performing with the Chamber Choir.While most will identify Nyla Vamp as rapper/singer, becoming a working SAG-AFTRA member has landed her several opportunities to be in front of the camera. As a child she has been featured in commercials for Barbie, Tylenol and Corn Pops Cereal. After relocating to Atlanta, GA in 2013 she was able to add to her acting resume with appearances on BET-“The Game”, BET-“Being Mary Jane” and Bishop TD Jakes Talk Show “Mind, Body and Soul”  and feature film “Lila and Eve”.Though you can catch Nyla Vamp rocking to oldies but goodies from greats such as Smokie Robinson, Blue Magic or Ted Nugent, her goals are set to gain a lasting fan base in the hip hop community. Her contagious confidence has quickly gained the attention of LA and Atlanta Tastemakers.Nyla Vamp was born 1 of 10 kids Los Angeles, Ca. She grew up dancing ballet and contemporary modern dance professionally. She also started singing in the church in the choir at a young age. In high school Nyla began writing poetry as an outlet for her emotions bc she was bullied. She continued writing poetry and one day met a man from Sri Lanka who thought her writing and voice would sound good on a musical track. He invited her to write a song with him and they started performing locally. Eventually he got Nyla into the recording studio and they started posting music online.After a few months a woman reached out to Nyla Via Facebook and thought she has star qualities and arranged for Nyla to move to Atlanta to start a professional career in the music industry. The woman took Nyla as far as they could go together then she set her free to soar as high as her heart desired.Nyla tried to make a career out of being a music artist but the industry ran her ragged. With little family support and no real friends she fell into a depression using drugs and alcohol to cope. Her music career spiraled down hill but she turned her focus into acting. She also began video blogging her traumatic life experiences and her transparency created a following from people all over the world. After her videos began getting thousands of views she was asked to audition to be a television talk show host. In 2017, Nyla became the host of a local television show called Destination Hip Hop. She is also the founder of a sisterhood called Goddess Gang which is all about women empowerment and support. Today, Nyla is going into taping her 3rd season, she triumphed over her drug and alcohol addiction and she is a living testimony on overcoming. She continues to be a positive role model for people everywhere and although she feels as though she lived and thousand lives her life is only just getting started!