It was 7:15pm and by this time
I didn't think my 7:00pm phone interview
with Instagram Star LalaSizaHands89
was gonna come through...
7:17pm...*phone rings*
"Hello?..Hello?"
"Is that anyway to answer your phone for an interview."
I knew it was her! This interview was so fun and she is just as
entertaining on the phone like on social media.
Check out the transcript below!
Scotty :How did you first get in to doing Instagram
videos?
Lala: I got into
making Instagram videos because I had a lot of time on my hands when I first
moved to Georgia and I saw that everyone was doing it and getting free stuff
and I was like “shoot I wanna do that too”.
Scotty : Where are you originally from?
Lala: I am originally
from, for the most part, North Carolina but part of my childhood was spent in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Scotty: What’s your
process like for making IG videos?
Lala: Well, I keep a
notepad full of ideas honestly. So
brainstorming ideas every time something happens that is hilarious I’m like
“Oh, let me put that in my notepad, So I can go back and do it”. Making videos is done on my iPhone, So I’ll
record it and I’ll use iMovie to edit on my computer sometimes or my phone and
then I’ll post it.
Scotty: “Are there a
plentiful amount of n****s in your DM?”
Lala: Yes, absolutely.
Scotty: What’s the
craziest thing you have received?
Lala: The craziest
thing you can imagine.
Scotty: Eggplants?
Lala: You already know.
Scotty: How do you deal with the haters in your comments
section?
Lala: I don’t
[laughter]
Scotty: Do you get
recognized a lot in public?
Lala: Of course, it’s a lot of people who sometimes will
freak-out or they’ll secretly try to take pictures, they want hugs. Quite
frankly I enjoy it but, sometimes it still catches me off guard, but to answer
your question in short yes.
Scotty: When did you start getting recognized?
Lala: When I went
viral after Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen” video, and then everyone would be like
“you’re that trap queen girl” [laughter]
Scotty: So it the IG business as lucrative as everyone
thinks it is.
Lala: Yes
Scotty: So what is your relationship like with
BlameItOnKway?
Lala: That’s my
bestfriend.
Scotty: Where y’all friends before IG?
Lala: Honey, we met
through Instagram. He hit me up and he
put me on one of the popular things at that moment and then we were doing
shout-out for shout-out, then we were like “we gotta meet up” and we met for
the first time in L.A. and we’ve been attached ever since.
Scotty: Who are some
of your Famous IG friends?
Lala: Yung Poppy, Supa, Tokyo, 2RealMacDatFee, EastIvo, a
lot of the New Orleans people we all
know each other and we’re really cool.
It really just depends on who your favorites are, and who you see, and
who you spend more time with. But, I
have a relationship with, anybody for the most part with anyone who you can
name.
Scotty: What’s the next move for you building your platform
and your brand?
Lala: That’s a cute question, I love that! The next thing which
I have already gotten into is Merchandising for my brand. Merchandising then move into Television,
hopefully I’ll be on your T.V. soon, whether it be for your T.V. series not
reality. Movies, commericals, and who knows maybe even radio but those are
steps I would love to take but nothing is written in stone but I definitely
don’t see it just staying to Instagram or social media.
Scotty: That was my
biggest for y’all, I didn’t want ya’ll just to stay to Instagram I want y’all
to go out and get it.
Lala: We all are trying to go out there and get it. Just
some of our hustles are a little bit different than the next persons. Just because we’re known are social media
doesn’t mean we can go and get put on T.V., you know we have to be seen as fit
or suitable for their T.V. show and a lot of people don’t respect us because
they feel that we have easy because we’re social media sensations they don’t
feel like we’ve put in the work like they used to back in the day.
Scotty: They think
y’all have it easy, so they don’t respect y’all or pick up your phone calls
because of that?
Lala: Not necessarily
pick up our phone calls but they feel like “oh just because you have this
following, doesn’t mean we don’t want you to go to acting classes” which that
takes time people have spent years in acting classes. Meanwhile I have a million skits here that
people think are funny but you don’t think that’s enough.
Scotty: So it’s like a hindrance in a way?
Lala: Not necessarily
a hindrance but people assume that feel like we’re this and that because we
have our platform and they basically want to make an example out of us. Like,
remind us and give us a reality check like “calm down, it’s not all that”. You
know what I mean?
Scotty: Yes, I know what you mean.
Lala: Then they’ll do it out in public when we go to the
clubs. They’ll know exactly who we are
but they try and show us “you ain’t nobody”.
Scotty: That’s wack though
Lala: Oh absolutely honey I don’t get mad, I just get money!
[Laughter]
To follow Lala check her out on IG/Twitter at @LalaSizaHands89
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