Here is the biography of Somaya Reece:
Somaya Reece, a Salvadorian beauty from South Central Los Angeles, was born and raised in a garage to an immigrant Latino family. She grew up cleaning houses as a maid with her mother, refusing to be another statistic living "La Vida Loca" in gangs, jail, and experiencing a deadly gang-related death scare. Instead, she decided to change her life and began her journey to great accomplishments.
Recognized as a "Female Emcee You Need to Know" in XXL magazine in January 2011, Somaya Reece has successfully proven to be a viral marketing powerhouse with over 31 million views and more than 865,000 friends on MySpace. She is the number one Latina artist on MySpace.
Somaya Reece has been named the Hottest Latina in Music by Maxim en Español, voted "20 figuras latins en boca de todos" (20 most talked about Latin figures) and "Iconos de nuestra cultura" (Icons of today's culture) on MSN.com Latino.
As a triple threat in mainstream media, Somaya Reece has successfully crossed over from acting, to being the most successful independent artist of our time. She has been a professionally trained actress under the guidance of Aaron Speiser and has appeared in films and television shows such as American Psycho, The Scorpion King, Ride or Die, Miss Cast Away, GB2525, The Girl From The Naked Eye, Go For It, Girlfriends, and Entourage.
Somaya Reece has also been a commercially recognized persona, appearing in high-profile campaigns for Ralph Lauren, DKNY, Colgate, Pepsi, Budweiser, and Coors Light. She has been a TV personality, invited by producers of the Dr. Phil show to come onboard and share her story.
As a musician, Somaya Reece has independently achieved over 3.3 million spins in just ten and a half weeks for her debut single "Mira Mi Pum Pum", debuting on The "Latino Top 20 Countdown" show with Nico Jones on popular Latin radio station, Latino 96.3. Her second single, a club/dance mix "Girls Night" produced by The Pharmacy, reached over 1 million spins in less than 10 weeks.
