Laila! Talks Her Musical Inspirations, Making Her Own Way & More | Billboard Women In Music 2025 - video Dailymotion

Laila! caught up with Billboard’s Rania Aniftos & Jazzy on the red carpet at the Billboard Women in Music 2025.

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00:00How are you today? I'm good. This is my first like carpet. So I'm pretty hype

00:05Same mood same

00:06So when you hear like the women that are beyond there today, we have don't you we have Tyler we have Megan Maroney

00:12We have Jenny. We have a spot. Who are the people that are inspiring you as you go on in your journey?

00:17Um, yeah, I feel like I've always had so many female idols in music. I'm ever since I was a little girl

00:23from like Janet Jackson to Brandi to

00:26Mariah Carey Whitney Houston, so I feel like I've always been looking up to women, but I'm really excited about don't she and Tyler right now

00:34I'm like

00:36So it's super exciting I feel like yeah, we're doing a lot of amazing things and I feel like as a female producer

00:42You know, I really just want to continue that and you know, yeah. Yeah, and your dad most death is a hip-hop icon

00:48So did he in any way influence your career? I mean, yeah, I feel like I'm my own artist

00:53I feel like a lot of people kind of like make the correlation and I don't know

00:57It's it's easy to assume that but yeah, I feel like I've always been doing my own thing since I was young

01:02So yeah, it's very important to stand out and be unique and that's what you have been doing so far

01:07No problem, and I know that's right now and today we're going to we're here to celebrate women and give them their flowers

01:13So who's who's someone in your life that you're celebrating? I want to celebrate my mom. She's right there

01:20But I want to celebrate my mom because she yeah, she holds it down for me she's definitely been you know

01:26She's just been by my side through everything and I wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for her

01:30She's pushed me to believe in myself and put out my music in the first place

01:34So yeah, I have to celebrate her every day today and every day. Yes. Yes, and you know moms out there. They're very important and

01:42Support systems are also very important guys. Come on

01:45We have to support each other and as women we must uplift uplift each other and just empower one of them. Absolutely

01:52Once again, she's really dropping these golden lines

02:00Thank you so much