Club Mansion in Miami, Florida

Lola Monroe continued the Superbowl celebration at club Mansion in Miami, Florida last night. Check out some pictures below.

Club Cameo in Miami, Florida

Lola was spotted at club Cameo in Miami, Florida on February 6, 2010. Check out a picture below.

Lola Monroe was on the set of Trina’s “Million Dollar Girl” video shoot yesterday.

Lola Monroe at King of Diamonds in Miami

Lil Kim, Trina, Lisa Raye, Lola Monroe, Jones and Myammee partied it up at King Of Diamonds in Miami on February 5, 2010.

Superbowl Party at Karu & Y in Miami

Lola Monroe, Trina, Lil’ Kim, Lisa Raye and more partied at Karu & Y in Miami, Florida on February 5, 2010. Check out some from the night pictures below.

Pictures from ThisIs50.com’s Mic Check Live

Here are some pictures from the recording of ThisIs50.com’s Mic Check Live episode with Lola Monroe, Murda Mook and Cory Gunz.

Lola Monroe will be performing at Ed Lover’s celebrity birthday bash in Dallas, Texas during All-Star weekend on February 11, 2009. Check out the flyer for the event below.

Check out the video below of Lola Monroe and Boosie Bad Azz recording their mixtape “Untouchables” which is online and in stores now.

Lola Monroe on Mic Check Live

The second episode of Mic Check Live on ThisIs50.com features Murda Mook, Cory Gunz and Lola Monroe. Mic Check Live is the spot for live MC’ing. At Mic Check Live, it’s all about how you deliver live, no lipsync videos. At Mic Check Live you will see the hottest MC’s in the world displaying their skills whether it’s on a camera phone, live stream, or on stage in front of thousands.

Here are some photos from Lola Monroe’s performance at Hominy Lounge in Washington D.C. on January 2, 2010 along with a few other gallery updates. Thanks to barzini for the pictures.

Update: More photos have been added to both albums.

Performance:

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Washington Post Interview

Those who’ve long enjoyed ogling Lola Monroe in urban skin mags or music videos from the likes of 50 Cent and Trey Songz will have to be content with archival material from now on. The D.C. native (from Garfield Terrace, to be exact) formerly known as Angel Lola Luv stopped showing off her prodigious backside some time ago, to focus on rapping, and has no plans to model again.

Monroe, who just dropped “Untouchables,” a collaborative mix tape with Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie, recently spoke to Click Track about the difficulties of moving from a career based on shaking it in the background to one of rapping in the foreground and why female rappers don’t look like Mia X anymore.

So no more photo shoots, no more videos? That’s over?

I’m not doing that anymore. I’m not doing videos, unless it’s a cameo. No magazine shoots, unless it’s promoting my music.

Has the fact that you’re known in the hip-hop community for video work and photo spreads helped you in terms of breaking into the music side of things?

It helps, kind of, but it also became an obstacle. It helped me brand my name and get my name out there, but at the same time, with the visuals, the sexy pictures, me being known as a model made it hard for people to really take me in as an artist. It’s like a gift and a curse.

So the modeling helped you brand your name, but you also decided to use a new name for your rap projects, right?

Angel Lola Luv was a persona created for me as a model, and when you transition, your image transitions. I came up with a name that kinda described me as an artist. I came up with Lola Monroe; I got Monroe from Marilyn Monroe. It fits, I’m like a newer version of her. Our story is the same, how she started off, got into the business singing, acting—I can relate to her not only because I idolize her but because our stories are similar.

How did you connect with Boosie?

I met him at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, and his manager spoke to my manager. And, you know, they spoke on what we could work on. He came up with the project, the mix tape. Before he got locked up, I went to Baton Rouge, and we were in the studio for, like, four days, and knocked out 16 songs.

“Untouchables” is definitely street rap; your two previous mix tapes [“Boss (Expletive)’s World” and “The Lola Monroe Chronicles: The Art of Motivation," both released in 2009] were on the street rap side of things. With your modeling background, do you think it’s harder to gain credibility with this kind of music, opposed to something more pop? Does having someone like Boosie lend you some credibility with street rap fans, do you think?

Definitely, because he is a real street dude and people recognize that, so a real street dude, a dude that’s from that background, he’s not just gonna mess with just anybody music-wise. When people see he recognizes real, that he really believes in that person, it makes them say, “Oh, OK, he’s saying it, so it must be real.”

It seems like, these days, all of the women rapping look like you, or like Nikki Minaj—there aren’t a lot a lot of female rappers, period, but there’s definitely no one like a Rage or a Mia X anymore. Do you think someone who doesn’t look like you could ever break through?

Image plays a major part, but at same time, it’s kinda difficult when you’re more feminine and might have strong beauty that stands out. It makes it hard because it’s harder for people to take the music in, because the first thing that comes up is sexual— that’s what they think of when they see beauty. So it’s hard to see past that.

So really, no more videos ever? Is there anyone who could talk you into doing it one last time? What if, like, Jay-Z or Wayne called you on the phone personally and said they had to have you on a video shoot?

I’d be in their video if they put me on a record. That’s the only way.

Here are a few more pictures from the photo shoot I added a couple of weeks ago plus a few more gallery updates. Thanks to Gusia for the pictures.

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Lola Monroe and Kenny Burns hosted a New Year’s Eve celebration at club Dream in Miami, Florida. Check out some pictures from the night below. Thanks to Carrie17x for the photos.

“Untouchables” Mixtape Out Now!


Lola Monroe and Boosie Badazz’s “Untouchables” mixtape is out now! The mixtape is hosted and mixed by DJ Fletch.

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Below is the tracklisting:

1. Intro
2. Money To Blow
3. Work Ya Wrist
4. Green Light Special
5. Boomerang
6. Crazy World
7. 5 Star Bitch
8. Street Nigga
9. Untouchable
10. Pull Out
11. Got You Where I Want You
12. Never Can Say Goodbye
13. Love Me
14. Gangsta (Remix)
15. Daddy
16. Outro

Lola Monroe performed her “5 Star Chick (Remix)” at the 5 Star Chicks party at Roxy in Orlando, Florida on December 11, 2009.

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