Larissa Lam is a singer, songwriter,

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talk show host, music executive, filmmaker, and producer from

Diamond Bar, California Diamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2010 census it had a population of 55,544, and in 2019 the population was estimated to be 55,720. It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron re ...

. She won the 2015 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the Best Dance Song category for her song "I Feel Alive". She was named Best Vocalist of the Month by SingerUniverse Magazine in November 2015. Larissa is one of the hosts for radio advice show, U-Talk Radio. She released her fourth solo album of 12 original songs, ''Love and Discovery'', on June 16, 2015. She has released three previous solo albums ''On the Way Up (''2001), ''Thankful to be Live'' (2003) and ''Revolutionary'' (2004). A remix version of Larissa Lam's song, "Breathing More" appears in the video game Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2. She has also composed instrumental music for The

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, The Dr. Oz Show, TLC, and The Daily 10 on the E! Channel. Larissa is known as the "Singing CFO." She was the former Chief Financial Officer of EDM label, NSOUL Records. She was a lead singer in the group Nitro Praise which was produced by acclaimed DJ

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. She recorded songs for ''Nitro Praise 5'', ''Nitro Praise Live!'' and ''Nitro Praise Christmas'' 2. She toured as a member of Nitro Praise alongside Maximillian, JR Barbee and Danielle Pericelli.

Early life

Larissa Lam grew up in Diamond Bar, CA. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in business economics.

Record label

Lam is also the founder of her own record label, LOG Records. It was represents artists in the Dance, EDM, Hip-Hop, Rock, Pop and R&B genres. In 2010, Lam executive produced a hip hop album for

Only Won Baldwin Chiu (born May 17, 1974), known professionally as Only Won, is an American rapper, actor, producer and stunt performer. As a hip hop artist, he writes/performs rap, beatboxing, and singing. He is also a member of the Screen Actors Gu ...

. Only Won and Larissa Lam launched a viral music video title "Cantonese Boy" which was a parody of the Grammy winning song

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by Kanye West and Estelle. After being seen performing "Cantonese Boy" in Chinatown, Larissa Lam was asked to perform at the 2010 Green Globe Film Awards as they honored Asians in film and entertainment. In 2012, Larissa produced two songs for

that was released on the video game '' Sleeping Dogs''. In 2013, Larissa produced the song "JUN BAY" (aka: Get ready) that was featured on the film

Dead Man Down ''Dead Man Down'' is a 2013 American neo-noir crime thriller film written by J.H. Wyman and directed by Danish director Niels Arden Oplev. The film stars Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, and Terrence Howard, and was released on March ...

and composed original music for the animated film, "The Monkey Prince". In 2015, Larissa released of her fourth solo album produced by David Longoria titled, "Love & Discovery". The album features remixes by Robert Eibach.

Discography and releases

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Engineer (Rocketeer)
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Parody Cover'' (2013) *
Airplanes
- One Truth Cover'' (July 28, 2010) *
Only Won
- The Lyrical Engineer'' (Jan 1, 2010) *
Beautiful Faith
' (November 14, 2008) *
On the Way Up
' (June 5, 2001) She also appears on ''Gone - Music from the Motion Picture'' (2002).

Hosting

She was one of the original

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of the talk show, ''Top 3'', which airs on JUCE TV formerly called,

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. She also starred in Season 1 and 2 on the JCTV

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, ''Cruise with a Cause'." She is one of the hosts of UTalk Radio, an advice show for young adults.

Film Maker

In 2015, Lam made her directorial debut and co-produced with a Documentary short titled, "

Finding Cleveland ''Finding Cleveland'' is a 2015 American documentary film about a Chinese American family's journey to search for their family roots. Instead of leading them to the Far East to a remote village in China, it took them to the deep south into the r ...

" with

. It garnished multiple nominations for Best Documentary. The story started as a journey for Only Won's search for his family roots, but instead of taking him to the far east, it took him into the deep south of Cleveland, MS. While the 14-minute documentary focuses on the family's discoveries about their roots, it also touches on a broader history, such as the treatment of Chinese immigrants in the region and the role the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act played in that. She directed a feature film called

Far East Deep South ''Far East Deep South'' is a 2020 American documentary film about a Chinese American family's journey to search for their family roots. Instead of leading them to the Far East to a remote village in China, it took them to the deep south into the sm ...

that was released in 2020.

Personal life

Larissa Lam is married to hip-hop artist

. The couple currently reside in

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References

External links

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