Azharuddin Lalljee

TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Azharuddin Lalljee, is a singer and songwriter that records under the Vizion Sounds Records Label, in Guyana, and uses his music as a medium to spread positive energy to everyone who hears it.

Lalljee, who goes by the stage name “LA” is the second child of three siblings and was fond of singing from a very young age.
He said that he would often sing different songs while playing with his sister when they were younger.

“We would perform at school concerts and so on, that time I was about eight. But as I grew older in high school, I started taking it more seriously and when I was about 14 years old I said ‘hey this is what I want to do. I want to do music’. So I started writing my own songs,” he said.

After graduating from school he worked on the set of the film ‘A Bitter Lime’ an Australian-American-Guyanese independent drama film that was mostly shot in Guyana.
LA said that the experience was ‘enthralling’, the interaction with the actors gave him the courage to pursue singing. After working on the sets he took part in a competition that was held at the Club Nexxt, Princess Hotel, called Guyanese Karaoke Star in which he won an award for the Most Promising Contestant, because of his composing and writing of his own songs to perform in the competition.

The young artiste said that after winning the award and securing third place in the competition, he was published in the Guyana Chronicle newspapers as ‘Guyana’s Diamond in the rough’. It was after the publication, he was seen by many producers and was approached by Vizion Sounds to work with them on his album “Lifeline”.
The first song from the album was released November 4, 2016 and can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and other music download platforms.

LA has since performed in various places in Guyana and he is currently looking to make his place in the music industry, and hopes to inspire and make a change in the lives of all his listeners.

He is mostly into the genres R&B, Pop, Hip Hop and Soul Music, and is inspired by all the people around him who believe in him and motivate him to keep working.
“I just want to be a musician and put music out there with messages that people can relate to and even help them get through the hard times of life,” the young artiste said.

When asked what advice he would give to young people like himself, who are still finding their way, LA said “I know sometimes you might be trying and trying to find your purpose and do what you love, and things might not work in your favour. Sometimes you feel like you’re stuck at that one spot not moving, and people are getting ahead of you. But just know that everyone has their own clock and you should keep trying because if you really want it, you should keep trying, and when your clock starts ticking, no one can stop it.”