“This competition celebrates subways and music – two integral parts of the fabric of New York,” Governor Hochul said. “Brass Queens exemplifies what it means to be a New Yorker and I am excited to watch them impress commuters and tourists alike throughout the subway system with their incredible sound.”īrass Queens is a brass band with an all-female horn section that blends funk, soul, and hip-hop that calls on New Orleans second-line tradition. After a week of public voting, Brass Queens took home the grand prize with 55.7 percent of more than 55,000 votes cast and will receive a recording session with Atlantic Records. Governor Hochul was joined in Times Square by MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and by representatives of Partnership for New York City, Atlantic Records recording artist and Brooklyn native ENISA, and others to find out which “busker” riders are most excited to encounter during their travels on the subway. Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the winner of the first-ever WE LOVE NYC Riders’ Choice Award, which invited New Yorkers to vote for their favorite of the MTA’s Music Under New York’s roster of subway performers. Hermann / MTA Governor Hochul, MTA Chair Janno Lieber and WE LOVE NYC Gathered in Times Square to Celebrate Finalists and Reveal Riders’ Choice Award Winner All-Female Brass Band Takes Home the Trophy Brass Queens will Receive a Recording Session with Atlantic Records We’re not going to start no trouble.Photo: Marc A. We want to make you’re cast members.” It never got to that point. They never came to us like, “Hey, so listen. “They didn’t inform us that we were cast members. Smith added that they became cast members and had no idea. We never even got an opportunity to renegotiate our contract.” Our story turned out to be so big that we became, I guess, if you want to say, cast members because we were on the intro and everything. Meaning we might be on a few episodes, here and there, which we actually knew. We were actually signed as appearance people. “What people don’t know is BBOD were never cast members on Love & Hip Hop,” Miss Moe Money said during an interview with IHeartRadio. “I went through a lot but it groomed something beautiful.”īBOD Were Never Official Love & Hip Hop Cast MembersĮven though Miss Moe Money and Smith appeared on the entire sixth season of Love & Hip Hop New York, they were never officially members of the New York cast. “The meaning behind the project is that diamonds are made under pressure,” she said in a 2019 interview with Wazzup Radio.

In 2019, she released her solo EP, The Diamond. “I just feel like we outgrew each other.”

“I just wanted to work on my own solo career and brand myself as a solo artist,” she said. During an interview on New York City’s Power 105.1 radio station in 2018, Smith explained why they decided to part ways.

After they exited the reality show, the group broke up. When Smith was first introduced to Love & Hip Hop viewers, she was a member of the female rap duo, “Bad B****** On Deck” also known as “BBOD,” with fellow Harlem rapper Miss Moe Money. Alexis I vow to be the best father and husband I can be. “It’s unreal that god blessed us with twins. “You made me the happiest man on planet earth,” he wrote. The father of her child, who goes by Rell Bugatti, also posted a message on Instagram about her pregnancy and revealed that she is pregnant with fraternal twins. No Designer, Car, Jewelry, or Money Can Compare To My Christmas Gift, I Am Forever Grateful You For Coming Into My Life Believing In Me, Becoming My Other Half Ready and Willing To Build With Me and Now Our Family, I Love You ❤️ Merry Christmas To Everyone I Wish You Guys Many Blessings‼️ I’m Pregnant With TWINS 🙏🏽 The Biggest Blessing I Could Receive This Year. God Always Finds a Way To Make Everything Make Sense at The Right Time. The Harlem, New York native, born Alexis Smith, announced that was pregnant with twins on Instagram. Former Love & Hip Hopstar Sexxy Lexxy, who was one half of the rap duo “BBOD,” has announced that she is pregnant.

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