Lady Redd is a Staunton girl. She has two daughters who she breathes for, and is raising them as a single mother. Brought up with three brothers, she knows how to stand up for herself.  She grew up listening to all types of music, ranging from gospel to heavy metal. Singing in the church choir and participating in choir throughout her school years really built up skills that serve her well as she forges her path to be strong in her art.  Music that has a message behind it is what moves Lady Redd, as she is a spiritual soul and loves God - and loves her life and tries to live it as such. When cousin Shaun Jeas founded Hard Life Records, it was the perfect opportunity to partner up and throw some hooks into his songs.  Shaun liked what he heard so much that he invited her into the Hard Life Shotters group, and Lady Redd signed with the fledgling record label.

M33: What made you want to become a singer?
Benita: I've sung all my life, ever since I was a little girl. Singing is my first love. Music is my first love I should say.

M33: What were some of your musical influences?
Benita Anderson: Growing up in the church watching my mother sing, she was a big musical influence. And of course we had Patti Labelle and Mary J. I'm into the Neo Soul.

M33: Where can we see you perform?
Benita: Right now I don't have any dates lined up except with Shaun Jeas.

M33: What record company are you with?
Benita: Hard Life Records

M33: How did you get with Hard Life Records?
Benita: Shaun Jeas is my cousin. He was looking for me to do the hooks. Hooks are the chorus of a song.

M33: You have an album coming out soon, tell me about it.
Benita: We are working on it. The album is going to be called On My Grown Woman. It's going to be based on love and life experiences.

By Author: Angela Bean

Angela was born in Waynesboro, Virginia. She has since lived in Townsend, Tennessee, and Stuarts Draft, Virginia. She can be a very interesting person to get to know. She is much like a book, you have to open the cover to get to her many talents and qualities that are hidden in her pages. Her love for music came when she played drums in a band as a teenager. She always loved every genre of music. She also has a passion for photography, poetry, blogging and writing. She enlisted in the army in 2004 and is a Persian Gulf War veteran. She recently attended Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center and became Student Government Association President. She was editor of the SGA newsletter Old Ragtime News and worked in the Marketing Department at WWRC on the 2008 Annual Report. Recently she achieved a certificate in Web Design and has started her own business, Fine Designs & Creative Works. You can find her online on Facebook, and numerous other sites.