A USA Today 2024 Woman of the Year, Lachi is a recording and touring performing artist, keynote speaker, personality and award-winning social entrepreneur using music, storytelling and fashion to advocate for identity pride and Disability Culture.
Lachi is Founder of the U.N.-recognized organization RAMPD, a consultancy group and global networking platform equipping the music industry with disability inclusive programming and solutions while providing competitive opportunity for peer-vetted Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities, neurodivergence and other conditions. Having collaborated with the GRAMMYs, Folk.org, Netflix, Tidal, Live Nation and more, RAMPD has found coverage in Good Morning America, BBC, Breakfast Club, NYTimes, and Hollywood Reporter.
A songwriter and recording artist, Lachi boasts millions of streams, scores of placements and an NYU Steinhardt education. Having collaborated with some of the country’s most influential Dance music producers, Lachi’s music has debuted on national charts, with her song "Lift Me Up" receiving international recognition and peaking at #29 on U.S. adult contemporary radio.
Named a “dedicated foot soldier for disability pride" by Forbes and a "new champion in advocacy" by Billboard, Lachi serves as a NY Chapter GRAMMYs Board Governor, and advices on several music industry boards. Lachi also consults or holds talks with music firms, production houses, Fortune 500 companies and non-profits--including the White House, United Nations, Google, Amazon, FOX, NBC, TD Bank, Adweek, Lincoln Center, The National Endowment of the Arts, and more – to promote intersectional inclusion and accessibility.
As a LinkedIn Top Voice for Disability Advocacy, Lachi poses controversial yet culturally relevant conversation starters to the LinkedIn Community, with the aim to expand Gen-Pop views on disability while elevating discussion with the disability community.
Lachi has been honored as an ADCOLOR Innovator, a SHORTY Awards honoree, recognized in the AfroTech Future 50, the Crane’s 40 Under 40, 100 Women to KNOW by JPMorgan Chace, the 2023 Ad Age Leading Women, received a Nightlife United Social Justice Award by the NYC Mayor's Office of Media.
As a personality, Lachi has twice collaborated with PBS, hosting an American Masters segment highlighting disabled rebels. To promote Audio Description, Lachi voiced Netflix's Kanye West docu-series, "Jeen-Yuhs." She’s also appeared in national ads (Mastercard, Gucci, Twitter, Baileys, Meta) promoting new accessibility measures.
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National TrusteeThe Recording Academy Jun 2025 - PresentThe National Board of Trustees plays a crucial role in guiding the organization's mission and policies, working in partnership with the CEO and senior staff to shape the Academy's strategic direction. This includes advocating for creators' rights, ensuring diverse representation, preserving music history, and investing in the future of music.
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Board MemberNational Music Council May 2025 - Present -
National Membership CommitteeThe Recording Academy Aug 2024 - PresentThe National Membership Committee, is a committee under the national Board of Trustees which, in partnership with national staff, develops the criteria and goals for new membership processes.
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Ceo And Board ChairRampd Aug 2023 - PresentAs the Advisory Board Chair, I sit on the RAMPD Executive Committee, build develop and liaise with the RAMPD advisory board. -
Committee MemberAudio Engineering Society Oct 2023 - Present -
Dream AmbassadorThe Recording Academy Aug 2022 - PresentNew York, United StatesNew York Chapter DREAM Ambassador, Liaison to the national DEI arm. Oversee BMC Collective, Women In The Music and other DREAM initiatives for the New York Chapter.
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Board GovernorThe Recording Academy Jun 2022 - PresentNew York, United StatesNew York Chapter Board Governor, an elected position by voting members of the GRAMMY's. Lachi serves as: * Songwriter and Composer Wing Committee Member * EDM Membership Committee Member * Advocacy Committee Member * New York Chapter Diversity Equity and Inclusion Ambassador
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Advisory CommitteeNiva - National Independent Venue Association Jan 2022 - Present -
Founder / CeoRampd May 2021 - PresentUnited StatesAfter hearing from major music firms that she was the only music professional with a disability other than Stevie Wonder, Lachi made it her mission to seek out all music industry professionals, creators and engineers with disabilities. Through individual zoom calls and sit downs, Lachi, along with her co-Founders began building a vast varied network of musicians with disabilities; whether visible, non-visible, or acquired later in life. The goal of RAMPD is to be a resource, and a body, amplifying the voices and needs of disabled creators and industry at the professional level.
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Creative Artist | Public Speaker | Social EntrepreneurLachi Music Llc Apr 2014 - PresentNew York, New York, United StatesLachi is a recording artist, speaker and social entrepreneur. Working closely with leaders leaders in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion space, Lachi and her team work hard to showcase the strength and pride of disability, while pushing for the inclusion of disability within the discussion of diversity. Having moderated, keynoted or performed at Fortune 500 companies, national non-profits and charities and Lachi has found her work published in anywhere from the New York Times to Grammy.com. Aside from her advocacy work, Lachi continues to create well-received, empowering Dance music, and performance art, along side acting and modeling for inclusive agencies and brands.
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New York UniversityMusic Psychology/Technology -
University Of North Carolina At Chapel HillEconomics
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Lachi ♫ attended New York University, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill.
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