Lachi is a singer songwriter, composer, producer, actress, author, disability advocate and cultural activist based in New York City. Lachi's music is often described as Pop or EDM. Lachi is also the founder of RAMPD. Early life Lachi was born in Maryland to Nigerian immigrant parents. Her mother is Dr. Marcellina Offoha, an academic. She grew up in many places, including, upstate New York, West Philadelphia and North Carolina. She is legally blind, due to Coloboma. Lachi attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she created the all female a cappella group The UNC Cadence. She then moved to New York City to embark upon her music and writing careers while studying music at New York University. Apart from obtaining side music gigs, she worked at the New York District's United States Army Corps of Engineers. Career Music career Lachi began her music career as an unsigned artist, independently releasing the album And This Is My Life… in 2006 and the album Ugly Beautiful in 2008. She was spotted at a South by Southwest showcase by Fanatic Records/EMI, who then signed her for one album. On July 27, 2010, her self-titled album Lachi was released. Songs from the album included the single "We Can Fly" and "Emo Children". During this time, Lachi was featured on Oprah Radio, CW and NPR, and performed at PrideFest (Milwaukee), where she opened for Patti LaBelle. Lachi later released The Boss EP through Trend Def's Sony imprint in June 2015. In August 2016, Lachi collaborated with Israeli World Music producer Zafrir Ifrach and Moroccan vocalist Maxime Karouchi to create the Mediterranean-infused EDM track Dalale which garnered over a million views on YouTube. She again collaborated with Trend Def studios to co-write and co-produce the song "Rude" which features pop artist Kendra Black and rapper Snoop Dogg. In 2017 released the EDM Hip Hop crossover track "Living A Lie" featuring Styles P. She then collaborated with Markus Schulz on a song titled "Far" which Schulz placed on his 2018 Trance music album, We Are The Light. The song was also chosen by DJ Armin van Buuren for his mix album A State of Trance Year Mix 2019. In 2019, she wrote and performed Go with Drum and Bass producer Maduk which found placement on several gaming platforms. In March 2020, Lachi received her second Independent Music Awards nomination for her a cappella arrangement