Lila Martinez (born July 10) also known asLila Star Escada and known professionally asLila Star is an Americantransgender actress,cosmetologist, recording artist, pageant competitor, and performer. She is known for being "the world's first transsexual Latina rapper."^[1]

Lila Star was born as Lila Martinez in Chicago, Illinois. She lived in theHumboldt Park area until the age of eight when she moved to theAlbany Park area, where she currently resides. She graduated from Roosevelt High School and attendedTruman University.^[2] She also briefly attendedThe Second City.

Lila has been performing for many years as an illusionist at bars and nightclubs in Chicago's Boystown district. She is set cast at The Baton Show Lounge and Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club, where she is known for her impersonations of:Lil' Kim,Jennifer Lopez, andToni Braxton.^[3] In 2011 Lila made her debut on the rap music scene with the release of her hip-hop single,I'm a Killa. She has since self-released the singlesThe Truth andFeeling Like Cunt. In 2017 Lila appeared on the hip-house song,Cocky withShea Coulee and The Vixen.^[4][5][6] The music-video for the song has since amassed over 3 million views on YouTube. On September 23, 2017 Lila's film debut in the neo-noir short filmLakeshore Drive was released for a one-time-only screening at The 400 Theater in Chicago.^[7] The movie is about a transsexual escort named Kim, played by Star, who is trying to escape prostitution and a controlling pimp behind. Lila says of her character Kim "I connected with the fact that the character wore sunglasses even at night because she was hiding something," said Star. "I was never comfortable in my own skin, so I would wear sunglasses even at night."^[8] Lila will complete her scenes for the 1970s period pieceA History of Wise Men after funding is complete.

• Lila Star atIMDb

• 21st-century American actresses
• Actresses from Chicago
• Hispanic and Latino American actresses
• LGBTQ people from Illinois
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• Transgender songwriters
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• American LGBTQ songwriters
• American transgender actresses
• American transgender musicians
• American LGBTQ rappers
• American women in electronic music
• Spanish-language singers of the United States
• Hispanic and Latino American women singers
• Latin music songwriters
• 21st-century American women singers
• American women singer-songwriters
• Transgender women musicians
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