Leahann "Lafemmebear" Mitchell

You may have seen or heard of LeahAnn Mitchell aka Lafemmebear from her official "I'm a Survivor" remix on Revived, Remixed, Revisited, country superstar Reba McEntire's Top-Ten-charting triple album from fall 2021. Lafemmebear fully produced, mixed, and mastered this remix and provided new drums, guitar, piano, and synth parts for the record - her expert, all-encompassing skill and artistry made her the first Black trans music producer ever to earn a Billboard Top Ten-chart spot. In addition, she has also produced, mixed, and/or mastered official releases for Dawn Richard (Merge Records), Future Islands (4AD), Sudan Archives (Stones Throw Records), Suzi Analogue (Never Normal Records), and Peppermint (RuPaul's Drag Race, Producer Entertainment Group). Lafemmebear has also provided original scoring and sound engineering for the groundbreaking dance troupe Kinetic Light (The Kennedy Center, Next 50), and an upcoming project by public figure and playwright V's (fka Eve Ensler) global activist organization V-Day, in collaboration with award-winning poet Aja Monet. Prior to establishing herself as a powerful independent artist and producer, Lafemmebear was a force to be reckoned with in the mainstream music industry, starting with her first label songwriting contract at the age of fourteen, and culminating in a Grammy nomination for sound engineering on gospel album The Evolution of Le'Andria Johnson. In the past, Lafemmebear has developed workshops for students and staff at Occidental College and Performing Arts Workshop (SF), performed at Stanford University with the artist CHIKA, and participated on panels for Women in Music, CultureStrike, and TIME'S UP. She also produces and directs the documentary series We See You: Black Trans Living Legends, which focuses on preserving the legacies of living Black queer and trans elders. She resides in Northern California, providing a space to work, create, and rest for queer and trans artists of color from all backgrounds.

LeahAnn “Lafemmebear” Mitchell (she/her/hers) is an independent music producer, Grammy-nominated sound engineer, and interdisciplinary artist whose words and work have been featured in Esquire, The Guardian, GLAAD, Queerty, Out.Tv Euro, Billboard, and MTV. She has collaborated with Alice Sheppard and Disability Danceworks on their piece "Wired", as well as with PEG Records to co-write and produce the first pop single, “What You’re Looking For,” for Peppermint of Rupaul's Drag Race fame. She produced, arranged, and sang on a new version of Sounds of Blackness's "Optimistic" with Peppermint and Mila Jam in honor of 2020's Transgender Day of Remembrance. In 2019, she was the first Black trans woman ever to headline Utah Pride Festival, honoring the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. In October 2021, LeahAnn "Lafemmebear" Mitchell became the first Black trans woman to produce a record on a Top Ten charting album with "I'm a Survivor (Lafemmebear Remix)" on Reba's 'REVIVED, REMIXED, REVISITED'. In addition to her music projects, Lafemmebear also lends drums programming recording engineering , engineering and bass and 808 to Sudan Archives hit “Selfish Soul” with Stones Throw Records. Lafemmebear also produces and directs the documentary series “We See You: Black Trans Living Legends,” which focuses on preserving the legacies of living Black queer and trans elders.