Lexa

Léa Cristina Araujo da Fonseca, known professionally as Lexa, was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro on February 22, 1995, to music producer Darlin Ferrattry. The stage name "Lexa" was created by adding an 'x' to her birth-name, Léa as a tribute to Brazilian presenter Xuxa Meneghel. She joined the Brazilian carnival at a very young age because her mother had a lot of roles inside Samba schools, which influenced her a lot to start her professional career. She learned to play the tambourine when she was 11 years old, and after this, she started her artistic career. She was the muse of Mocidade drums (a famous Samba School), also the queen of Unidos de Bangu, and now she is the queen of Unidos da Tijuca, as she mentioned in an interview with Vanity Teen Magazine.