[2][3] She is known for covering popular R&B and hip hop songs presented on her YouTube channel, Anhaylarene.

[6] Anhayla was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and began singing at the age of 5.

Anhayla attended Virginia Commonwealth University and studied accounting.

[8][9] Anhayla made her first national appearance in a 2015 AT&T commercial, singing Spaceship.

[10] In a 2016 interview with NPR, Anhayla revealed that she has more than twenty inches of scars on her back as a result of a car accident.