Somaya Reece Bosses Up

Fans of VH1's Love & Hip Hop 2 can expect less drama from Somaya Reece this time around. Here, Somaya 'La Jefa' Reece talks to XXL about trying to keep drama free, the explosive fight between Chrissy and Kimbella, reaching peace with Chrissy and her very own tequila, La Jefa. It's time to boss up!

XXLMag.com: How will your role change this season?

Somaya Reece: Well, I’m still a regular cast member. I really feel that this time around, I decided to turn a new leaf and really practice what I came to do in New York which was focus on my music and not let the drama consume me. Have you seen Season 1? That’s all it was and it completely overshadowed my music. So, this time around, I’m all about my paper and I don’t care what a hater has to say. It can’t affect me. You can clearly see what it’s about for me this season. I’m definitely focused on my music and my other businesses. I have my Tequilla company – La Jefa Tequilla – and we are a multi-million-dollar business. I’m not the focus of this season [Laughs].

After the first episode, everyone is talking about this fight between Kimbella and Chrissy. What’s your take on it?

It’s definitely something that…well, it doesn’t involve me, so it’s difficult for me to comment on. I made a really big effort to get to know why it happened and listen to everyone involved. It happened so fast that it’s just really hard to wrap your brain around it.

Did your relationship with Chrissy change for the better this season?

Yes, it did. There was definitely a breakthrough. From the beginning, I tried to let [Chrissy] know that I don’t want in any way to make her think that I’m trying to disrupt her in her relationship and it was business for me [working with Jim Jones]. I was always open to forgiving and forgetting. There was a breakthrough there.

How about with Olivia?

I tried my best is all I can say and that’s the right thing to do. There was a different side of her that I seen. There’s a lot of different layers to her.

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We all saw Maurice in the first season As of today, is Maurice your manager?

No, I was never signed to him or his company. He was kind of freelance working with me. I been fired him. I just think that he wasn’t looking out for my best interests and season one was a really big eye opener for me. I don’t want anyone I work with to be yelling at women. That’s something I stand against. It’s embarrassing with Jim Jones and that whole situation. I don’t want to be associated with him in that way. I can’t roll with that.

The first season also touched on a love interest. Will this season do the same?

I can say that there is love on the horizon, unexpected. I didn’t know. It kind of just threw me off guard and caught me by surprise. I was like, ‘What? You like me? Ok.’ Love has always been a weird thing for me. I was off and on with the guy you met last season, but this time around it’s a guy who approached me and I don’t know…we’ll see what happens. The person is in the industry and definitely a well-known individual, which is why I’m surprised. I didn’t see it coming. The person is a very nice person and good guy. That’s all that matters.

Talk to us about your Tequilla.

La Jefa Tequilla is a drink of choice for the bosses. La Jefa is the female boss. It’s called La Jefa Tequilla by Somaya Reece. It’s a big competitor to the top-shelf tequilas. Forbes has already written up the company. It’s a silver tequila, it’s triple-filtered and manufactured out of Mexico. I’m also working on a cookbook for it. Coming from living in a little shithole to being written up on Forbes is good. It has a good aroma to it and is not sour to the taste. I’m the first Salvadorian female celebrity owner of their own tequila. I'm all about my business!