LA Reid is a former judge on X Factor USA. He mentored the Boys category, and his finalists were Astro, Marcus Canty, and Chris Rene. For season 2, he mentored the over 25s catagory. Antonio "L.A." Reid (born June 7, 1956) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning American record executive, songwriter, and record producer. Best known as the co-founder of LaFace Records, he is responsible for signing and helping bring Mariah Carey, P!nk, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Kanye West, Avril Lavigne, Toni Braxton, TLC, Usher, Ciara, OutKast, and Dido to multi-platinum album sales.