Rebbeca Marie Gomez (Born March 2, 1997), often known simply as Becky G, is an American latina singer and rapper. She started as an online artist on YouTube in 2011. Becky later compiled these covers into a mixtape entitled @itsbeckygomez, and later was featured on "Oath" by Cher Lloyd, "Wish U Were Here" by Cody Simpson, and a remix of "Die Young" by Ke$ha. Becky released her debut single "Play It Again" on May 6th, 2013. The music video was also released on May 6th, 2013.

Prior to going solo, Becky G was in two bands - G.L.A.M. and B.C.G.

Early life [edit]

Becky G was born on March 2, 1997, in the city of Inglewood in southern California to Mexican parents. She also has two younger brothers named Frankie and Alex. In her remix cover of the Jennifer Lopez hit "Jenny From the Block", aptly titled "Becky From the Block", Becky raps about much of her life story. Becky attended Oaks Elementary, which was located close to the Inglewood Cemetary. Becky states her family had a tough life growing up. They lived in her Grandfather's garage and, as an adolescent, Becky began working to help out her father.

Career [edit]

2011–present: @iambeckygomez and singles as a featured artist, and debut studio album [edit]

On September 15, 2011, Becky released her cover of Kanye West and Jay-Z's song "Otis". Later she stated that she is working on her first mixtape entitled @itsbeckygomez. The mixtape contains all of Becky G's songs and covers, with "Turn the Music Up" as the lead single. On June 12, 2012, Australian singer Cody Simpson released his single "Wish U Were Here" featuring Becky G. On October 2, 2012 British singer Cher Lloyd released her single "Oath" featuring Becky G, "Oath" sold more than 140,000 copies in the United States, peaking at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. Becky G released her first single "Problem" featuring Will.i.am, which was subsequently remixed into "Problem (The Monster Remix)" for the Sony Pictures Animation film Hotel Transylvania.^[1] Later on September 13, 2012 she released a music video for the single. On November 23, 2012 American Singer Ke$ha released a remix of her hit single "Die Young" which features Becky G alongside Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa. She started working on her remix "Becky from the Block" from JLo's album known as "Jenny from the Block" and shot the music video.^[2] On May 6th, 2013 Becky released the video for Play It Again which serves as the next promotional single of her career and first taken from her upcoming debut studio album, still untitled, that’s scheduled for release later this year.^[3]

Discography [edit]

Singles [edit]

-Play It Again -Problem (The Monster Remix) -Becky From The Block

As lead artist [edit]

Guest appearances [edit]

Music videos [edit]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official website