Becky G

Becky G

born on 2/3/1997 in Los Angeles, CA, United States

Alias Rebbeca Marie Gomez

Becky G

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Becky G

Rebbeca[1] Marie Gomez (born March 2, 1997), known better by her stage name Becky G, is a Mexican-American hip hop singer, rapper, songwriter and dancer from Inglewood, California. She began to gain recognition in 2011, after she posted several videos of herself performing remixes of popular songs on YouTube. Becky later compiled these covers into her first full-length project, a mixtape entitled @itsbeckygomez. She wrote the song Oath performed by Cher Lloyd and was asked to perform a verse by the singer in the song, "Wish U Were Here" by Cody Simpson, and a remix of "Die Young" by Ke$ha. Becky released her debut single "Becky from the Block" in April 2013. The music video was released on April 8, 2013.

Early life

Gomez was raised in the Los Angeles California, area. She spent her early childhood in Moreno Valley California, but financial struggles forced her family to sell their home and move into the converted garage of her grandparent's house in Inglewood, California when Becky was nine years old.[1] She is of Mexican descent. Gomez wanted to earn money to help out her family and began doing work including voice-overs and commercials. She also performed in two girl bands, G.L.A.M. and B.C.G.[2]

Career

2011present: @iambeckyg and debut studio album

Beginning in 2011, Gomez began releasing remix videos through YouTube [3] featuring her own lyrics rapped on top of popular hip-hop and pop songs. These songs were to be released on a mixtape entitled @itsbeckygomez. Her cover of Kanye West and Jay-Z's song "Otis", released on September 15, 2011, caught the attention of veteran song-writer Dr. Luke who signed Becky to his Sony Music Entertainment imprint label Kemosabe Records.

On June 12, 2012, Australian singer Cody Simpson released his single "Wish U Were Here" which Gomez co-wrote and is featured on. She released an original song "Turn the Music Up" through YouTube in July 2012. On October 2, 2012 British singer Cher Lloyd released her single "Oath" both written by and featuring Becky G, "Oath" sold more than 140,000 copies in the United States, peaking at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. Gomez 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.[4] 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 Gomez 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.[5] On May 6, 2013 Gomez 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, thats scheduled for release on spring next year. Gomez released her new EP "Play It Again" on July 16, 2013. It features four previously unheard tracks - "Can't Get Enough", which features Pitbull, "Built for This", "Zoomin' Zoomin'", and "Lovin What You Do."[6] Becky G appeared alongside American singer Jasmine V, on the cover of Latina magazine's February 2014 issue.[7][8] Becky G will open for Katy Perry for four stops on her Prismatic World Tour, two in Houston, TX and two in Mexico.

Discography

Extended plays

List of albums
Title Album details
Play It Again[9]
  • Released: July 16, 2013
  • Formats: digital download
  • Label: Kemosabe

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US UKR
[10]
"Becky from the Block" 2013
"Play It Again" 2 Play It Again EP
"" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Features singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[11]
AUS
[12][13]
BEL
[14]
CAN
[15]
IRE
[16]
NZ
[17][18]
"Wish U Were Here"
(Cody Simpson featuring Becky G)
2012 10 99 Paradise
"Oath"
(Cher Lloyd featuring Becky G)
73 58 58 13 Sticks + Stones
"" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
"Problem (The Monster Remix)"[19]
(featuring will.i.am)
2012
"" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Single Year Peak chart
positions
Album
UK
[20]
"Excuse My Rude"
(Jessie J featuring Becky G)
2013 124 Alive
"" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other Appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Ai Se Eu Te Pego"[21] 2012 Michel Teló Ai Se Eu Te Pego EP
"Die Young" (Remix) Ke$ha, Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa Warrior: Japanese Edition
"Quiero Bailar" 2013 3Ball MTY Need for Speed: Rivals
"Magik 2.0" Austin Mahone The Smurfs 2

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director Notes
"Otis" 2011 rowspan="6" Jay-Z & Kanye West cover
"Lighters" Bad Meets Evil cover
"Novacane" Frank Ocean cover
"Take Care" 2012 Drake's music video; guest appearance
"Turn the Music Up"
"Teen in The City"
"Wish U Were Here" Cameron Duddy Cody Simpson's music video; Featured artist
"Oath" Hanna Lux Davis Cher Lloyd's music video; Featured artist
"Die Young" Kesha's music video; guest appearance
"Problem" (The Monster Remix) P. R. Brown[22]
"Becky from the Block" 2013 rowspan="3"
"Play It Again"
"Built For This" 2013

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Becky G dreams of being the next Jennifer Lopez. Los Angeles Times (2013-08-19).
  2. YouTube: BeckyGOnline.
  3. YouTube: BeckyGOfficial.
  4. 2 Reasons To See 'Hotel Transylvania': Selena Gomez And Becky G. MTV (2012-09-28).
  5. Becky G's hot 'Becky from the Block': a joyous ode to Inglewood. Los Angeles Times (2013-04-24).
  6. Video: Becky G Play It Again. Rap-Up.com (2013-05-06).
  7. http://www.latina.com/jasminevbeckyg#axzz2s1F6SSZ2
  8. http://www.latingossip.com/chisme/becky-g-and-jasmine-v-share-the-cover-of-latina.html
  9. Play It Again by Becky G. iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved on March 2, 2013.
  10. Ukrainian Chart. FDR (2013-04-04).
  11. You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved on 18 July 2012.
  12. Peak positions in Australia:
  13. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/2012-1113-1611/Issue1185.pdf
  14. Discografie Cody Simpson. ultratop.be/nl/ Hung Medien.
  15. http://www.billboard.com/artist/299063/Cher+Lloyd/chart?f=793
  16. Peak positions in Ireland:
  17. Discography Cody Simpson. charts.org.nz/ Hung Medien.
  18. http://www.charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher+Lloyd+feat.+Becky+G&titel=Oath&cat=s
  19. Problem Single by Becky G. iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved on March 2, 2013.
  20. CHART: CLUK Update 5.10.2013 (wk39). UK Charts. Retrieved on 2010-05-13.
  21. Ai Se Eu Te Pego (Remixes). iTunes UK. Retrieved on 2 October 2012.
  22. Problem (The Monster Remix) | Will.I.Am. MTV Music. MTV Networks. Retrieved on March 2, 2013.

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