Becky G

Rebbeca Marie Gómez, known artistically as Becky G, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress of Mexican descent born in Inglewood, California on March 2, 1997. She suffered bullying when she was 9 years old for her work in the entertainment industry. and part of his schooling took place at home for this reason.

From a very young age, Becky was clear about her vocation as an actress, especially from the age of 9, after her parents were left in poverty and she assumed the responsibility and commitment to work to help them. At just 11 years old, she competed and won in Sábado Gigante, by Don Francisco, with an imitation of the song Techno Cumbia by Selena, a Mexican singer whom Becky recognizes as her inspiration and to whom she has paid tribute on other occasions. At just 10 years old (2008) he began making appearances in short films and movies and created a YouTube account to post covers of popular songs online, in addition to beginning to write his own songs.

In 2011, at the age of 13, he joined the production duo The Jam and, becoming a trio, they worked on several song covers together where he covered his own lyrics. One of them, Otis (2011) caught the attention of renowned producer Dr. Luke who praised the singer, after seeing her in the video clip of the same song, her personality and the sonority of her voice “that comes out of the speakers.” , in addition to celebrating that he also played guitar. Luke signed her to his record label Kemosabe Records. and would later begin working on his debut album.

Since then, the career of the singer, who defines her style as urban and pop, has not stopped growing and today her name is linked to renowned artists of the trap and reggaeton genre with whom she has signed multiple collaborations.

In 2017, her song Mayores with the Puerto Rican Bad Bunny with that chorus "I like them older, the ones they call gentlemen" catapulted her to fame, placing her on the top charts around the world. The singer and author of the song, which reaches almost two billion views on YouTube, has acknowledged that Mayores changed his life, and on several occasions he has come out against criticism about the explicit lyrics of the song that have been censored in some parts of the world. It was the winner in the category of Favorite Urban Song and Song of the Year Awards at the Latin American Music Awards. The song is inspired by her current partner, the famous Los Angeles Galaxy soccer player, Sebastian Lletget.

Becky G's name is linked to other collaborations of popular songs such as: Dura in 2018 with Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny and Natti Natasha, Mala with Pitbull, (2019), Muchacha with the Cuban duo Gente de Zona (2020), Tiempo Pa Olvidar with Abraham Mateo (2020), Losing My Head (2020) with Carlos Rivera, among others. In 2019, Becky G and Akon joined forces in a collaboration titled Como No, a reggaeton song that they accompanied with a video clip inspired by Cuba.

In June 2020 Black Eyed Peas announced an album with collaborations among others with Shakira, Maluma and Becky G.

In March 2019, Becky participated in the Telethon USA singing with her brother who suffers from autism an emotional acoustic version of Stand By Me for viewers.

In 2016 she was the winner in the category of Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock and Female Artist of the Year at the Latin American Music Awards. She has been nominated 8 times for the Lo Nuestro Award between 2015 and 2019. Between 2014 and 2016 she won 4 awards at the Radio Disney Music Awards.