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A book. I meet a lot of different artists that were at the time older than she was and they didn’t have a clue, and I was just very impressed.”It was also one of Gomez’s YouTube rap covers (her version of Kanye West and Jay Z’s “Otis”) that first caught the eye of producer Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald). “I would have signed her off that video alone,” Gottwald told MTV News after she joined the label, mentioning how impressed he was by her combination of musical talents. “I was 100% in.”In 2012, Gomez signed with the RCA/Kemosabe label that Gottwald started with Sony Music. (Gottwald was accused of sexual assault and harassment by Kesha in a 2014 lawsuit; he denied the claims but is no longer CEO of the label.) Gomez has since filed her own $105 million lawsuit claiming that Gottwald pressured her to promote a water brand he cofounded and failed to provide fair compensation. But at the time, being signed by the producer who had turned Kesha into a star seemed like the big break she had been waiting for. “I was very excited, ’cause I knew that on my own I could probably only get so far,” she recalled. And sure enough, she experienced the kind of massive push that comes from being backed by a powerful label and producer: She became a CoverGirl brand ambassador and had a duet with Will.i.am featured in Sony Pictures’ 2012 animated movie Hotel Transylvania.Becky G was initially marketed as a kind of wholesome teenage hybrid of Kesha and Jennifer Lopez. She remembers writing her own debut single for the label, “Becky From the Block,” at 15 while eating chocolate chips in a closet of a recording studio. “I won’t stop till I get to the top,” she raps in the song; the music video follows her through a kind of walking tour of her childhood in Inglewood — where she and her parents once lived in her grandparents’ converted garage — conveying her backstory. The song sampled J.Lo’s hit, and in a sign of the power of Gomez’s backers, Lopez even made a cameo in the video. “I didn’t have friends. I didn’t really know what people’s intentions were, and things were always very cold, and the industry was very payola.” Gomez has always loved rap — she called it her “true inspiration” — and also admires Latina divas

EntertainmentAmber Rose's Emoji Include Cosby & KeshaWithin a day of being released, Amber Rose's emoji app is already number one in the App Store. On Wednesday, the model launched MuvaMoji, which, according to the App Store, boasts "over 900 curated emoji you won't find anywhere else." That last line couldn't be more true — a quick preview of MuvaMoji reveals that she did not hold anything back, especially when it comes to her thoughts on a few controversial topics. Although Rose and Kim Kardashian are newfound friends, I'd say that Kardashian's emoji are surprisingly tame compared to Rose's app — which is saying a lot, if you're an avid Kimoji user like myself.Considering Rose's entire persona revolves around pushing the envelope, would you expect anything different from her line of emoji? I suppose not, but there are some images that may make you gasp — or clap your hands in agreement. She doesn't shy away from making her opinions known on a few controversial matters. There's one of Bill Cosby, wearing a colorful sweater and holding a sign that says, "I did it." This is a clear reference to the more than 50 sexual abuse allegations that have surfaced against the comedian. (Cosby's lawyers have adamantly and repeatedly denied these claims.) But based on this emoji alone, there's no denying that Rose thinks he's guilty.Another topic she weighed in on is Kesha's ongoing legal issues. MuvaMoji includes a gold, sparkly "Free Kesha" icon. This is in response to the #FreeKesha Twitter trend that started in support of the "TikTok" singer, following a judge's decision to deny her request to leave her recording contract with Sony and Lucasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald. In 2014, Kesha filed a lawsuit against Gottwald, alleging that he raped and sexually, emotionally, and verbally abused her. Gottwald repeatedly denied these claims and countersued Kesha for defamation.While the situations with Cosby and Kesha remain ongoing legal battles, Rose decided to not sweep these instances under the rug or stay silent. In doing so, she's standing up on behalf of women, specifically alleged victims of sexual assault. On first

And things were always very cold, and the industry was very payola — in order to get this you have to do this for them — and I just don’t believe in fake relationships.”Despite the allusion to “fake relationships,” Gomez doesn’t like getting too specific about any difficulties she experienced working with Gottwald. Both she and her manager declined to comment on Kesha’s legal battle with the producer, or Gomez’s own ongoing lawsuit against his water brand, Core Hydration, which alleges that “Dr. Luke made it clear both directly and implicitly that Ms. Gomez's ability to have a music career would be tied to her continuing involvement in promoting Core.”“Just like there’s sharks and snakes of all kind, there are also people that you have to weed through to get to the good ones,” Gomez said. “I’m very lucky that even in that phase of my career … I can say that I know for a fact that people’s intentions were to help me win.” But, she allowed, “Maybe they didn’t have the same end picture in mind that I had in mind for myself.” Gomez eventually distanced herself from Gottwald, and the sound and image his team had been trying to establish for her, by embarking on a Spanish-language project with Sony Latin, another label under RCA. “I think the combination of a girl who could both sing and rap naturally translated into reggaeton and Latin pop,” said Jordan, who characterized Gomez’s “Shower” era as the usual process of a young artist’s exploration and “trial and error.” “When we made our entry into the Spanish market, she was older, she had more of a sense of the things she wanted to sing about and the types of records she wanted to do.”The “reverse crossover” of artists releasing Spanish-language music after singing in English is a historically fraught process; some Latinx audiences can be suspicious of what they see as inauthentic, opportunistic quasi-gringos. (See Christina Aguilera’s “Genio Atrapado.”) “It was me overcoming one of my biggest, greatest fears,” Gomez said of making that transition; while she can write and sing in Spanish perfectly, she worried about interacting with the Spanish-language press. But it was empowering to realize that there’s an entire audience of Latinx fans and listeners who are in the same boat.“I’m a Mexican American girl who grew up in Inglewood, who listens and lives simultaneously in both worlds,