Why the Mexican American pop star Becky G always identifies as '200%'

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras sit down with Becky G, right after her forthcoming Tiny Desk performance, to talk about the cultural mash-up of her music, her philosophy for working with women in the industry and representing her Mexican heritage at Coachella.

Audio for this episode of 'Alt.Latino' was edited and mixed by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento. Our show editor is Hazel Cills and our project manager is Grace Chung. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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0:00.0	This message comes from an PR sponsor Mass Mutual.
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0:12.5	Feel comfortable about tomorrow.
0:17.5	Anna?
0:18.5	Yeah.
0:19.5	Do your Felix imitation. Start your show.
0:21.5	I don't know if I can do a Felix.
0:25.0	You're one of a kind gem.
0:28.0	It's all star.
0:30.0	Neil and I hate star.
0:32.0	Neil and I hate star.
0:34.0	It's not a good thing, I don't think.
0:35.0	From an PR music, this is all Latino.
0:37.0	I'm Anna Maria Sayer.
0:39.0	Felix Contreras.
0:40.0	Let the cheese may begin.
0:42.0	That was an imitation of me.
0:44.0	You should try to do it like me.
0:46.0	Let the cheese may begin.
0:47.0	I'm Anna Maria Sayer.
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