freestyle

“There’d be lots of house parties and bands would play in the backyard. I would freestyle rap a lot at the parties. It was my party trick. If it was a house show, I’d be like, can I get on the mic? Some bands were playing and I’d just like yelp words.”

She won freestyle and team golds and individual silver at Beijing 2008 before claiming three golds at both London 2012 and Rio 2016.

“I wouldn’t talk politics with him, I’d just try to get him to let his hair down, literally, and do some freestyle raps with me, then we’d prank call his son Eric. Let’s make podcasts fun again!”

By age 14, Becky G had reached a record deal with Kemosabe/RCA Records after uploading a zealous rap freestyle over Jay Z and Kanye West’s “Otis” beat on YouTube.

It wouldn’t be long before she itemized her career aspirations in her 2013 JLo-inspired freestyle, “Becky From the Block,” asserting “I won’t stop till I get to the top.”