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Bebe Rexha
b. 1989
American singer and songwriter (born 1989)
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Biography
Bleta "Bebe" Rexha is an American singer and songwriter. She began her mainstream recording career as a vocalist for the pop band Black Cards in 2010, during and after which she was credited with co-writing releases for other artists—such as Eminem's Grammy Award-winning single "The Monster". She signed with Warner Records to release her debut extended play (EP), I Don't Wanna Grow Up (2015), which failed to chart domestically, but spawned the moderate international hit "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy".
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Born Bleta Rexha in Brooklyn, New York, to Albanian immigrant parents. "Bleta" means "bee" in Albanian. Won a songwriting contest at age 19 sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Co-wrote "The Monster" for Eminem featuring Rihanna. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy. She received no public credit on the song at the time.
Released "Meant to Be" with Florida Georgia Line. It spent 50 weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart, breaking the record for the longest-running number-one single in the chart's history.
Hit in the face by a thrown phone during a concert at Pier 17 in New York City. She was briefly hospitalized. The incident made international news and renewed debates about fan behavior at concerts.
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the first major House figure to suggest impeaching George W. Bush
a "fierce partisan critic of President Bush", and an early opponent of the Iraq War. The Associated Press said he was "the first major House figure to suggest impeaching George W. Bush", arguing that...
badly strained relations in Atlanta's black community
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those who know him, from U.S. senators to 20-something congressional aides
n rights and racial reconciliation to the halls of Congress". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also said that to "those who know him, from U.S. senators to 20-something congressional aides", he is...
Where is the sense of decency? What does it profit a great nation to conquer the...
stration on NAFTA and welfare reform. After welfare reform passed, Lewis was described as outraged; he said, "Where is the sense of decency? What does it profit a great nation to conquer the world,...
We were determined not to let any act of violence keep us from our goal. We knew...
o weeks later Lewis joined a Freedom Ride bound for Jackson, Mississippi. Near the end of his life, Lewis said of this time, "We were determined not to let any act of violence keep us from our goal....
only former major civil rights leader who extended his fight for human rights an...
cely independent". Lewis characterized himself as a strong and adamant liberal. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Lewis was the "only former major civil rights leader who extended his fight for...
one of the hottest tickets in Washington among lawmakers, Republican and Democra...
omery – a route Lewis worked to make part of the Historic National Trails program. That trip became "one of the hottest tickets in Washington among lawmakers, Republican and Democrat, eager to...
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