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Bernie Sanders is booed and jeered by crowd at a forum in Houston as he squirms while answering questions on how he would protect black voters from white supremacists

Sanders was speaking at the She The People Forum in Houston on Wednesday
He was asked several times by host Aimee Allison about plans for black voters
The Vermont senator, 77, was jeered as he appeared to dodge some questions

By GEORGE MARTIN FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 04:19 EDT, 25 April 2019 | UPDATED: 09:18 EDT, 25 April 2019

Bernie Sanders was booed and jeered by the crowd at the She The People Forum on Wednesday as he struggled to answer questions about black voters.

The 2020 presidential candidate was subjected to heckling from the fired-up crowd at Houston’s Texas Southern University as he was asked about his plans to combat white-supremacist violence.

At one point host Aimee Allison asked the 77-year-old Vermont senator what he would do to protect black communities.

Sanders was heckled as he spoke at the She The People Forum in Houston, Texas on Wednesday afternoon

‘I know I date myself a little bit here, but I actually was at the March on Washington with Dr. [Martin Luther] King back in 1963,’ Sanders said, launching into his familiar anecdote.

But before he could continue, loud jeers broke out among the crowd and one person shouted: ‘We know!’

‘As somebody who actively supported Jesse Jackson’s campaign, as one of the few white elected officials to do so in ’88, I have dedicated my life to the fight against racism, and sexism, and discrimination of all forms,’ Sanders continued.

At one point in the discussion when Sanders appeared to dodge another question on white supremacists, host Aimee Allison drew loud applause when she reminded him that the ‘core of the question’ concerned violence against minorities

The 2020 presidential candidate was subjected to heckling from the fired-up crowd at Houston’s Texas Southern University as he was asked about his plans to combat white-supremacist violence (a woman in the unimpressed-looking audience records Sanders)

An audience member looks toward the stage during the She the People Presidential Forum in Houston, Texas

Sanders got a mixed response from the crowd. Some of whom clapped for him, others booed when he mentioned his well-worn anecdote about being on a march with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Co-host Joy Reid then asked Sanders how he planned to win over Hillary Clinton voters, including black women in particular.

Sanders then launched a long rant about Trump and was again heckled by the crowd over his refusal to answer the question, prompting Reid to ask, ‘Yeah, and for black women specifically?’

‘I’m sorry’, Sanders replied as the jeers grew even louder.

Reid repeated: ‘For black women specifically.’

Sanders’ response was then cut off as the heckles drowned out his speech: ‘Black women will be an integral part of what our campaign, and what our administration is about. Okay? And that means…’

After a few seconds waiting for the crowd to quieten down Reid appeared to ask if he was finished with his point, to which he simply replied ‘Yeah’.

Sanders appeared to dodge the question when asked by host Aimee Allison about his plans for tackling white supremacism

Sanders was roundly jeered after launching into a familiar anecdote about marching with Martin Luther King Jr.

The 77-year-old Vermont Senator appeared reticent to answer questions on black voters with specifics

Bernie Sanders supports study on slavery reparations

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6958233/Bernie-Sanders-heckled-answering-questions-black-voters.html

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NRA CONVENTION: President Trump FULL Speech

Trump tells NRA he’s withdrawing from arms trade treaty

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUBLISHED: 03:11 EDT, 26 April 2019 | UPDATED: 18:36 EDT, 26 April 2019

In a largely symbolic gesture to a group that helped him win the White House, President Donald Trump said Friday he is pulling the U.S. back from an international agreement on the arms trade, telling the National Rifle Association the treaty is “badly misguided.”

Trump made the announcement at the NRA’s annual convention, where he vowed to fight for gun rights and implored members of the nation’s largest pro-gun group – struggling to maintain its influence – to rally behind his re-election bid.

“It’s under assault,” he said of the constitutional right to bear arms. “But not while we’re here.”

With pro-gun legislation largely stalled in Congress and few deliverables during Trump’s term so far, the president told the group that he would be revoking the United States’ status as a signatory of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, which regulates the multibillion-dollar global arms trade in conventional weapons, from small arms to battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships.

President Barack Obama signed the pact, which has long been opposed by the NRA, in 2013. But it has never been ratified by U.S. lawmakers.

“Under my administration, we will never surrender American sovereignty to anyone,” Trump said, before signing a document on stage directing the Senate to halt the ratification process. “We will never allow foreign diplomats to trample on your Second Amendment freedom.”

President Donald Trump arrives to speak to the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, Friday, April 26, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“I hope you’re happy,” he told the group, then appeared surprised by the cheers. “I’m impressed,” he said. “I didn’t think too many of you would really know what it is.”

His move against the treaty came as Trump sought to excite an organization that was pivotal to his victory in 2016 but, three years later, is limping toward the next election divided and diminished. And it represents just the latest in a series of withdrawals from international pacts and organizations joined by previous administrations, like the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear deal.

Gun activists had denounced the treaty when it was under negotiation as an infringement of civilian firearm ownership, despite the well-enshrined legal principle that says no treaty can override the Constitution or U.S. laws. The treaty is aimed at cracking down on illicit trading in small arms, thereby curbing violence in some of the most troubled corners of the world.

It was the first legally binding treaty to regulate the international trade in conventional arms and was overwhelmingly approved by the 193-member U.N. General Assembly in April 2013. It has been ratified by 101 countries – but key arms exporters including Russia and China and major importers such as India and Egypt have given no indication that they will sign it.

Advocates of tighter gun restrictions and those who had helped negotiate the treaty denounced Trump’s decision Friday.

Kris Brown, president of the Brady organization, said will “only embolden terrorists and other dangerous actors around the world.” And Rachel Stohl, managing director of the Stimson Center and a consultant to the treaty negotiations, said: “By turning its back on multilateral diplomacy yet again, the United States is disregarding global norms and allowing nefarious actors to trade weapons with impunity.”

Yet Trump’s showy rejection of the agreement from the stage has limited effect because it has been unlikely all along that he would send the treaty to the Senate for ratification.

At the United Nations, spokesman Stephane Dujarric called the treaty “a landmark achievement in the efforts to ensure responsibility in international arms transfers” and particularly important at a time of renewed interest in expanding weapons arsenals.

Trump’s speech came at a troubled time for the gun rights organization, a one-time Republican kingmaker, which has been grappling with infighting, bleeding money and facing a series of investigations into its operating practices, including allegations that covert Russian agents seeking to influence the 2016 election courted its officials and funneled money through the group.

As Trump landed in Indianapolis, a judge imposed an 18-month prison term on gun rights activist Maria Butina, an admitted Russian agent who, according to her plea agreement, worked with a former Russian lawmaker to use their contacts in the NRA to pursue back channels to American conservatives during the 2016 presidential campaign.

While the group had high hopes for easing gun regulations after pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into 2016 campaigns, much of the legislation the group championed has stalled, due, in part, to a series of mass shootings, including the massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 dead.

Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor and expert on gun policy, allowed that the group had scored some victories under Trump, including the appointment of two Supreme Court justices who may be open to striking down gun laws.

But overall, he said, “On the legislative front, the NRA has been frustrated,” with priorities like national reciprocity for conceal carry laws and a repeal of the ban on silencers stalled.

Instead, Trump introduced a new federal regulation: a ban on bump stocks after a man using the device opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers on the Las Vegas strip, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds.

That bothered some members attending the convention, even as many donned “Make America Great Again” hats and cheered Trump loudly.

Mike Cook, who works at a shipyard in Alabama, said he’s been disappointed that gun rights haven’t seen much movement under Trump. The bump stock ban, in particular, upset him because it was done administratively by Trump officials.

He’s uncertain if the millions spent on Trump’s campaign in 2016 were worth it. But, he said, Trump is “better than the alternatives.”

Associated Press writers Laurie Kellman and Deb Riechmann in Washington and Edith Lederer in New York contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has he arrives at Indianapolis International Airport to attend the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association at Lucas Oil Stadium, Friday, April 26, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump stands with Chris Cox, Executive Director of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, left, and NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre, right, as he arrives to speak to the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, Friday, April 26, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A boy leans out into the wind from the Marine One helicopter to record on his cell phone as President Donald Trump departs the White House, Friday, April 26, 2019, in Washington en route to Indianapolis where Trump will speak at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

In this April 25, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6962635/NRA-diminished-role-played-2016-election.html

strength of the U.S. economy continues to confound the liberal establishment.

James Freeman

April 26, 2019 4:45 p.m. ET

Last week in Burnsville, Minnesota, President Donald Trump talks about tax reform with Bob Nuss, president of Nuss Truck and Equipment.PHOTO: RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER/ZUMA PRESS

What would we do without experts? As U.S. workers continue to enjoy a vibrant job market, they should spare a thought for laborers in one category of professional services who remain mired in a multi-year slump. Established manufacturers of Keynesian economic forecasts have entered a prolonged period of secular stagnation. Some may even wonder if they can ever break out of a “new normal” of declining prestige.

At the New York Times recently, economist Paul Krugman valiantly attempted to overcome his history of underrating American potential by making another call on tax policy and the macroeconomy. On April 8, Mr. Krugman wrote about one of President Trump’s signature policy achievements:

…his one major legislative success, the 2017 tax cut — which he predicted would be “rocket fuel” for the economy — has turned out to be a big fizzle, economically and, especially, politically.

It’s true that U.S. economic growth got a bump for two quarters last year, and Trumpists are still pretending to believe that we’ll have great growth for a decade. But at this point last year’s growth is looking like a brief and rapidly fading sugar high.

Today New York Times colleague Ben Casselman helps to set Mr. Krugman straight:

Rumors of the economic expansion’s death appear to have been greatly exaggerated.

Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced in the economy, rose at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Friday. That is significantly better than most economists expected, and far better than the dour forecasts of early this year, when many forecast a near stall in growth.

While we can all celebrate the current expansion of U.S opportunity, forgive Harvard’s Larry Summers if he finds the latest news less than entirely pleasant. A former Clinton and Obama economic adviser, Mr. Summers wrote in May of 2017 in the Washington Post:

Details of President Trump’s first budget have now been released. Much can and will be said about the dire social consequences of what is in it and the ludicrously optimistic economic assumptions it embodies. My observation is that there appears to be a logical error of the kind that would justify failing a student in an introductory economics course.

Apparently, the budget forecasts that U.S. economic growth will rise to 3.0 percent because of the administration’s policies — largely its tax cuts and perhaps also its regulatory policies. Fair enough if you believe in tooth fairies and ludicrous supply-side economics.

Sadly Messrs. Summers and Krugman have had plenty of company in struggling to predict U.S. economic performance. It seems that a significant portion of the Beltway economic forecasting sector has had some strange inability to recognize the potential of non-government-directed investment. Today the White House Council of Economic Advisers notes:

We see in today’s advance estimate of real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2019 that the economy continues to outperform expectations… in their final longer-term forecasts before the November 2016 election, the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Open Market Committee on average projected four-quarter real GDP growth in 2017, 2018, and 2019 of 2.2, 2.0, and 1.7 percent, respectively. In actuality, real GDP grew 2.5 percent in 2017, 3.0 percent in 2018, and in the first quarter of 2019 grew at an annualized rate of 3.2 percent.

Recently there also seems to have been some inexplicable tendency among esteemed left-leaning economists to overemphasize the economic damage caused by a partial shutdown of the federal government. The outstanding report on first quarter growth had this column—and perhaps a few other Americans—wondering if perhaps we should hope for more such governmental interruptions. The White House says no, arguing that Commerce Department data suggest that the first quarter could have been even better:

In the absence of residual seasonality and the government shutdown, real GDP growth in the first quarter of this year might have been up to 1.2 percentage points higher, implying… annualized growth rates of 4.4 percent.

Let’s not go overboard. As Don Luskin of Trend Macrolytics points out, beneath today’s headline GDP number, growth in consumer spending and business investment was not as strong as we’d like. But overall the economy continues to show a remarkable vitality that has been especially surprising to the Democratic economic establishment.

It can even be a tad embarrassing. It’s one thing to express pessimism about America in a column. How would you like to have scheduled an entire event dedicated to discussing a pending economic disaster and then have to read today’s blowout GDP report?

The esteemed Brookings Institution recently announced a May event, “Preparing for the next recession: Policies to reduce the impact on the U.S. economy.” This came complete with a roster of credentialed declinists and an official Twitter hashtag: #RecessionReady.

All that’s missing is a sign of recession. Harriet Torry reports in the Journal on the optimism among corporate executives, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon:

“People are going back to the workforce. Companies have plenty of capital,” he said, adding that “business confidence and consumer confidence are both rather high…it could go on for years. There’s no law that says it has to stop,” he said.

The Brookings gang should take those words to heart, and realize that while times may be tough in the industry dedicated to forecasting doom, most of the country is doing much better.

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Rexha performing in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Bleta Rexha
Born	August 30, 1989 (age 29) New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres	Pop, R&B, EDM
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Warner Bros. DCD2 Island Def Jam
Associated acts	G-Eazy Black Cards Lauren Christy Martin Garrix David Guetta
Website	beberexha.com

Bleta “Bebe” Rexha (/ˈbiːbi ˈrɛksə/, Albanian pronunciation: [bɛbɛ rɛdʒa]; born August 30, 1989) is an American singer and songwriter.^[1] After signing with Warner Bros. Records in 2013, Rexha received songwriting credits on Eminem and Rihanna‘s single “The Monster” (which later received the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance) and has also contributed songwriting to songs recorded by Shinee,^[2] Selena Gomez and Nick Jonas.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] Rexha released her debut extended play in 2015, I Don’t Wanna Grow Up, which saw the moderate commercial success of the single “I’m Gonna Show You Crazy“.

Rexha released two additional extended plays in 2017, All Your Fault: Pt. 1 and All Your Fault: Pt. 2, which again saw the moderate success of the singles “I Got You” and “The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody)“. Rexha has also seen success with several collaborations including “Me, Myself & I” with G-Eazy, “In the Name of Love” with Martin Garrix, and “Meant to Be” with Florida Georgia Line, the latter of which seeing large success as a country crossover single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. Rexha’s debut studio album Expectations (2018) reached number 13 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and saw the success of its lead single “I’m a Mess“, and brought Rexha two nominations for Best New Artist and Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 61st Grammy Awards.^[6]^[7]

Early life

Rexha was born on August 30, 1989, in Brooklyn, New York,^[8] to ethnic Albanian parents.^[9] Her father, Flamur Rexha, is an Albanian born in Debar when it was part of Yugoslavia. He immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 21, and her mother, Bukurije Rexha, was born in the U.S. to an Albanian family with roots in Gostivar (which, like Debar, is now part of North Macedonia).^[10]^[11] In the Albanian language, bletë means “bee“; and she explained “My parents are Albanian, and people started calling me ‘Bebe’ for short.”^[1] Bleta and her family moved to nearby Staten Island when she was six.^[9]

Rexha played trumpet and taught herself to play guitar and piano.^[12]^[13] Rexha attended Tottenville High School on Staten Island,^[14] where she took part in a variety of musicals.^[4]^[11] She also joined the choir, while still in high school.^[13] After joining the choir, she discovered that her voice was a coloratura soprano.^[15]^[16] Rexha lists Coldplay, the Cranberries, Lauryn Hill, Alanis Morissette, and Kanye West as musical influences.^[17]^[18]

As a teenager, Rexha submitted a song to be performed at the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences‘ annual “Grammy Day” event. Rexha earned the “Best Teen Songwriter” award, beating around 700 other entrants.^[9]^[19]^[20] As a result, she signed a contract with talent scout Samantha Cox, who encouraged Rexha to enroll in songwriting classes in Manhattan.^[12]^[21]

Career

2010–2012: Career beginnings with Black Cards

Rexha with Pete Wentz on September 1, 2011, at the Rumsey Playfield

In 2010, Rexha met Fall Out Boy‘s bassist Pete Wentz with whom she began working at a recording studio in New York City.^[13]^[22] She became a member and a lead vocalist of Wentz’s new experimental project of a band, called Black Cards. The band played a variety of live shows and released several singles and remixes. However, in January 2012, Wentz announced that Rexha had left the band to pursue other endeavors.^[23] Bebe Rexha was awarded the Able Olman Scholarship for her contributions as a songwriter later that year.^[24]

2013–2015: Solo debut and I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

In 2013, Rexha signed with Warner Bros. Records as a solo artist.^[25] Rexha had begun writing several songs, including Selena Gomez‘s “Like a Champion” and Nikki Williams‘s “Glowing”.^[3] Her most prominent songwriting effort of 2013 was Eminem’s and Rihanna’s “The Monster“, which was released as the fourth single from Eminem’s album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. The song went on to top the charts for the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.^[26] That same year, Rexha also wrote and was featured on Cash Cash‘s single “Take Me Home“.^[25]^[17]

On March 21, 2014, Rexha released her debut single, “I Can’t Stop Drinking About You“.^[17] The song peaked at number 22 on Billboard‘s Top Heatseekers chart.^[27] The music video was released on August 12, 2014. The video was inspired by imagery from films such as Girl, Interrupted and Melancholia.^[28] In November 2014, Rexha was featured on rapper Pitbull‘s song “This Is Not a Drill”.^[29] and in September 2014, she was picked as Elvis Duran‘s Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC‘s Today show hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, where she performed live her single “I Can’t Stop Drinking About You”.

In December 2014, Rexha released two more singles, “I’m Gonna Show You Crazy” and “Gone“.^[30]^[31] On May 12, 2015, she released her debut EP, I Don’t Wanna Grow Up, through Warner Bros. Records.^[32] She also co-wrote and was featured on David Guetta’s single “Hey Mama“, alongside Nicki Minaj and Afrojack.^[3] The song peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and received 1.1 million downloads as of June 2015. The song did not originally credit Rexha, despite the fact that she sings the chorus and is featured on background vocals. Eventually, in June 2015, she was given a credit for her work.^[32]^[33]

2015–2017: Collaborations and All Your Fault series

In January 2015, Rexha co-wrote and was featured on G-Eazy’s “Me, Myself & I”. The song peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100^[34] and at number one on Billboard Pop Songs.^[35] The song was originally titled “I Don’t Need Anything” and was intended as a song for Rexha herself. Instead, she brought the song idea to G-Eazy and was featured during the chorus.^[36]

Rexha met Nicki Minaj’s manager, Gee Roberson, and asked if Minaj would contribute to a new song. In March 2016, Rexha released her single, called “No Broken Hearts” featuring Nicki Minaj.^[37]^[21] In April 2016, the music video was released, directed by Dave Meyer.^[38] The video accumulated over 240 million views on YouTube.^[39]

On July 29, 2016, Rexha and Dutch DJ and record producer Martin Garrix released their single, “In the Name of Love“. It peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100, at number four on US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and entered the top 10 in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Italy, and New Zealand. The music video was released on August 23, 2016, on Martin Garrix’s YouTube channel.^[40]

On November 6, 2016, Rexha hosted the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards, at Rotterdam, Netherlands and performed multiple songs throughout the night, such as her single, “I Got You“.^[41]

On October 28, 2016, Rexha released “I Got You“. Both “No Broken Hearts” and “I Got You” were originally intended for the All Your Fault album.^[42] The latter peaked at number 17 on US Billboard Pop Songs^[43] and at number 43 on US Billboard Hot 100.^[44] The music video was released on January 6, 2017 and reached over 50 million views in four weeks, and accumulated 250 million views on YouTube. Direction changed from a full studio album to a multi EP project and “No Broken Hearts” was scrapped, making “I Got You” the first and only single from All Your Fault: Pt. 1, released on February 17, 2017. The EP peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200.^[45] In March 2017 in Dallas, Rexha began her first solo headlining tour, promoting the EP across North America and Europe, named the All Your Fault Tour, with a total of 29 dates.^[46]

Rexha performing in London, 2017.

In May 2017, Bebe Rexha: The Ride aired on MTV—a documentary which explores the moments which changed Rexha’s life and journey to stardom.^[47]

On July 21, 2017, One Direction member Louis Tomlinson released the single “Back to You“, with Rexha and Digital Farm Animals as featured artists. The song peaked at number 40 on Billboard Hot 100.

“The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody)” featuring Lil Wayne was released as the first single from All Your Fault: Pt. 2 on May 19, 2017.^[48] On June 12, Rexha performed the song at the Ubisoft E3 press conference, before announcing Just Dance 2018, on which the song appears.^[49] The second EP as part of the project was released on August 11, 2017. In support of the EP and American singer and songwriter Marc E. Bassy‘s debut album, Rexha planned to go on a co-headlining tour across the United States: the Bebe & Bassy Tour, in October 2017. The tour was short-lived due to an infection putting Rexha on strict vocal rest, with Marc E. Bassy eventually going on a solo US tour in March 2018.^[50]^[51]

On October 24, 2017, “Meant to Be” was released as the second single from Pt. 2, with the music video premiering a day earlier.^[52]^[53] The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100^[54] and as of November 17, 2018, has spent 50 weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart,^[55] breaking the record for most weeks atop the chart previously held by “Body Like a Back Road” by Sam Hunt.

2017–present: Expectations

In September 2017, Rexha began teasing new songs for a third installment in the All Your Fault series, with her manager going on record about its release.^[56] However, it appeared plans had changed, as Bebe revealed through a tweet in November 2017 that her next project would be called Expectations.^[57] Rexha revealed the cover art for this debut studio album on April 8, 2018, and the album was released on June 22, 2018.^[6] Previous singles from All Your Fault, “I Got You” and “Meant to Be” appear on Expectations as well.

On April 13, 2018, “Ferrari” and “2 Souls on Fire”, the latter of which features Quavo of Migos, were released as promotional singles along with the pre-order.^[58]

On June 15, 2018, “I’m a Mess” was released as the first single from the album.^[59]

On November 20, 2018, “Say My Name” was released which featured David Guetta and J Bavin.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2018, Rexha was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.^{[citation needed]}

On February 21, 2019, Bebe Rexha released her new single “Last Hurrah.”^{[citation needed]}

On February 25, 2019, it was announced that Rexha will be the fifth coach for The Voice’s Comeback Stage for season 16.

Artistry

Rexha’s musical style has switched with each album,^[60] but she has been labeled as a pop artist.^[61]^[62] Her songs span a wide range of genres, including hip hop, alternative rock, EDM, R&B and country.^[61]

She was mainly influenced by Lauryn Hill whom she calls the “Queen of R&B“.^[63] She was also influenced by other artists such as Bob Marley, Madonna, Blondie, Alanis Morissette and Coldplay.^[64]

Personal life

Rexha is a vocal supporter of the LGBTQ+ community,^[65] and has described her own sexuality as “fluid”.^[66] On April 15, 2019 Rexha revealed she is bipolar on Twitter in a personal note to her fans.^[67]

Discography

Studio albums

Expectations (2018)

Extended plays

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	MTV Europe Music Awards^[68]	Host	Event presented by MTV Networks Europe which awards prizes to musicians and performers
2017	Bebe Rexha: The Ride^[69]	Herself	Documentary which explores the moments that changed Rexha’s life
2017	Pitch Battle^[70]	Guest Judge	Contest show which sees musical groups facing-off against each other, inspired by Pitch Perfect
2017	A Christmas Story Live!^[71]	Performer	A live musical television program inspired by the film of the same name and A Christmas Story: The Musical
2018	American Idol^[72]^[73]	Herself	Contestant mentor and celebrity duet singer
2019	The Voice	Herself/Coach	The Comeback Stage
2019	Celebrity Juice	Panelist	18th April 2019

Awards and nominations

Tours

Headlining

All Your Fault Tour (2017)
Expectations Tour (2019)

Co-headlining

Warped Tour (2015)^[74]
Bebe & Bassy Tour (2017)

Opening act

Nick Jonas – Nick Jonas: Live in Concert (2015)^[75]
Ellie Goulding – Delirium World Tour (2016)^[76]
Bruno Mars – 24K Magic World Tour (2018)^[77]
Katy Perry – Witness: The Tour (2018)^[78]

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Discography
Studio albums	Expectations
Extended plays	I Don’t Wanna Grow Up All Your Fault: Pt. 1 All Your Fault: Pt. 2
Singles	“I Can’t Stop Drinking About You“ “I’m Gonna Show You Crazy“ “Gone“ “Me, Myself & I“ “No Broken Hearts“ “In the Name of Love“ “I Got You“ “The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody)“ “Meant to Be“ “Home“ “Push Back“ “I’m a Mess“ “Say My Name“ “Last Hurrah“
Featured singles	“Take Me Home“ “Hey Mama“ “That’s How You Know“ “Battle Cry“ “Back to You“ “Girls“
Concert tours	All Your Fault Tour
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Discography
Studio albums	Expectations
Extended plays	I Don’t Wanna Grow Up All Your Fault: Pt. 1 All Your Fault: Pt. 2
Singles	“I Can’t Stop Drinking About You“ “I’m Gonna Show You Crazy“ “Gone“ “Me, Myself & I“ “No Broken Hearts“ “In the Name of Love“ “I Got You“ “The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody)“ “Meant to Be“ “Home“ “Push Back“ “I’m a Mess“ “Say My Name“ “Last Hurrah“
Featured singles	“Take Me Home“ “Hey Mama“ “That’s How You Know“ “Battle Cry“ “Back to You“ “Girls“
Concert tours	All Your Fault Tour
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