Bebe Rexha has "never" spoken to Eminem.
The 27-year-old singer has admitted despite penning the song 'The
Monster', which she "had to" give away to the 44-year-old rapper who
collaborated with Rihanna on the track, the pair have never exchanged
words not even once.
Speaking openly about her career in a Facebook Live chat with The Sun
newspaper, the blonde beauty said: "I have never spoken to Eminem, I
have never even spoken to him once. That's the way the music business
works, it's very interesting."
And Bebe has admitted although she had to pass on her creative piece to
another musician who would have a bigger success with the track, she was
adamant her voice would still feature on the single even in the
background because she was precious about her work and felt "selfish"
towards her own artistry.
She explained: "Rihanna's voice is on it, but I want to keep one part. I
just turned 20, when you're younger you are selfish, and I see now that
song has opened so many doors for me. At that time I didn't have a
record deal. I sang that song to record labels and they said 'Monsters
under my bed, voices inside my head. Yeah right, nobody is ever going to
want to listen to that. That sounds like a flop to us.' Literally I had
someone tell me that. So, I think at that time I had no choice but to
give the song away, because I had, number one, no money and no record
deal."
However, Bebe - real name Bleta Rexha - has admitted she wouldn't be
adverse to working with the 'Slim Shady' hitmaker or the 28-year-old
'Work' vocalist because she has "a lot" of respect for the pair.
She said: "I have a lot of respect for Eminem and Rihanna, because
they're both very real in their music. Even though it's popular music.
I've been in the music business for ten years now, but to the world I'm
relatively new. It's awesome how people come to my shows and they know
about my story and how I was a songwriter at first."