Tinashe says it's "embarrassing" to have songs with R. Kelly and Chris Brown

Tinashe

Young women starting out in the music industry are often subject to the wits and wills of the powerful (usually) men above them, as we’ve seen time and time again from Miley Cyrus to Britney Spears to even the few episodes of HBO’s ill-fated The Idol. Tinashe’s story is no different, unfortunately, as she recently opened up about feeling forced to work with some unsavory characters under her first contract with record label RCA.

In a new interview with the Zach Sang Show (via Variety), the “Talk To Me Nice” singer was asked about early tracks she recorded with known abusers Chris Brown and R. Kelly (titled “Player” and “Let’s Be Real Now” respectively).

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Still, as Variety notes, “Player” failed to make any sort of real chart splash when it came out. “I was like, ‘Well, this is a pop song so I really don’t feel like we should put Chris on it like that. I don’t like that. That doesn’t compute to me,’” Tinashe recalled. She has since left RCA and signed on with Ricky Reed’s Nice Life Records, through which she just released her EP, BB/ANG3L. She’s also one of the few celebrities not to self-eject from Fox’s Stars On Mars, so it seems like things are going better for the pop star in general nowadays.

You can watch Tinashe’s full interview below:

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