Katherinne Huerta (born October 5, 1997), known professionally as Bellakath, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer. She started releasing music in 2020 and went viral after the release of her single "Gatita" in 2022 and for the single "Reggaeton Champagne" with
Dani Flow in 2023. On October 5, 2023, she released her first studio album ''Kittyponeo''.
Life
Huerta grew up in the Agrícola Oriental neighborhood in
Iztacalco, Mexico.
She attended high school at the Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades.
Huerta graduated with a law degree from
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
.
From 2018 to 2019, Huerta was a contestant on the Mexican version of the dating show ''
Enamorándonos
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''.
She subsequently became a social media personality.
In 2020, she started her music career with the release of the singles, "La Gata De La Agricola Oriental" and "Lluvia De Micheladas". On December 21, 2022, Huerta released her single titled "Gatita".
In March 2023, after it went
viral
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Viral behavior, or virality
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on
TikTok, she faced allegations of plagiarism for her song, as users identified similarities to "La Carcacha". Following accusations that she had misappropriated the track from another individual, "Gatita" was removed from several streaming platforms. "Reggeaton Champagne" featuring
Dani Flow, was released and went viral in 2023.
In January 2023, she faced backlash from ''Enamorándonos'' host Carmen Muñoz for sharing a racist
meme
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about Mexican actresses
Yalitza Aparicio and
Martha Higareda in 2019.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
References
Works cited
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Singers from Mexico City
Mexican reggaeton musicians
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Reality television participants
21st-century Mexican women singers
Women in Latin music
1997 births