Xavi Torrent/WireImage Christine and the Queens performs in concert during Primavera Sound Festival on May 30, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. After a rapper was accused of rape, Because Music owner Emmanuel de Buretel launched an internal investigation and enacted reforms at the French company. Early last fall, employees at French indie label Because Music began hearing disturbing rumors about one of their artists -- French rapper Retro X. Then on Oct. 1, StreetPress, an online magazine, elevated their concerns when they posted an article in which five women accused the artist of rape, one of whom had pressed formal charges. With Retro X dominating office chatter inside the label’s Paris office, a group of women at the company, mostly aged 25 to 35, decided to act. They wrote a letter to their boss, label founder and chairman