Jennifer López’s dramatic childhood and the valuable life lesson she seeks to leave with her children

Jennifer Lopez She is one of those double star artists: a Hollywood actress, a world famous singer. He began his career in the seventh art: in 1987 he had a minor role in My litte girl. They reached her with a few minutes on stage so that, from then on, the producers noticed her.

While his goal was to succeed in music, his great milestone is recorded on the big screen. It happened in 1993 when she was summoned to star Selena, the film based on the life of the American singer-songwriter who was shot in the back. The role earned Jennifer a nomination for the Golden Globes as best actress. In addition, he collected his first one million dollars, which would be the foundation stone for the immense fortune he has today: 400 million dollars.

In 1998 he starred Out of sight. Specialists in the field agree that his best version was seen in that film. Only the following year could he fulfill his great desire by debuting as a singer with the single “If You Had My Love”, and immediately became the number one hit of the Billboard hot 100. That broadcast cut belonged to the album On the 6.

In 2001 he entered the records Guinness and so far no one has succeeded in dethroning her. What is it about? Simultaneously launched J.Lo, his second album, and released the film The Wedding Planner. In the same week, each of the products reached the first position. The two rankings had his name engraved glued to number 1. Although there are other artists who divide between acting and music, such as Lopez, nobody managed to get that privileged place from him in the Guinness.

It goes without saying all that Jennifer Lopez accomplished in her career. It is a registered trademark that crosses borders. She is even spoken of as one of the most recognized Latinas, when in fact she was born on July 24, 1969 in the United States. It happens that his parents, Guadalupe Rodriguez Y David lopez, are natives of Puerto Rico, and came to the United States in search of a better future. Jennifer always collaborated -through various donations- with the country of her parents, and where a large part of her family still resides. The ties continue, and she takes care not to cut them.

That concern to take care and stay informed about the reality of the worst hit sectors of Puerto Rico may have to do with his childhood. Jennifer’s first years of life were not easy. Although on some occasion she remarked that she was happy beyond everything, living in poverty marked her forever.

His fight

López was born and raised in the Bronx, one of the most humble neighborhoods in New York. Both Guadalupe and David worked in places where the pay was not the best. Therefore, in order to generate extra dollars, they had to work overtime, which required practically not being at home. Jennifer has two sisters, an older one, who somehow had to take care of the other two, when Mom and Dad were away.

The five of them lived in a small apartment, all nearly crammed together, until they were able to move into something bigger when Jennifer turned 10. That did not change that many times they did not have to eat. At the same time, the actress always rescued her parents’ concern for her to study, achieving a career that would allow her to overcome that precarious situation.

However, this generated exchanges of ideas with his parents, who wanted him to pursue a college career. She accepted, but gave up six months and ended up dropping out of college, which was a great disappointment for Guadalupe and David, according to Jennifer herself when talking about her first artistic steps. At that moment, she promised them that she was going to succeed as an artist, and at just 18 years old, she moved alone to Manhattan, taking the little savings she had collected.

She began taking dance, singing, and acting classes. Meanwhile, he lived in an apartment where he had no furniture, not even a bed. He slept on a mattress thrown on the floor. Before getting that place, he even asked permission to sleep in the dance school he attended, because it did not have a roof.

Jennifer didn’t hide any of those days. Their children, Emme maribel Y Maximilian david, fruits of his relationship with the also singer Marc AnthonyThey always knew of his past, of his childhood very different from theirs, of his adolescence full of difficulties. The artist said that she did it so that they would understand what sacrifice means. On some occasion he took them to the Bronx to take a dimension of what he had experienced.

Today the family relationship is wonderful. Photos with their parents are commonplace on their social networks. Last year Jennifer spoke about her mother and compliments were the order of the day. He managed to give her a present without any kind of financial pressure.

“Lupe was a young mother, she got married when she was 20 years old. He had my sister when he was 21. He had us all at 26, so we all grew up together. It was like living with a teenage girl, honestly. She wanted us to be independent. He never wanted us to have to depend on a man for anything because that is what he was taught when he grew up, “said Jennifer Lopez about her mother, from whom she undoubtedly inherited the fighting spirit.

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