What Abraham Quintanilla said before accusations of profiting from the memory of Selena Quintanilla

Since Selena quintanilla It ceased to exist more than 25 years ago at the hands of the president of her fan club Yolanda Saldívar, her legacy continues to this day, so much so that her songs sound more and more in different parts of the world, in addition to having launched series and movies of his life. Precisely, the last was his bioseries on Netflix, where the father of the Texan singer was an executive producer, something that was highly questioned by his followers.

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And it is that for many fans, since the interpreter of “Como la flor” died at the age of 23, that March 31, 1995 from a gunshot, the great beneficiary of his death has been his own father, who is accused of profiting from the memory of the artist, who was considered by Billboard magazine as the most influential and best-selling Latina of the 1990s.

Before the questions, Abraham Quintanilla spoke on the subject and gave, true to his style, a forceful answer.

WHAT DID ABRAHAM QUINTANILLA RESPOND AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF LIVING WITH THE MEMORIES OF HIS DAUGHTER?

Abraham Quintanilla referred to the issue during an interview with The AC Cruz Podcast, the record producer and owner of Q Productions. Faced with the accusations of profiting from the memory of Selena Quintanilla, he gave a brief, but forceful answer: “I say. ‘So what?’, Let them talk ”.

For the father of the singer of “Forbidden Love”, he is only fulfilling what he said the moment his daughter left this world, so they should not talk about him or what his family does.

“Dogs grow old from barking, let them bark all they want. I know that in my heart, in my mind and in my family we said, from day one, that when Selena passed away, we were going to keep her memory alive through her music and that is what we have done for 26 years. Selena is now known all over the world “, he asserted.

And to further add to the criticism, she announced that a new Selena album will soon be released with unreleased songs from her adolescence. This will be produced by his son AB Quintanilla III.

ANSWER THAT DOES NOT CONVINCE FOLLOWERS

Although the patriarch of the Quintanilla family has wanted to put cold cloths on the accusations, not everyone is happy with his response, as followers describe him as a bad father for continuing to exploit his daughter after her death.

The controversy increased when they learned that Don Abraham Quintanilla was executive producer of “Selena: The Series” of the streaming platform, noting that it was not necessary to expose the image of his daughter again, although he was also criticized because his character appeared more than normal in the plot, overshadowing the rest of the cast.

Added to this are the legal problems in which he finds himself, one of them is the one that culminated with the widower of his daughter Chris Pérez regarding Selena’s inheritance, others in which he is immersed is to sue the artists who pay tribute to his daughter for using his image and name.