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Jennifer Lynn Lopez was borned (July 24, 1969) and raised in the Castle Hill neighborhood in The Bronx, New York City, New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodríguez and David Lopez. She has two |
sisters, Lynda and Leslie. “Our parents had a strong work ethic – there wasn’t really any other way,” Lynda Lopez told Rolling Stone. Lopez’ parents also stressed cultural assimilation, especially the need to speak English. Lopez spent much of what she called “the boyfriend years” secretly meeting with first-love, Davíd Cruz, with whom she remained in a relationship between the ages of 16 and 25. “I was always climbing out windows, jumping off roofs, and he was sneaking up,” she said. “It was crazy.” Lopez spent her entire academic career in Catholic school and acknowledges that she still prays regularly.[citation needed] Lopez financed singing and dancing lessons for herself from the age of 17. After leaving a one semester-long career at Baruch College, Lopez divided her time between working in a legal office, dance classes, and dance performances in Manhattan clubs at night. After months of auditioning for dance roles, Lopez was selected as a dancer for various rap artists’ music videos, and was given a guest spot on the American Music Awards. After being rejected for the role twice, Lopez gained her first regular high profile gig as a “Fly Girl” dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color in 1991. Soon after Jeniffer Lopez became a back-up dancer for famed singer Janet Jackson and made an appearance in her 1993 video “That’s The Way Love Goes”. Scheduled and contracted to go on Janet Jackson’s World Tour, she asked the superstar to be let out of her contract to pursue her acting dreams.
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