The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of USA named Jennifer Lopez as the Latin most influential in music industry of all time, as can be read on its official website, where the artistic career of the singer stands out.
This recognition from the Academy to “La Diva del Bronx”, is granted in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month, highlighting her talents for singing, acting and dancewhich manage to position the artists Latin at the highest level of showas reported by the weekly magazine.
The controversy over the origin and roots of Jennifer Lopez
In addition to JLo’s undoubted talent, in her music tour He also created albums where his Latin heritage can be recognized, being faithful to his roots and managing to position thousands of hits in English and Spanish at the top of the most listened to lists. Not for nothing did he get to sing at halftime of the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami, along with another Latin star, the singer Shakira.
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It is important to note that Jennifer Lopez was born on July 25, 1969 in the Bronx, New Yorkwithin a family Puerto Rican, whose parents, David Lopez Y Guadalupe Rodriguezhad migrated years ago from Puerto Rico to the United States.
And this is where the controversy begins that infuriated many users in TwitterWell, it was the fans of the Colombian who wondered: “And Shakira?”, “Why is Shakira not the most influential Latina if she was born in Latin America, contrary to Jennifer López?”
Excuse me, but Jennifer Lopez is not Latina. She is North American and when she gives notes, not even in Spanish, she usually gives them. I think they speak of being influential for Latino descendants in the US. But she is like that as a Latin artist of the last decades. Shakira. Definitely. https://t.co/VzSZ0vTgV0
– Estefi Palacio (@estefipalacio) October 13, 2022
Shakira Isabel Mebarak was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombiaand is the daughter of William Mebarak Chadida Lebanese American, and Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torradoa Colombian with Spanish roots.
This is the biggest argument of the tweeters who do not agree with the title that the Academy gave JLo, since they do not recognize the interpreter of “On the floor” as a Latina, and that is, after all, she was born on American soil and their native language is English.
Some users do not agree and others do support Jennifer Lopez
Many people attacked the American singer because she uses “being Latina” as a hook to have a more global audience and does not specifically represent the Latin culture in its entirety. In addition, they also mentioned that the Grammy Academy is a United States company and they need a compatriot with Latin roots to call it as such, revealing the supposed “short vision” of the music company.
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That Jennifer Lopez is named the most “influential” Latin artist of all time, when she does not speak Spanish, does not represent us and is not a point of reference for us, makes me laugh. Anyway, the GRAMMYS and their inconsistencies. The joke tells itself.
— ♡̷̷; 𝓙𝓾𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻. 🕷️. (@poetryancestral) October 12, 2022
On the other hand, some users came out in defense of the Puerto Rican, and showed the times that JLo helped when natural disasters occurred in Puerto Rico.
They also say that there is a very large Latino community in the United States who were born on US soil, have Latino migrant parents and suffer from xenophobic acts because they are not recognized in any of the regions, so they took the opportunity to make a call and put aside hate and join forces to end xenophobia.
Shakira’s toxic fans are furious that Jennifer Lopez was named the most influential Latin artist of all time by the Grammys, when really they should be worrying that she is influential enough in Spain not to go to jail 😂😂😂
— DAX Ayala (@DAXview) October 13, 2022
So far, neither of the two artists has spoken about it and apparently they will not, since each one is focused on their projects.
Jennifer recently released her children’s book, while Shakira is in the middle of promoting her new song “Monotonia” from her new album. (AND)
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She was born in the United States and her language is English: the Grammys name Jennifer Lopez as the most influential Latina in history and Twitter users ask about Shakira | People | Entertainment