00:00Yeah, an established dancer, Hollywood actress, an award-winning singer,
00:06Jennifer Lopez is one of the most complete artists of our time.
00:12Born on July 24th, 1969, in the Bronx, New York, to Puerto Rican parents,
00:18Lopez always embraced her roots.
00:20She spent her entire academic career in Catholic school,
00:23meanwhile doing gymnastics, softball, and running track at a national level.
00:27She enrolled in college but dropped out after a semester telling her parents
00:32she wanted to become a movie star.
00:36Her first high-profile gig would come as a dancer, a fly girl for the TV show In Living Color.
00:43After making movies like Money Train and Jack, she finally got her break in 1997,
00:48portraying the biopic of the Mexican singer Selena, whom she greatly resembled.
00:55Not only would Selena become her acting break, becoming the highest-paid actress in the history
01:01at the time, but it also would introduce her to her music career.
01:05Selena cut a demo in Spanish and sent it to Sony Music, who showed interest in signing Lopez.
01:12In 1999, the actress would release her first single, If You Had My Love,
01:17which went platinum in two weeks.
01:19She then began working on her first album, On the 6th,
01:22and became the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100
01:25with a debut single since Britney Spears.
01:29By the end of 1999, Jennifer successfully converted herself from a film star to a pop star.
01:36She adopted the pseudonym J-Lo and released an album with her new name in 2001,
01:41debuting number one in the U.S. Billboard.
01:45Simultaneously, she premiered The Wedding Planner, a film along Matthew McConaughey,
01:50becoming the first woman in the U.S. to have a number one film and number one album in the
01:56same week.
01:58Her music is described as autobiographical, producing lyrics that imitate her life.
02:04Her song Dear Ben was a dedication to her fiancé, Ben Affleck, at the time,
02:09and her first full-length Spanish-language album, Como Ama a Una Mujer,
02:14spoke about the struggles of a woman in love.
02:16One of her latest songs, El Anillo, spoke about wanting commitment from her lover.
02:22J-Lo finally got her boyfriend, Alex Rodriguez,
02:25to propose on March 9, 2019, in the Bahamas.
02:29J-Lo finally got her boyfriend, Alex Rodriguez,
02:31Once and earlier, I was up working on Facebook,
02:32You
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