Jennifer Lopez was born and raised in the Bronx, a poor area of New York Puerto Rican family in the Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez. Jennifer spent her childhood on a street, to catch a bad name - Black Rock Avenue. Lopez was educated in Catholic schools. She went to school for girls.
She also worked with the child singing and choreography in a specialized institution. After graduation, Lopez settled in the law office where she worked during the day, at night she performed in nightclubs. The first success in her career was a dancer in the place dancer in the group New Kids on the Block. After that, Jennifer danced for many artists, including Janet Jackson and Marc Anthony.
Jennifer Lopez's debut album On the 6 (so named in honor of the metro route on which Lopez traveled to Manhattan to a music school) came out June 1, 1999 and reached the 10th position in the ranking of the Billboard 200. The first single from the album If You Had My Love held a few weeks in the first place ranking on Billboard Hot 100, which was an undoubted success. The second studio album was the album Lopez J.Lo, released on January 23, 2001. The album debuted at number one the Billboard 200 and did not leave twenty-six weeks. Subsequent albums This Is Me ... Then and Rebirth in the first place did not fall, but sold well.
Jennifer Lopez is also a successful businesswoman. She owns a clothing line JLo by Jennifer Lopez, which produces clothing, aimed at young women. In 2005, launched a new clothing brand Sweetface. April 12, 2002 Lopez opened a Cuban restaurant Madre's in Pasadena, California. Lopez has achieved the greatest success in the perfume business. Her first fragrance, Glow by J.Lo broke sales records.
The press said that Lopez and Marc Anthony attended the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood in late 2006. According to rumors Lopez and Anthony became Scientologists during that period of time with the help of Angelo Pagan, Leah Remini actress husband. Shortly before that Lopez told reporters NBC: «No, I'm not a Scientologist. I grew up as a Catholic. But this is crazy, how do people react to it. For me, this is so weird. This is generally one of the most remarkable men I ever met in my life. ". Then she added: "My dad was a Scientologist for nearly twenty years. -He's the best man of all that I know in my life. And for me crazy, that people want to present it in a negative light". In addition, a close friend Leah Remini Lopez is also a Scientologist.