The recent controversies of Jennifer Lopez did not prevent the actress born in The Bronx, but with Puerto Rican roots, from being chosen to receive the “Pride” award by the Hispanic Federation (HF) for his work in favor of the Latino population.
According to the same federation, which is chaired by the actor and musician Lin-Manuel Mirandathe “On The Floor” performer was chosen to receive this award for honoring, with her work, the Latin community in addition to demonstrating excellence in her respective fields of work.
The ceremony will take place on April 18 within the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Jennifer López: the Latin star par excellence
Through the same HF statement, it is mentioned that Jennifer Lopez She is the only female artist to have had a number one album and a movie in the same place simultaneously. Likewise, she has sold more than 80 million records as well as a global box office of more than $3 billion dollars.
Likewise, it is noted that JLo She is considered an icon of fashion, businesswoman and philanthropy in addition to supporting a large number of small businesses, owned by Latina women, to empower 600 thousand Latina entrepreneurs in 50 cities in the United States.
In addition to Lopezthe HF will also pay tribute to the Latin businesswoman Monica Gilvice president and chief marketing officer of NBC Universal Telemundo Enterprises, with the Individual Achievement Award for her pioneering spirit and leadership throughout her career. Likewise, the Dane County Hispanic Center in Wisconsin will receive the Community Service Award for its work empowering Latino youth and their families.
Finally, the Macy’s company will be honored with the Corporate Leadership award for its philanthropic support to HF itself.
Jennifer Lopez takes a breather amid various controversies
Prior to the announcement of his award, Jennifer Lopez has been involved in a large number of controversies caused by the failure of her new album “This Is Me… Now”. And after its release, the singer’s new material was severely criticized in addition to not being “well” received by the general public.
In addition to the above, the tour of the singer’s new album has not “started” in the best way after about 7 concerts were canceled in recent weeks due to supposedly low ticket sales.
Due to the above, various sources close to the artist indicated that the actress also decided to change the name of her tour, from “This Is Me… Now” to ““This Is Me… Now”/Greatest Hits” in order to reach a larger audience.
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