Actress turned singer Jenifer Lopez has revealed that she was raised in the once-impoverished New York City. She has recalled her tough upbringing in her new book ‘True Love: Unabridged’.
Some of the extract of her book appear in Latina magazine where J-Lo writes, “Our neighbors were so diverse; Puerto Rican, African-American, Italian and everyone was scraping and clawing, trying to get by. My mum worked two jobs and my dad worked at Guardian Life Insurance. My sisters and I shared a bed and every morning we were bundled off to Catholic school. That's why my parents worked those long hours so they could give us a good education and raise us right”.
The ‘On the Floor’ singer admitted the value she was taught by her parents remain with her today.
The singer also said, “There was that Bronx mentality of taking everything as it comes, it was about pressing forward today knowing that the break was gonna come. I was relentless, always reaching forward. There was a certain hustle I grew up with, a hustle that I learned from watching my parents. They showed me that you put your head down and work, you work for a living and then when you’re making a living you carry on. That continues to be my mentality now; you don’t stop working just because you have money in the bank. You do what you do and you keep on doing it”.
Lopez is a masterful businesswoman who is worth about $300 million along with her platinum albums; she's made millions from movie roles, endorsement deals, clothing, and fragrance lines and as a judge on hit TV show ‘American Idol’.
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