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Jennifer Lopez Stands Up for Women Through a Variety of Hit Singles

Today on Pop 101 magazines top 25 most influential Latin Artists

If you haven’t been living under a rock you would know that Jennifer Lopez was recently ranked one of the 25 most influential Latin artists. Bronx born to Puerto Rican parents, Jennifer lived in New York for most of her life. While living there she experienced the realities of working hard to achieve what you believe in. She went on to pursue acting, dancing and very successfully, performing. She continues to be an icon for young women to throw away the stereotypes labelled on them and embrace feminism as she was appointed the UN's first ever Global Advocate for women. 



So Jenn, how are you doing today?

Hey Pop101 magazine, it's such a pleasure to be here today! I'm doing good, I'm just trying to get by the day with a cup of coffee and 1 million things to do on my mind. 

Firstly to begin with, I'd like to question you on a very important topic, do you consider yourself a feminist?

Heck yeah I do! I've always considered myself a feminist. You see, people now-a-days got it all wrong. They think feminism is all about women being more powerful than men and having more say than men do and claiming to be stronger than men. Those are the people who've ruined the word feminism. Feminism is all about women standing together, hand in and, to eliminate the boundaries that they've been set, to prove to other people that they too can do what a man can do. It's all about equality between genders. 

As of last year, we heard that you're the UN's first ever Global advocate for women? What motivated you to stand up and be the voice for women all over the world?

Well, after releasing my song "ain't your mama", I really liked the meaning behind this song I published. I felt as I was empowering women to go out and say to people "I ain't going to be cooking all day, I ain't your mama". You know, I just wanted to release something catchy that everyone would be singing along to and through that they'll be motivated to stand up and say no to the people who use and abuse them. The motivation behind all of the female empowering songs I've published definitely comes from my past to get the career I wanted. I had to go down a tough road where people didn't believe in me because I was a hispanic woman living in the Bronx. Through these songs I want to connect to women around the world.

You said that you want to connect to women around the world. Do you personally believe that you have achieved that goal through your music? 

Hmm, hard to say. I speak both Spanish and English. I have recorded a variety of Spanish, English as well a Spanglish songs out for people to link with. I think the communities I identify myself as being a huge influence on, or at least I try to be, is the Hispanic and English speaking community. In my song "como ama una mujer", I express the strength and force a woman has and their everlasting ability to love. I've also recorded songs in English such as "same girl" where I also talk about how difficulty it is for a woman as people are always expecting girls to be sweet and not as strong as men. I've tried to develop music with the same meanings, just in different languages, to extend the influence of them. I've also created a lot of songs of different genres like R&B, Latin, Pop, Hip Hop, and dance music. I think this gives me a strong platform as I have a little of something for everyone. This definitely helps me to spread my message. In addition to all of that, I enjoy going on tours overseas. This also strengthens my ability to connect around the world, so yes I do believe I've achieved my goal.

Other than the actual lyrics of your music, is there any other mediums or ways you choose to spread messages such as social media, books, etc?

Aha well, um, I'd have to say my music videos take a visual toll on the meanings of my music. I'm going to use the example of my song "ain't your mama". Although the lyrics already are powerful enough, I play the roles of different women in different situations such as the housewife, factory worker, office worker and news reporter and play the roles of how men take advantage of women in these situations. An example is the character in the office is showing a bit of cleavage and the man is just staring. These characters then stand up to the wrongful doings and show their power. This is something I like to incorporate in my music, the visual representation from different perspectives. I think this allows people to connect by having different POV's, you know what I mean?

Yes I do! Well, those are all of the questions I have for you today. Thank you so much for being here today with us and continue what you do best!

Thank you guys so much for having me! 

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