J.Lo Banned by Her Own People
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What's all that about Jennifer Lopez just being Jenny from the block? Not so, says the biggest Latino music chain, which is banning all her CDs from their stores because, they allege, she's turned her back on Hispanic shops.
Ritmo Latino, which has 50 stores in the US, is permanently taking all of Lopez's music off their shelves, because as president David Massry tells the New York Daily News, she "has refused personally to promote her new CD in any of our stores" and other Latino-only retail outlets. "We've supported her from the beginning," says Massry. "Now we're told by her record company she will only visit Anglo retail outlets."
On Wednesday, Lopez did schlep up to the Bronx to sign autographs for fans who bought her new album "Como Ama una Mujer" – but at the "Anglo" F.Y.E. store. Supporters point out that the album is recorded in Spanish, and that she regularly visits her old neighborhood.
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