Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Antonio Guerra-Torres was from Guanajuato Mexico. Juan had a girlfriend in Powell Wyoming by the name of Sandra Garcia and who was the mother of Juan’s 2 children.

One of the greatest idol for this genre is Romeo Santos. “Romeo Santos” also known as Anthony Santos was born in the United States, to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. Romeo Santos started his career with a group of guys where they called the group Aventura. He was the main songwriter and producer of the group. During his and the group career he decide to make a

Selena Quintanilla-Perez was an artist in the Tejano music industry that contributed to revolutionizing the style of music in the United States today. The Tejano music genre is originated from Texas but it may be called Tex-Mex because of its Mexican background. Throughout her career, Selena was not only inspired by Tejano music but created a fusion of musical genres that incorporated other Latin sounds and inevitably won over Latinos across the country. Selena brought the Latino community together with her music. Despite that Selena was an American born Mexicana, she began her career in the Spanish-speaking music industry in a specific genre, Tex-Mex.

The talented singer was born on October 21, 1925, in the Santo Suarez neighborhood of Havana. Her singing talent was obvious even when she was young, but instead of pursuing

Vicente Fernandez is a well know Mexican actor, producer and singer, Vicente is known as the king of ranchera music all over the world. Vicente started singing on the streets when he was a young boy for tips, Vicente came from a very poor family, he was forced to drop out of fifth grade to support his family. He got little jobs around his home town. He says he would stop cars and offer to sing to them for a few pesos in Guadalajara, but has now won seven Latin Grammys and one Grammy. Vicente was born in huentitan el alto Jalisco, Mexico February 17 1940. He grew up in his father’s ranch in Guadalajara, at age eight Vicente got his inspiration from Pedro Infante when his mom took him to see one of his favorite movies. Pedro infant was a

According to www.famous birthdays.com, He hosted the Latin Grammy Awards in 2003 and in 2004. He was also a co-host for the Emmy Awards in

First, I will talk about her childhood and how she became famous. Selena Quintanilla was a Mexican singer. According to biography.com she was born on “April 16,1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas.” She was known as the “Queen of Tejano” which is a style of Mexican music such as country. Selena’s first language was English, but her father taught her to sing in Spanish, so she picked up on the language, and became a fluent Spanish speaker. At the age of 10 Selena was the lead singer in her family’s band known as “Selena Y Los Dinos.” They played in weddings and clubs in Texas but it was hard for them because a lot of people think that women can’t get the attention of men singing Tejano music, but she proved them wrong.

Since, some of the songs of Martinez talked about the traditions and values of Mexican culture. While Jorden's songs focused on the lifestyle of around him at that time. Both of the singers created their own unique style of music form by mixing several types of tunes of other forms. Due to his hard work, Martinez was honored with the phrase called "El Hurricane del Valle" as he was really good with swift playing. Eventually, Martinez became the only musician to go outside of Mexico to promote his style of music as other choose to limit themselves by staying in Mexico. On the other hand, Jorden had the ability to play jazz, rock, blues, conjunto and Tejano. Moreover, he was brilliant in playing 35 different instruments and that's the reason why he played most of the instrument sin his songs by himself. This is the reason why, he was known as the "Accordion wizard" and the "Jimi Hendrix of the accordion" because he was brilliant with utilizing electronic effects such as fuzzbox and phase shifter on the squeezebox. Lastly, both musicians were creating their own unique style by mixing other tune styles along with moving forward and spreading the style called conjunto through their music. Nonetheless, Jorden was a little unhappy about people comparing his unique music style with the musician

If you haven’t got the chance to check his music and career, now is the best time to get to know this brilliant and talented artist. Here are some facts about his life.

Juan Nepomuceno Cortina was a man who was a rebel and a soldier who fought many battles that he believed was right for Mexicans in Texas and in Mexico. He took part of the Cortina Wars, where he fought Anglo or white Americans by stealing from them after how they treated Mexicans in Texas. He even took part of the War when Mexico went against the French invasion with Emperor Maximiliam, and he even helped out the Union in the American Civil war around that year. Cortina was on top of the in ranks and became Governor of Tamaulipas in Mexico. This man had many battles that he has faced in many years of violence he seen in wars and even during his own childhood. He would be known to many Mexicans as a folk hero and has Cheno Cortina, which was

Selena Quintanilla was such an amazing person inside and out more known as the queen of tejano music. She won the hearts of many people young and old in the little time she was here on earth. Blessing many people with her contagious smile, and positive upbeat attitude. Selena has always had where to pull from when it came to being musically talented. Her father Abraham Quintanilla played in a band called Los Dinos which means the boys in Spanish. He had to give his life up as an artist because he got married and had his first kid. Therefore he had to find a better support system for his family. So when he saw that Selena had talent he focused all his goals and dreams on her. Therefore selena had to make a lot of sacrifices and not live a normal childhood.

Selena was known for being the “Mexican Madonna.” She had the brightest smile and dances when she was at her concerts she would turn really fast and boost up the crowed. Selena was a bright person.

Jorge Ramos one of the most well-known journalist and most influential Hispanics in the United States was born in Mexico City on March 16, 1958. Starting off his career Ramos worked for the Televisa in Mexico City, a Spanish communications network where at a young age in his career he resigned to the news reporter position due to restrictions the Mexican government had on its networks. Jorge has always caused controversy in the communications industry due to his beliefs and different perspectives from society. However, the restriction gave Ramos the courage to keep on fighting for what he beliefs in which led him to write bestselling books such as “The other Face of America.” Also, Jorge was able to report to the world heart breaking event

Lopez admits that, through the power of music, he has been transformed. The man he was

Thanks to this album, she gained international fame since her two first albums were just sold in Colombia. Later, after a year, she released her fourth album, “The Remixes,” which include some songs from “Pies Descalzos” in remix style. On 1998, she began to work with the Cuban producer, Emilio Estefan. While working with him, she recorded another album called “¿Donde Estan Los Ladrones?”(Where Are the Thieves?) Because of this album, she was called the “Latin Queen of Rock and Pop.” Later on 2000, she recorded the “Unplugged Album” which was a mix of songs (sung in a mini live concert) from “¿Donde estan Los Ladrones?” and “Pies Descalzos” And this is all the work she has done to become a star.