She used to have a little, now she has a lot ... And she's set to perform at the inauguration of Joe Biden.
This is the story of Jennifer Lopez.
This is the story of Jennifer Lopez.
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00:00Who would have thought a girl from the Bronx, you know,
00:03with no connections in the biz or anything like that,
00:07could come so far.
00:08It's not just I work hard, it's that I put in harder work than everybody else.
00:34I work harder and harder and harder and harder.
00:36And when everybody's sleeping, I'm doing more.
00:39I said, and that's what it takes to have that kind of success.
00:42It's just a relentless pursuit of creativity.
00:58It was at the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club in my old neighborhood up in the Bronx,
01:03where I was introduced to the performing arts.
01:05It's where I first sang, first danced, and performed for an audience.
01:21Coming all the way from Bronx, New York, Miss Jennifer Lopez.
01:34But as far as for Latino actors in Hollywood, it's not that great,
01:55because we're not considered for roles that are not Latino.
02:00But meanwhile, other people are considered to play our roles
02:04who are not Latino.
02:05So it's a weird thing.
02:34I started making records in the 90s, in the era of the waif and the supermodel.
02:38And slowly, as curves began to be in brief,
02:41the girl who wanted to combine street style with couture began to blossom.
03:04I've always seen my style as kind of like sexy, but also very feminine and very modern.
03:14I kind of go with whatever I feel at the moment.
03:17I'm not one to really follow trends,
03:20but I kind of was just influenced from who I was from the time I was very young
03:24and living in the Bronx.
03:25So I just keep with that.
03:28I just try to express who I am and myself.
03:34So
03:57ugly, vicious was written about her in ways that
04:00if you wrote it now, you will literally be fired.
04:31It is my greatest hope that our efforts with Amnesty International
04:40will encourage other people throughout the world to act,
04:43ensuring that finally that justice will be served.
04:56I've never been one to be quiet about the fact that I'm Latina.
05:00I think it's important.
05:02I never put the kind of responsibility on my shoulders of role model or anything,
05:06but I do feel I have a responsibility.
05:08I have a responsibility to represent myself, my family, my culture in the best way that I can.
05:30And
05:40today, this landmark moment inspires me to work harder and dream bigger
05:46for all that is the future.
05:48I'm really grateful for her friendship,
05:50her generosity, which is huge for showing the world the beauty of booty
05:56and making it easier for a whole lot of girls to love theirs, including me.
06:04Jennifer, thanks for having me be here.
06:27A director at a fitting asked me to take my top off.
06:32No, I'm not supposed to get naked before I get on camera.
06:36Now I feel like women, we're realizing we have all this worth and value
06:40and that we shouldn't be so quiet and on the sidelines.
06:56I immediately felt like I had to get this film made, no matter the obstacle.
07:04A survivor just trying to get her piece of the American dream.
07:08Ramona, like so many of us, was a mass of contradictions,
07:13mentor and manipulator, mother, fighter, entrepreneur and hustler.
07:26In this Super Bowl, I mean, the two teams that are playing, right,
07:33the Chiefs and the 49ers are run by women.
07:36And then you got two women headlining the halftime show.
07:40So it's just that statement alone for me is empowering.
07:44When I think of my daughter,
07:46when I think of all the little girls of the world to be able to have that, to see that
07:51two Latinas doing this at this time in this country at this time,
07:55it's just very empowering for us.
08:13For me, it's unifying the nation again.
08:16You know, getting rid of this hate,
08:18thinking about my kids walking around in a world where,
08:22you know, it's OK to be racist or prejudiced because our administration says it's OK.
08:30You know, that to me is really sad because it's not the country I believe that I grew up in.