Childhood

Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known as J. Lo, is an American singer, actress, dancer, fashion designer, author and producer. She became interested in pursuing a career in the entertainment industry following a minor role in the 1986 film My Little Girl, to the dismay of her Puerto Rican parents, who believed that it was an unrealistic career route for a Hispanic.

Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in the Castle Hill section of the South Bronx on July 24, 1969. She is the middle of three musically-inclined sisters, Leslie Lopez, a homemaker, and Lynda Lopez (aka Lynda Lopez), a DJ on New York's WKTU, a VH1 VJ, and a morning news show correspondent on New York's Channel 11.

Jennifer Lopez hasn't forgotten where she's come from. The mom of two opened up earlier today abo...

The former American Idol judge makes the revelation in a new interview with W magazine.

Jennifer Lopez took her kids back to the dance studio in the Bronx where it all began for her when she filmed TNT's Neighborhood Sessions

The 39-year-old actress told Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on Friday that J-Lo was her dance teacher when they were both growing up in The Bronx

Jennifer Lopez Visit her old house with sister Lynda Lopez in the Bronx, the sister's remenber good times in front of the house and take a selfie for the memories in the Bronx Neighborhood.

Ms. Lopez’s free concert at Orchard Beach this week was her first-ever show in the Bronx. Some fans wondered why it took her so long to perform in the borough where she grew up.

Jennifer Lopez confesses to stealing for food in childhood - Jennifer Lopez recently revealed that she used to jump in the garbage bins filled with maggots for food and she has also stolen for food, as she recalls her experiences while growing up Bronx. The 45-year-old artist said that although her childhood was filled with many happy memories, but it was also spent in abject poverty, E! Online reported.

The block that Jennifer Lopez grew up on doesn't seem like the kind of place where stars are born or raised. Her old neighborhood of Castle Hill is constantly bathed in the hum and the fumes of traffic from the Cross Bronx Expressway.