Hello i’m elizabeth vazquez and today i’m will be talking about selena quintanilla _ perez.
She was born in Lake Jackson,Tx,on April/16/1971. Selena began performing as a child at age 10 in her parent's restaurant with her siblings. At that same age she became the lead singer of her family's band called “selena y los dinos”.The band started playing at clubs,weddings,fairs,all around texas. Even though selena signed in spanish she grew up speaking english,but her dad told her to learn spanish so she could live with her latin culture,plus she learned how to speak spanish …show more content…
She married him secretly because no one would expect there relationship.
But on March/3/1995 a tragedy happen.Selena quintanilla-perez died in corpus christis inTx.It was yolanda saldivar.She was selena's president club fan from selena's boutique..yolanda had shot selena in the shoulder because she did not want to go to jail for stealing the boutique's money.the police found yolanda in her car saying that she regret killing selena,but selena was already found dead.finally yolanda gave herself to the police and was considered in jail for 50 year’s so she won't be out till 2025.
Today we remember her by a 2 day music festival called el dia de la rosa(the day of the rose).there is a museum from selena in Tx for fans.Her songs are also enjoyed today and fans go leave flowers every year to the hotel where she died.selena's husband also rote a book about her.
Did you Know that M.A.C sold a selena collection makeup with her favorite colors and each with one of her best songs in 2016 but it sold online before it even came out in stores.even JLO made a movie of selena because she was her BFF#i recommend