Demystifying a Diva: The Truth Behind the Myth of La Lupe

by Juan A. Moreno-Velázquez, Charlie Vázquez (Editor)

Overview

A revealing new look at the private life of the controversial Cuban singer as told by those closest to her—her children, her music industry collaborators, and lovers, as written by the award-winning journalist and salsa music historian Juan A. Moreno-Velázquez.

This book goes behind the scenes to reveal who La Lupe really was, as opposed to who the general public, music industry, and public made her out to be—beginning with her humble roots in Santiago de Cuba, to her untimely passing in the South Bronx in 1992.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148378761
Publisher:	Editorial Trance
Publication date:	10/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Juan A. Moreno-Velázquez is a professor, author, and award-winning journalist specializing in the fields of entertainment, politics, and spirituality. As the former entertainment editor for New York’s El Diario/La Prensa newspaper, his bilingual writing reaches both the Latino stateside community as well as that of his native Puerto Rico. His is the author of a Celia Cruz biography “La Reina Es La Rumba, Por Siempre Celia”, an Ismael Rivera book titled “MAELO…Hijo de Borikén, Rey De Los Soneros”, as well as an upcoming biography on the salsa legend Johnny Pacheco.

Editorial Reviews

"I was able to read the Spanish version and it seems that all of the vicious rumors spread about La Lupe were questionable after all. This book's research went right to the source, as close as one could get to Lupe herself, and that alone deserves to be heard. Lupe was a staunch black feminist decades before her time, and the smearing of her name had much to do with the "machista" Latin music industry that didn't quite know what to do with her while she was at her peak, and even less so after.

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