article_snippet: Lopez has revealed how the murder of famed Latino singer Selena twenty years ago inspired Lopez to launch Lopez own music career.
article_snippet: In an interview with Billboard magazine, Lopez said that finding out about the 23-year-old star's death encouraged Lopez to leave the chorus behind and try out as a solo pop artist in New York.
article_snippet: Touching on Lopez career choice, the 45-year-old continued: '
article_snippet: ' famed Latino singer Selena - nicknamed the 'Mexican Madonna' for Lopez provocative dress sense - was shot and killed by Yolanda Saldívar, the president of Lopez fan club on March 31, 1995 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
article_snippet: : Lopez has revealed how the murder of famed Latino singer Selena twenty years ago famed Latino singer Selena inspired Lopez to launch her own music career .
article_snippet: Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of Lopez death, for which Saldívar is serving life for.
article_snippet: Lopez continued: 'That's why we're still talking about Lopez 20 years later....
article_snippet: Lopez went on to win a Best Mexican-American Album Grammy for Live, had several hits in the U.S. and was about to cross over to the English-language pop market when Lopez was murdered weeks before Lopez 24th birthday.
article_snippet: Lopez posthumous album, Dreaming of You, which was mostly recorded in English, topped the Billboard 200 chart and stayed atop the Latin charts for nine months.
article_snippet: Behind bars: Yolanda Saldívar (right) is serving a life sentence for the 1995 murder of Lopez (left)
highlights_snippet: Lopez said finding out about the 23-year-old star's death in 1995 encouraged Lopez to leave the chorus behind and try out as a solo pop artist .
  