Jennifer Lopez became one of the first stars to have a combo of her first and last names put together as a nickname that was used professionally.
Now she’s sharing how her famed moniker “J.Lo” came to be. The 51-year-old revealed in the upcoming issue of InStyle that it was when she decided to cross over from actress to singer that late rapper Heavy D coined the nickname.
Jennifer had already made a name for herself as an actress with 1997’s star turns in Selena and Anaconda when she began working on her first studio album On The 6, which was released on June 1, 1999. “The name J.Lo came from Heavy D.
He used to come by the studio for my first album and would call me Jenny-Lo, Jennifer-Lo, or J.Lo,” she told the publication.
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