Behind Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Jenny From The Block’ Vocal Controversy

Jennifer Lopez is as soon as once more receiving damaging backlash on social media. Considered one of her former background singers claims her vocals are literally the lead on the hit track “Jenny From The Block”—not J. Lo’s.

Over the course of the previous few weeks, a TikTok consumer underneath the screename @im.natasha.ramos started sharing movies detailing her expertise working with Lopez on her 2002 album, This Is Me… Then.

Extra particularly, Ramos’ movies centered on her claims that her vocals are those current on the album’s#### track, “Jenny From The Block.” It’s value noting that Ramos has remained steadfast along with her claims, going as far again to 2019 when she tweeted concerning the incident and revealed that Lopez didn’t even report background vocals for the observe.

I simply wish to make clear one thing. JLo did certainly go in to the studio and lay down some BGV’s over mine. So I wouldn’t say she’s a lot “Lip syncing”, nevertheless, the backgrounds are predominantly me, some advert libs (and laughs) as effectively.

— Natasha Ramos (@UluvTashaRamos) March 24, 2019

Nevertheless, in her most up-to-date movies, Ramos has taken her claims a step additional. She stated not solely has she been absent from the observe’s credit, however that she was additionally scammed.

“I feel the issue with ‘Jenny From the Block’ is that they stored my chortle, they usually stored ad-libs they usually turned her vocals like all the way in which down, and the ‘from the Bronx’ half is me,” Ramos remarked within the prolonged video.

Ramos additionally claimed that she “wasn’t within the room” to participate within the negotiations for Lopez’s This Is Me… Then album, along with claiming Cory Rooney, the producer who labored on the album, tried to extort her for a non-consensual tongue kiss.

“I say no. He’s like, ‘When you don’t give me a kiss, I’m gonna take you off all these information,’” she recalled.

Ramos added that whereas she was contacted about Lopez’s current Prime Video documentary, The Best Love Story By no means Informed, she was allegedly stonewalled concerning the improvement of the movie following an “awkward” Zoom name with Rooney and organizers of the manufacturing.

“And all these years [later], I can’t assist however really feel like that was an enormous piece in why I used to be screwed over so badly,” she stated.

Watch the total video under.

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