While scrolling through Bronx related news today, I was surprised to see Welcome2TheBronx and myself mentioned and quoted in E!News on a story about Jennifer Lopez aka JLo or simply, Jenny.
E!News writes:
“Yes, J. Lo donates millions to charities, particularly dealing with women and children’s issues but what about the Bronx? Sure it’s her money and yes she can decide what to do with it but at some point isn’t it almost a responsibility to give something back to the community who’s [sic] name you invoke all the time and essentially use?” Ed García Conde wrote in July 2013 on Welcome2TheBronx.com in response to Lopez’sW spread.”This is a topic that has been on Bronxites minds for quite some time. If Jenny from the block is reading this, I’d love to sit down and chit chat with her, invite her back home and talk about the issues that ail her fans at her home base and what we can do to partner up.”Conde didn’t have to wait that long, at least for Jenny to come home. Less than a year later, news that Lopez would be doing her first show in the Bronx effectively made any bad blood so much water under the Triborough Bridge.
Ed García Conde is a life-long Bronxite who spends his time documenting the people, places, and things that make the borough a special place in the hopes of dispelling the negative stereotypes associated with The Bronx. His writings are often cited by mainstream media and is often consulted for his expertise on the borough's rich history.
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