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J.Lo's Latest Feud
Friday March 30, 2007


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Ritmo Latino has banned all of Jennifer Lopez's CDs from its 50 stores, accusing the 37-year-old singer of snubbing Latin music shops.

Ritmo President David Massry tells the New York Daily News that J.Lo "has refused personally to promote her new CD in any of our stores" and won't appear at other outlets devoted only to Latin music.

"We've supported her from the beginning. Now we're told by her record company she will only visit Anglo retail outlets," Massry said.

On Wednesday, J.Lo made an appearance at the FYE record store in her home borough of the Bronx and signed autographs for hundreds of fans who bought her new disc, Como Ama una Mujer ("How a Woman Loves"), Lopez's first Spanish album.

Massry continued: "This is a Spanish-language CD, and if she wants to discriminate against the Latin community, then we will not sell her product."

"This is not the first time this has happened," he added. “Celebrities have this notion that when they reach a certain level of crossover appeal, they forget quickly where they started. We will no longer tolerate these situations."

But a source close to Lopez tells Usmagazine.com that the ban is merely a publicity stunt. “This guy issues a release for every major star," says the source. "He also did it with Shakira and Ricky Martin. The boycott press release tactic is old.

Kevin Lawrie, the head of Sony's Latin division, Sony Norte, tells Us: "We (the label) felt that it was important that Jennifer do her in-store in the Bronx, where she is from and where there is substantial cultural diversity. Unfortunately, Ritmo Latino has no outlets in the Bronx."

The Lopez source added, despite the ban, the singer has no hard feelings against Ritmo Latino and intends to do promotions with them in the future. “She is going to do something with them in L.A."

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