Lupillo Rivera
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| Lupillo Rivera | |
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| Birth name | Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra |
| Also known as | El Toro |
| Born | 30 January 1972 |
| Origin | Watsonville, CA. |
| Genres | Latin |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Labels | Sony |
| Associated acts | Jenni Rivera |
Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra (born January 30, 1972) in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican regional singer.[1][2]
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[edit] Early Life
As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990.
[edit] Career
Rivera wanted to be a restaurant owner. His father Pedro Rivera, however, was a recording label/studio owner(Cintas Acuario) . Wanting to give his son a hands-on business experience, Mr. Rivera hired his son Lupillo to work at the studio when a contracted singer failed to show up for a recording session. Lupillo was given the task of looking for local talent at bars, with the idea that some of that talent could be signed by his father's company. When Lupillo first started singing he was called "El Torito" Lupillo Rivera.Later when becoming more famous he was known as "El Toro del Corrido. Lupillo's uncle was a semi-famous professional boxer, known as El Toro Rivera to Mexican boxing fans. By 1999, Lupillo began to sing using his own name[Lupillo]. By then, he had already signed with Sony Discos. His star began to rise meteorically at that point. In 2001, he was awarded a Premios lo Nuestro.
[edit] Personal Life
In Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, while he was driving to a concert location, his SUV flipped over. He required hospitalization. Months later, Adán Sánchez, a years-long friend who had grown to admire and become like a little brother to Lupillo, died at the age of nineteen in another car accident, leaving Lupillo Rivera devastated. In 2004, a Marine who died in Iraq had requested for Lupillo to sing at his funeral should he die, and Lupillo complied with the request, leaving one of his famous sombreros on the Marine's burial casket during the funeral. On December 11, 2006, after leaving a restaurant around 1 am in Guadalajara, Jalisco, his SUV was shot 7 times. It is not known if the shooting was an attempted murder, kidnapping or just robbery. Lupillo's brother Pedro Rivera Jr. is a Spanish language Christian singer and ordained pastor of the Southern Baptist Church.the name of the church is Primer Amor located in Whittier, CA. it is a Spanish speaking service. On August 8, 2008 he had a son.
[edit] Discography
- Selena La Estrella 1995
- El Moreno 1999
- Puro Corridos Macizo 1999
- El Toro De Corridos 2000
- El Señor de los Cielos 2001
- Y Sique La Vendimia 2001
- Gabino Barrera-Cartel De Tijuana 2001
- Viente Mujeres 2001
- Despreciado 2001
- Sufriendo A Solas 2001
- Amorcito Corazon 2002
- Los Hemanos Mas Bucados 2002
- De Bohemia Con Lupillo Rivera 2003
- Con Mis Propias Manos 2004
- Pa Corridos 2004
- El Rey De Las Cantinas 2005
- Entre Copas Y Botellas 2006
- Mi Homenaje A Pedro Infante 2007
- Desde Una Fiesta Privada 2007
- En Acustico 2008
- Tiro De Gracia 2008
- Esclavo Y Amo 2009
- 24 Horas 2010
[edit] Personal life
On June 21 Lupillo Rivera and his two young children appeared on the Spanish talk-show, Cristina, and he told Cristina that he has 7 children. Six of them biologically his and one that he has accepted as his own.
[edit] References
- ^ Wald, Elijah (2002-10-22). Narcocorrido: a journey into the music of drugs, guns, and guerrillas. HarperCollins. pp. 154–. ISBN 9780060505103. http://books.google.com/books?id=kdOU_sR2d90C&pg=PT154. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ Candelaria, Cordelia; García, Peter J.; Aldama, Arturo J. (2004). Encyclopedia of Latino popular culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 582–. ISBN 9780313332111. http://books.google.com/books?id=3uD6PKXl3q4C&pg=PA582. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
