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**The Impact Of Hispanics as the Largest Minority in the United States** T he Spanish language may be challenging to some people in the United States. In fact, it takes about 2-3 months to learn some of the language, but not to these famous and talented Hispanic stars. I'll be telling you about Prince Royce, Shakira, and Selena Quintenilla- Perez. These stars have changed the world with their music and their things that they have done to people. Well what are you waiting for, read this essay!

The first person I will be talking about is Prince Royce. He is an American-Dominican singer and songwriter from The Bronx New York. He was born on May 11, 1989, to full-blooded Dominican parents. He was the second oldest out of 4 children (Prince Royce Wikipedia). He started writing poetry when he was 13 years old and turned poetry into songwriting. His genre is Bachata, R&B, and Latin Pop. The 8 time Latin Grammy Winner has released many songs that made him more popular. When he did Ben E King's song " **Stand By Me **//" //in 2010 on //Y //outube, many record labels wanted to sign him. Posting that video on Youtube was one of the greatest decisions he ever made in his life. In March 2010 he released his own song " **Corazon Sin Cara" **//. //Both songs reached number one on " //**Billboard Tropical Songs"** //and //**"US Hot Latin Songs".** ////(Prince royce Wikipedia ////<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">**)** //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">On July 24, 2015 he released his first English album called //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">**"Double Vision".** //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In 2017 he released "Deja Vu" with Shakira and Reached 78 near 79 Million views on YouTube and 1 on Billboard Latin Music. He won 65 awards and 143 nominations in 5 years.(Prince Royce Wikipedia). When he went on tour with Ariana Grande I met him on July 16, 2015, on stage when he sang me his newest song on his " //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Double Vision" //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">album in Tampa, FL. When he went on tour with Pitbull's "The Bad Man Tour" when I met him again.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The second person is Shakira. She was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia as an only child. She has eight older half-siblings fro her father's previous marriage. Both parents raised her as Roman Catholic and attended most catholic schools. She wrote her first poem at the age of four called " //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">**La Rosa De Cristal /The Crystal Rose .** //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Just like Prince Royce as a kid, she loved poetry but then turned poetry into songwriting. When she wanted to join her school's choir she got rejected because her music teacher thought that she sounded like a goat. Well, she definitely proved her old music teacher wrong. When her father took her to see orphans at the park she told herself " I'll make these kids become a famous artist one day."She did just that. In 1997, Shakira found the //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">**"Pies** ////<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">**Descalzos** ////<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">" //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">a charity for poor children who can't pay for their education. She's also an ambassador for children and young teens for them to get a better education. On August 14, 2015 Disney announced that Shakira would play Z **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">ootopia's **//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Gazelle. //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">When she wrote //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">**"Try** ////<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">**Everything"** //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">it was a huge hit. She won 225 awards and 445 nominations. Her songs are inspiring everyone to make their dreams come true and helping people get through the tough times. Shakira will alway help those in need and never putting herself first.(Shakira wikipedia)

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The final person i'll be talking about is Selena Quintanilla -Perez. Where do I Begin! She was songwriter, singer, actress, spokesperson, and fashion designer. She was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas with her parents .When her father opened his Tex-Mex restaurant Selena and her siblings would play on stage to entertain customers. After losing the restaurant, they needed money so Selena and her siblings would often play at weddings, Street corners, quinceaneras and at fairs. After the first years of touring, the were so poor that they didn't have enough money to get gasoline. Selena was later discovered by Rick Trevi the founder of "Trejano Music Awards" and won" //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Female Vocalist of the year" //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">award in 1987. Later in 1989, she began dating Chris Perez in her band. They both decided that they would keep their relationship quiet because she didn't want her father splitting them up. She died on March 31, 1995 by the founder of her fan club Yolanda Saldivar. Her cause of death was a gunshot wound because Selena was firing Yolanda after taking 30,000 dollars from the fan club. She won in a total of 67 Awards and 89 nominations. Her genre is Mexican Cumbia, Tejano, Mariachi, Ranchera, Pop, and R&B. Even though her life was taken so quickly, Selena would always be a role model and an inspiration to Mexico and everyone around the world.(Selena Wikipedia)

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Wow how inspiring are these stars! I have told you about Selena Quintanilla, Prince Royce, and Shakira. All of these stars have something in common, they all have that same dream of become on the one of the greatest stars in the spanish industry. I hope you know a little more about them, like their awards, and the challenges they have faced.

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Prince Royce." //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wikipedia //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Apr. 2017. Web. 27 Apr. 2017. []

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">"Selena." //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wikipedia //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Apr. 2017. Web. 27 Apr. 2017 []

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">"Shakira." //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wikipedia //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Apr. 2017. Web. 27 Apr. 2017. []