Lupe Fuentes

Zuleidy Piedrahita, known under the stage names Lupe Fuentes and Lil Lupe, (born 27 January 1987) is a Colombian house music producer, DJ, and former pornographic actress. She was married to singer and actor Evan Seinfeld from 2011 to 2020.

Biography

Early life and adult film career

Fuentes was born in Colombia and grew up in Madrid, Spain. She entered the adult film industry in 2007, after launching her own amateur website. She initially shot her scenes in Spain, but later moved to the United States. In 2009, federal agents arrested a man in Puerto Rico on suspicion of possessing child pornography that included Fuentes. At trial, a pediatrician testified that Lupe was underage based on her appearance. Lawyers for the defense subpoenaed Fuentes to show her passport, proving that she was 19 years old at the time of filming.

Musical career

Fuentes began her music career in 2010. Her music is influenced by her Latin roots and the house music she heard in the streets and the nightclubs in Spain. In 2012, Fuentes became the lead singer of The Ex-Girlfriends, a pop group.Ms. Toni (17 December 2012)
Artist Spotlight: Former Adult Entertainment Vixen, Lupe Fuentes (Exclusive Interview)
Archived from 7 February 2013. They released two singles: "We Are The Party" released on 6 November 2012 and "Whatchya Looking At?" released on 18 March 2013. The singles were aggressively promoted through social media and with pop-up ads, which contributed to the YouTube view count by automatically loading the videos for each song getting very successful.

She played her opening gig at ''Exchange LA'' in February 2014 in Los Angeles, California. She headlined ''Drai's Afterhours'' the following month in Las Vegas, Nevada. In spring 2014, she released ''So High'' - her first single - on Brobot Records. Her second single, ''Don't Hold Back'', was released on Undercool Productions. She is mentored by Roger Sanchez, a Grammy award winning DJ and music producer, Junior Sanchez, a record producer and founder of Brobot Records, and DJ Todd Terry. Fuentes has also released tracks on Defined Music, Nervous and Inhouse. In June 2014, Fuentes opened for Oscar G at Pacha NYC. Her DJ setup is Pioneer 3x CDJ 2000 Nexus, Pioneer a DJM 900 Nexus and her USB uses Rekordbox. For production, Fuentes uses Pro Tools in her home studio. In December 2014, she released ''Get Down'', a collaboration with Darryl McDaniels. In an interview with DJ Magazine, she described her music and the collaboration: "When I am making tracks, they have to pass the dance floor test and they have to be funky ..having an opportunity to put my name alongside DMC from RUN DMC is just over the top." In May 2016, she appeared in Riff Raff's video ''Carlos Slim''.

Personal life

As of 2014, Fuentes lived in Los Angeles, California where she worked as a DJ.

Adult film awards

Won

* 2010: F.A.M.E. Award – Favorite New Starlet
* 2010: XFANZ Award – Latina Pornstar of the Year

Nominations

* 2006 FICEB Award – Best New Spanish Actress (''Posesió'')
* 2009 Hot d'Or – Best New Web Starlet
* 2011 XBIZ Award – Female Performer of the Year
* 2011 XRCO Award – Cream Dream

References

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1987 births
Living people
People from Cali
Women DJs
Colombian DJs
Spanish DJs
Club DJs
Colombian pornographic film actresses
Electronic dance music DJs
21st-century women musicians