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#Hilo 🧵🎤Selena Quintanilla, quien revolucionó el Tex-Mex y patentó la ‘Tecnocumbia’ en la década de los noventa, cumplirÃa este dÃa 50 años. En recuerdo a su carrera musical hablamos de los detalles poco conocidos de su vida. 
De raÃces mexicanas y cherokees, nació en Lake Jackson. Sus padres Marcela Ofelia Zamora y Abraham Quintanilla, emigraron de México en la década de los cincuenta. En Texas, sus padres se convirtieron en testigos de Jehová; su madre mantuvo varios años un papel activo en el credo.
Su carrera musical inició a los 10 años en compañÃa de sus hermanos Susette y Abraham. Juntos dieron vida al grupo ‘Selena y Los Dinos’. Abraham Quintanilla, su padre, tuvo en sus años de juventud una banda del mismo nombre.
Selena will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys. Seems like a perfect opportunity to remind ya'll what made her so special. 1. She was a true artistic vanguard, almost single-handedly revolutionizing a form of American roots music into cutting edge bops.
Selena grew up on Tejano, an underdog genre which fused the accordion from German immigrants and the Mexican folk guitar. Selena and her musician family added modern synths, R&B inspired vocals and pop arrangements into Tejano. An explosive, lasting combination.
It's still astounding, what she did. She took a form of rural, regional music and brought it to the international stage, selling out world stages and at one point making Tejano the fastest growing Latino genre in the country. She did all of this before the age of 23.
(1 of 24) The time has come for the @rockhall to answer why there are only 70 women out of 923 performers inducted into their institution. The stats speak for themselves. You can’t engage, teach and inspire when you exclude. #womeninmusic #inductmorewomen #RockHall #21for21
Tina Turner is not in the Rock Hall for her solo career. #21for21 #womeninmusic #inductmorewomen #RockHall #TinaTurner
