Lupe Fuentes, also known as Little Lupe, is a Colombian

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producer, DJ, and former pornographic actress.

Early life and adult film career

Fuentes was born in

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and grew up in

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. 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. During the trial, a pediatrician testified, using the

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, that Fuentes appeared to be underage. The defense subpoenaed Fuentes to present her passport, which confirmed that she was 19 years old at the time of production.

Musical career

Fuentes began her music career in 2010. Her music is influenced by her Latin roots and the

she heard in the streets and the nightclubs in Spain. In 2012, Fuentes became the lead singer of The Ex-Girlfriends, a pop group. 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 inflated to the

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view count by automatically loading the videos for each song. She played her opening gig at ''Exchange LA'' in February 2014 in Los Angeles, California. She headlined ''Drai's Afterhours'' the following month in

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, 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

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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. In December 2014, she released ''Get Down'', a collaboration with

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. 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

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is just over the top." In May 2016, she appeared in Riff Raff's video ''Carlos Slim''.

Personal life

, Fuentes lived in

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where she worked as a DJ. She was married to musician and porn actor Evan Seinfeld from 2011 to 2020.

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 European Actress (''100% Zuleidy'') * 2010

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– Best New Web Starlet * 2011

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– Female Performer of the Year * 2011 XRCO Award – Cream Dream

References

External links

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