For Selena, a day in the early ’90s at Houston’s Galleria was likely just another mall appearance. But it was a memorable time for a starstruck local teen who had lined up to meet her. “I said, ‘Hello’ and kept it moving,” Beyoncé told MTV’s Tr3s years later. To Texans, to Latinas, to future performers of all backgrounds, Selena meant something. You see her today in Katy Perry’s jeweled bustiers, in Valentina’s poses on RuPaul’s Drag Race and in many aspects of Jennifer Lopez’s career. In 2015 Lopez, who called Selena “my mentor,” told Today, “If she were here, she’d be doing what I’m doing now.”
“THERE IS ONLY ONE SELENA. AND THERE ONLY EVER WILL BE. SHE’S JUST ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL TYPES OF ARTISTS WHO, WITH HER MUSIC…