American singer Jennifer Lopez has mentioned her household dynamics and relationship with her mother, Guadalupe Rodrguez, with Rolling Stone.

The I’m Actual singer has just lately appeared on the quilt of the brand new subject of the journal in which she acknowledged her mother’s efforts in making her a robust individual and in addition making ready her for troublesome conditions whereas working in the entertainment industry.

“But I’m also able to survive the things I’ve survived in this business because my mom was tough. I don’t think she could realize what she was preparing me for, but she did,” the star, 52, instructed the outlet.

Regardless of her success, Lopez admitted that rising up in a small Bronx household with little prior understanding of the industry has left her feeling like an “underdog” at instances.

“I always feel like I was scrapping from the bottom. Always. I always felt like I wasn’t the one that was supposed to be in the room,” the Jenny from the Block singer mentioned.

She went on to say, “You know what I mean? All of that stuff. Not being born into a family with money. Not knowing anybody in the business. I just went out there and said, ‘F— it. I’m going to just try. I’m going to try to get in here”.

She additional elaborated that there’s nonetheless a disconnect between the place she is and the place she needs to be.

“It’s just 20, 25 years of people going, ‘Well, she’s not that great. She’s pretty and she makes cute music, but it’s not really this and that.’ You know, I think I’ve done some nice work over the years, some really nice work,” she mentioned. “But there is a club that I just wasn’t a part of. And I always acted like, ‘Yeah, I’m good. I’m fine. I’m OK.'”