# Mi Gente Latino Mi Gente Latino is a reaction clip of Jennifer Lopez thanking her Latino fans in Spanish at the 2011 American Music Awards, paired with Taylor Swift turning to Selena Gomez and asking 'She speaks Spanish?' The nine-year-old awards moment resurfaced in July 2020 on Twitter, where users remixed it into a reaction for celebrating or side-eyeing anyone doing Latin-coded content. By March 2023, the clip was being used to caption mariachi Taylor Swift edits and shirtless Shawn Mendes photos. ## Origin On November 20, 2011, Jennifer Lopez won Favorite Latin Music Artist at the American Music Awards on ABC. In her acceptance speech she switched into Spanish to thank her fans, closing with 'Mi Gente Latino.' A ChristinaLandProductions upload of the speech went up on YouTube the next day, November 21, 2011[7]. A higher-quality cut followed on February 8, 2012, posted by JLoGreece2[2]. Nearly nine years passed before the clip turned into a meme. On July 20, 2020, Twitter user @bionicdelux posted a tightly edited version that focuses on Lopez's closing line and cuts to Taylor Swift turning to Selena Gomez with 'She speaks Spanish?'[1]. Know Your Meme logs this as the moment the clip turned into a reusable reaction[5]. - **Platform:** American Music Awards 2011 (source), Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** @bionicdelux (Twitter edit) - **Date:** 2020 ## Overview The clip works as a reaction in two modes. The affectionate version pairs Lopez's 'Mi Gente Latino' line with a sincere celebration of Latin American music, a Latin artist, or a non-Latino celebrity doing something Latin-adjacent that fans approve of[1]. The mocking version flips it: the caption calls out an artist leaning on Spanish lyrics or Latin visuals for a career bump, with Taylor Swift's confused reaction shot doing the sarcastic work[3]. Format-wise, the tweets stay short, usually one line of text with the clip embedded. 'MI GENTE LATINO' written in all caps became its own caption, sometimes paired with 'HE LOVES US' when the subject is a non-Latino man photographed in a Latin American country[4]. The joke relies on viewers already knowing the 2011 awards moment, so the clip itself is the punchline rather than any added text. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Mi Gente Latino? A nine-second clip of Jennifer Lopez thanking her Latino fans in Spanish at the 2011 American Music Awards, paired with Taylor Swift asking Selena Gomez 'She speaks Spanish?'[1] ### Where did Mi Gente Latino come from? Jennifer Lopez's acceptance speech for Favorite Latin Music Artist at the November 20, 2011 American Music Awards, uploaded to YouTube the next day[7] and recut as a meme by @bionicdelux in July 2020[1]. ### What does Mi Gente Latino mean? Literally 'my Latino people' in Spanish, which Lopez used as a dedication to her fans at the end of her AMAs speech[5]. ### How do you use Mi Gente Latino? Post the clip in reply to non-Latino celebrities doing something Latin-coded, either sincerely like a shirtless Shawn Mendes photo in Mexico[4], or sarcastically like a mariachi Taylor Swift edit[3]. ### Is Mi Gente Latino still popular? The last well-documented viral uses are from March 2023[3][4]; the clip sits in Latin pop Twitter's recurring reaction toolkit but is used less often now. ## References 1. [https://x.com/i/status/1285257820196073473]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4HDbENGAQw]() 3. [https://x.com/i/status/1637481674425475072]() 4. [https://x.com/i/status/1640157375532335107]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mi-gente-latino]() 6. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariachi]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oBOKgFWYDo]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/mi-gente-latino Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library