He eventually encountered a Mexican audience who were not accepting of Latinos performing American style music and felt that Americans did not accept his music, because he was Mexican (Selena, 2008). He decided that he would begin performing Tejano music, which can be defined as “the fusion of American music styles into Mexican music” (Selena, 2008). This style of music first emerged in Texas by musicians of Latin descent. Abraham Jr. moved to Lake Jackson, Texas, married Selena’s mother and had two children ahead of Selena, Suzette and Abraham Isaac Quintanilla III, causing him to abandon his music career and focus on making money for his family (Selena, 2008). Although he was no longer performing music, Selena’s father was still very passionate about nurturing his children with it. When Selena was six years old, she began singing along to her father’s music at home; he explains in the Biography documentary, Selena, that he “saw a way back into music through her”
He eventually encountered a Mexican audience who were not accepting of Latinos performing American style music and felt that Americans did not accept his music, because he was Mexican (Selena, 2008). He decided that he would begin performing Tejano music, which can be defined as “the fusion of American music styles into Mexican music” (Selena, 2008). This style of music first emerged in Texas by musicians of Latin descent. Abraham Jr. moved to Lake Jackson, Texas, married Selena’s mother and had two children ahead of Selena, Suzette and Abraham Isaac Quintanilla III, causing him to abandon his music career and focus on making money for his family (Selena, 2008). Although he was no longer performing music, Selena’s father was still very passionate about nurturing his children with it. When Selena was six years old, she began singing along to her father’s music at home; he explains in the Biography documentary, Selena, that he “saw a way back into music through her”