A teen Latin pop star - North Bergen resident featured on MTV’s ‘Making Menudo’ - New Jersey

When Menudo was well on its way to becoming the first truly big-name group among the pop boy bands of the 1980s, Henry Escalante wasn’t even thought of.

But back then, Escalante’s mother, Jacqueline Cubillos, was a huge fan of Menudo when she was growing up in her native Union City.

“My mom loved Menudo,” Escalante said. “She used to go to the Menudo concerts and jump up and down and cry. She told me a story that she was at a concert and even fainted once. It was pretty funny. She was really into it.” “*

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