La Lupe: A Performer Ruled By Instinct, Ecstasy : NPR
But her legacy is not a sad song. She left us treasures that we should savor, and that place her among the '60s Queens of Tough: Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and La Lupe.
Few singers have had as swift a rise and steep a descent as La Lupe, the Queen of Latin Soul in the '60s. At her peak, she was a regular at the Palladium Club and played Madison Square Garden. By the late '80s, she was on welfare with no fixed address.
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