Joe Lopez
About
Singer and convicted sex offender who was paroled in March 2018. He served 12 years of his 20-year prison sentence for multiple offenses involving his 13-year-old niece. In the 1970s, he was co-founder of the band Grupo Mazz.
Before Fame
He and bandmate Jimmy Gonzalez earned a marketing contract with Coors in the mid-1980s that provided the band with publicity.
Trivia
In July 2021, a concert featuring him at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth was canceled after community backlash.
Family Life
He is from Brownsville, Texas.
Associated With
He and R. Kelly are both musicians who faced criminal charges.
