Stars Who Struggled Before Making It Big

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez made herself famous by reminding people that despite her fame, she’s still “Jenny from the block.” But what a lot of people don’t know, is that Lopez was actually homeless at one point! She revealed the truth in an interview with W magazine: “My mom and I butted heads. I didn’t want to go to college — I wanted to try dance full-time. So she and I had a break… I started sleeping on the sofa in the dance studio. I was homeless, but I told her, ‘This is what I have to do.'”

Lopez was right to follow her dreams because within a year of being homeless, she got a dancing gig in Europe and then became a Fly Girl for In Living Color shortly after!