Lupillo Rivera Height, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra
Profession	• Singer • Songwriter
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 9" (175 cm)
Weight (approx.)	75 Kg (165 lbs)
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 42 Inches - Waist: 34 Inches - Biceps: 13 Inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Bald
Career
Debut	Album: Selena La Estrella (1995) Film: Las nieves de enero (1995) TV: Una Maid en Manhattan as himself (2012, aired on Telemundo)
Genre(s)	Regional Mexican (Banda, Corrido)
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• 2002: Regional Mexican Male Artist of the Year Award at 14th Lo Nuestro Awards • 2002: Regional Mexican Album of the Year & Banda Artist of the Year for 'Despreciado' at 14th Lo Nuestro Awards • 2010: Best Banda Album Award for 'Tu Esclavo y Amo' at 52nd Grammy Awards
Personal Life
Date of Birth	30 January 1972 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2025)	53 Years
Birthplace	Long Beach, California, USA
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Nationality	American
Hometown	California
School	Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Educational Qualification	High school graduate (1990)
Religion	Christianity
Ethnicity	Mexican
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Tattoos	• Face of his sister Jenni Rivera on left arm • Face of Spanish singer Belinda on left arm (later covered) • On right arm
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter • TikTok • Spotify • Apple Music
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Divorced
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Mayeli Alonso (Entrepreneur) • Giselle Soto (Salon owner, 2020-2022) • Géraldine Bazán (2023)
Marriage Date	• First marriage- 1987 • Second marriage- 29 April 2006
Family
Wife/Spouse(s)	• Maria Gorola (1987-2002) • Mayeli Alonso (2006-2019)
Children	Son- L'Rey Rivera (from Mayeli Alonso, youngest) Daughter(s)- 5 (4 from Maria Gorola) • Ayana Rivera • Abigail Rivera • Angelica Marin • Areana Perez • Lupita Karizma Rivera (From Mayeli Alonso)
Parents	Father- Don Pedro Rivera Mother- Rosa Saavedra Note: Divorced in 2011
Siblings	Brother(s)- 3 • Juan Rivera (Singer) • Pedro Rivera Jr. (Pastor) • Gustavo Rivera (Singer) Sister(s)- 2 • Jenni Rivera (Actress & singer, 1969-2012) • Rosie Rivera
Other Relatives	Paternal Uncle- El Toro Rivera Paternal Aunt Nephew(s)- 2 • Johnny Cinco Lopez (Jenni Rivera's son) • Michael Rivera (Jenni Rivera's son) Niece(s)- 3 •Chiquis Rivera (Jenni Rivera's daughter) • Jacqie Rivera (Jenni Rivera's daughter) • Jenicka Lopez (Jenni Rivera's daughter) Son-in-law(s)- 2 • Edgar Ortiz (Abigail's husband) • Dean Chance Granddaughter(s)- 3 • Alanna (Abigail's daughters) • Aria (Abigail's daughters) • Mia Perez (Areana Perez's daughter) Grandson(s)- 3 (2 from Angelina) • Romeo Perez (Areana Perez's son)
Favourites
Singer(s)	Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Javier Solis
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Jeep Grand Wagoneer SUV
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	$12.5 million (as of 2024)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Lupillo Rivera

• Lupillo Rivera was born into a family of immigrant Mexican singers as his father moved to California after his birth and ran the record company, Cintas Acuario.
  

  Lupillo Rivera’s family

• He was only 15 years old when he started composing songs.
  

  Lupillo Rivera (extreme left) with his siblings when he was young

• After completing his formal education, he wanted to become a restaurateur.

• His father later gave him a job as a scout to find singers from local pubs and clubs.

• Once, the singer who had to sing a song didn’t come. So, his father asked him to sing as a backup singer.

• In 1993, he started his music career as a solo singer under the name El Torito (meaning the Little Bull).

• He later changed his name to El Toro del Corrido as a homage to his uncle and boxer, El Toro Rivera, before settling on Lupillo Rivera in 1999.
  

  Lupillo Rivera in 1998

• He later signed deals with many music companies including Capitol Records, Sony Discos (1999), and Univision Records.

• Between 1995 and 2010, he released many albums such as Despreciado (2001) and Con Mis Propias Manos (2004). After his album 24 Horas in 2010, he has not released any album.
  

  Cover of Lupillo Rivera’s album, Despreciado

• In 2002, he became the first Mexican artist to sell out the Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheatre (renamed Gibson Amphitheatre).

• During his first marriage to Maria Gorola, he had an affair with Luiz Galindo. Later, they welcomed a son named Jose Guadalupe.

• Years later, when Jose was 12 years old, he conducted a paternity test and found out that he was not their son. But he continued taking care of Jose until the age of 18.

• In 2003, while travelling for a concert in the Juarez, Chihuahua, his SUV flipped, leaving him injured.

• In 2004, he sang at the funeral of a marine killed in Iraq and left one of his famous sombreros on the casket.

• He was married to his first wife, with whom he had 4 daughters, but got into an affair with Mayeli Alonso and later married her.
  

  Lupillo Rivera with his daughters from his first wife

• On December 11, 2006, unknown people shot 7 times at his SUV in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

• He has also appeared in many films including One Long Night (2007) as Steve Hernandez.

• After the death of his singer Jenni Rivera in a plane crash in 2012, their family feud intensified and caused many controversies. It reached the level that Lupillo broke contact with all his family members except his father.
  

  Lupillo Rivera with his sister, Jenni Rivera, during a show

• In 2019, he was one of the coaches for the first season of the Mexican singing competition show, La Voz, which aired on TV Azteca.

• During the show, he had an affair with the Spanish singer Belinda Peregrín. He even got her face tattooed but later covered it up.
  

  Lupillo Rivera with Belinda (left)

• In 2023, his ex-wife Mayeli Alonso claimed that the couple once got intimate with an unknown female supermodel, but he rejected those claims.
  

  Lupillo Rivera and Mayeli Alonso (right)

• In January 2024,  he shared a teaser of a corrido (musical ballad) with his fans showing him giving money to people who hate him or speak ill of him.

• It was taken as a shot at his brother Juan who claimed that he had written many songs for Lupillo while he claimed that he gave money to Juan when he needed it.

• During an episode of La Casa De Los Famosos (LCDLF) season 4 which aired on Telemundo, he got into a fight with Alfredo Adame and said he would take revenge, either in or out of the house.

• During the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards, he wore a black t-shirt with rapper Diddy’s face printed on it, with a red cross over it. Diddy is facing sex trafficking charges.
  

  Lupillo Rivera with Diddy’s t-shirt at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards

• He claimed that he wore it to give a message to the upcoming artists that not everyone in the entertainment industry was like that.

• In February 2025, he participated in the reality show La Casa De Los Famosos (LCDLF): All-Stars, which aired on Telemundo.

• He smokes and drinks alcoholic beverages such as whiskey or vodka during parties or live shows.
  

  Lupillo Rivera smoking and drinking during a live performance

• His critics often accuse him of glamorising drugs and alcohol in his songs, but he has always refuted those claims.

• As of 2024, he earns around $500,000 from each concert.

• In February 2025, he requested the 47th US President Donald Trump to legalize migrants and not follow his anti-immigration policy.