If you follow the Tejano Music trends, you would be very familiar with the singer Selena. No, we are not talking about the pop singer Selena. The Tejano singer Selena was extremely popular in South and Latin America. She had millions of fans all over the world even. However, she was brutally murdered by her manager in 1995. The world was in shock when they came to know about the story. The “Queen of Tejano Music” had fallen brutally.
Today, we will be talking about her older brother Ab Quintanilla. He was also involved with his sister in the music-making business. However, he was much more versatile and did not restrict himself to only Tejano music. Thought the songwriter never had a smooth life, especially with his sister’s death, but even Quintanilla was involved in some suspicious things.
Ab Quintanilla Early Life
Born on December 13, 1963, in Washington, USA, A.B. Quintanilla was known as Abraham Isaac Quintanilla III. He was born to Abraham Quintanilla and Marcella Samora. He has two sisters, Suzette Quintanilla and Selena Quintanilla. The three of them had been interested in music from a very small age.
They had also tried to work together for quite some time. The band was named Selena y Los Dinos. This was largely their father’s idea, and he is responsible to bring the three kids together to make a family band. This was also how Selena had debuted into the world of Tejano music.
A.B. was more inclined to play the guitar or the bass from a very small age. In the band, he mainly used to play the instruments first. However, as he grew up he went towards music production. He was the person who produced Selena’s first hit Como la Flor.
He was an active member of the band until Selena’s murder. However, with the death of the youngest, the band had also decided to dissolve.
Ab Quintanilla Age
As of now, A.B. Quintanilla is 57 years old.
He rose to fame with his youngest sister Selena. As the band started to release its music, Selena’s voice became extremely popular. Though she had gone out of the way to release various singles, her elder brother never left her side. He had always been a guide to her. He would usually produce for her songs and made sure to bring out her best.
The Queen of Tejano Music had often shown appreciation for her brother throughout her career.
Ab Quintanilla Wife
In total, A.B. Quintanilla has been married five times. When Selena was murdered, he got quite some recognition, and it was found out that he had already been married three times before. However, in 1995, he was unmarried and not dating anyone as such.
He got married in 2011 to Rikkie Leigh Robertson. They had been dating each other for quite a long time and had finally decided to go for it. Unfortunately, the love birds fell out, and they both got divorced. Robertson had later revealed that she was quite happy that they got divorced.
In 2019, Quintanilla got married again to Anjelah. They both seem to be quite happy together now. He keeps sharing about his on Instagram.
Ab Quintanilla Children
As a man who has been married 5 times, he has built quite a family and lineage. He has a total of eight children.
From his first marriage with Vangie, he has a son and daughter named, Svani and Martika, respectively. From his second marriage, he has five sons and another daughter. However, he has no children from his last two marriages. Quintanilla even has a grandchild.
It has also been reported that he has to pay for child support. Though it is not known for which child he pays for but he has been in deep trouble for that. Apparently, in 2017, Quintanilla was on Texas’ Most Wanted List. He had not paid for the child support for quite some time.
However, when he was taken to court, he had paid all the dues with the fine.
Ab Quintanilla Net Worth
Being a music producer and a songwriter for such a famous singer as Selena has boosted Quintanilla’s net worth. As calculated in 2020, Quintanilla has a net worth of $5 Million.
Ab Quintanilla Work
Quintanilla started as a musician and songwriter in the band Selena y Los Dinos. He would produce for his sister, Selena whenever she would release solos.
Even after the band got dissolved, nothing stopped him from rising in his passion. He formed a new group named Kumbia Kings in 1999. Even Selena’s husband was a part of the group. He released tons of albums via the group./ most of them would be absolute hits.
However, he did not just stick to one group. In 2006, he formed another group named Kumbia All Starz. He again released quite some bangers with the new group. Now he is popularly known as the “King of Kumbia”.
