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@leslienorman8382
2 ай бұрын
Edgardo Diaz is the cousin of the Melendez brothers who were in the band in the very beginning of the band. Jose Mendez was a part of RCA. As a part of a special group of Menudo to work with the guys when they came to our state we would show the guys around our town and treated them like normal people. The guys enjoyed being treated like normal people. The information came out after two of the members came out on what happened to them. It's sad that this happened to these young men. I still love my favorite group Menudo and nothing will stop me from loving them. But my heart goes out to them that were abused by these people. I pray that justice is done by these men now. Love you guys
@TLworxs
Жыл бұрын
I pray that these men find the courage to come forward now and press charges against all of the sexual predators that took advantage of them.😢
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
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@samisalas8000
Жыл бұрын
I'm a fan of Menudo since I was 10 years old and breaks my heart knowing that when I was dancing and singing their songs they were being abused by Edgardo Diaz, The Melende'z Father and so many other discussing people. In Latino countries especially in Puerto Rico was a secret that everyone knew. They knew then of all the abuse and they didn't do anything because MENUDO meant millions for TV stations, Magazines, Producers even Parents look the other way because their kids were paying rent, and taking care of their families. I hope Edgardo and all those predators paid for their crimes and the abuse
@nterrigno1
Жыл бұрын
OOPPPSSSS....Edgardo Diaz is currently living in Spain and is about 75-76 years old. SUPPOSEDLY he has dementia....BUT...let's all presume it is actually SELECTIVE AMNESIA because this pervert remembers only what keeps him is his cocoon of self preservation. He belongs in jail not eating paella...
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Well said - thank you for your comment
@asleepbydawn137
2 жыл бұрын
Show it on regular HBO lease! I’m not buying Max just for the doc but since I pay a fortune already for ten different HBO channels, I think I should be able to see the doc. I don’t get why anyone would release something just for streaming service. Not trying to be an ass just making a case for reconsidering this sort of thing. But thank you for doing the film! 🙏
@mitty2575
Жыл бұрын
I watched it free on Amazon FireStick 😜
@angeladoll9785
Жыл бұрын
Keep searching YT, someone always uploads these documentaries. YT takes them down but usually takes a few days. It is frustrating though, all the info people need the most is behind paywalls.
@chrisspearline767
2 жыл бұрын
Kinda strange how they were managed by the father of the Menendez brothers and boys had to leave the band after turning fifteen
@chrisspearline767
Жыл бұрын
@Walmartgirl50 Jose was a part of it too
@KellyDFlynn
Жыл бұрын
😮
@Muirmaiden
Жыл бұрын
@Walmartgirl50 Jose Menendez was the band's record executive. Roy Rossello recently came forward and said that Jose raped him when he was 14.
@jojosaylor8996
Жыл бұрын
JOSE Menendez was the owner of RCA
@Muirmaiden
Жыл бұрын
@@jojosaylor8996 No, he didn't own it. He was Chief Operations Officer.
@joyperez2430
Жыл бұрын
The same scandals happened in boy bands from Japan and there were also a sex, drug, gambling scandal that involved a few Korean boy band members relatively recent, named the Burning sun scandal. Menudo was greate at the beginning when all the kids were Puerto Rican Islanders and the family of some of the members were involved in the management , and three of the members were brothers. When the band started to have members replaced by boys from outside of the island, everything started to change.
@tinkerbelle2271
Жыл бұрын
Robby Rosa was the first mainlander?
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment!
@ivelissecolon2552
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a childhood friend.Thanks for doing this!!
@FactualAmericaPodcast
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you :-)
@mistiroberts1576
Жыл бұрын
Menudo did a commercial in Mesa Az for Fiesta Mall. I will never forget it lol
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Thank your for the addition!
@Songwritersbehindthecurtain
2 жыл бұрын
What about Robby aka Draco rosa?
@dontutongzkiperfecto109
Жыл бұрын
He distance himself from Menudo long time back. He's doing well now.
@neilrichardson7454
5 ай бұрын
Xavier also. He works for CNN espanol. Draco paid his respects at Reye's funeral 😢
@marsha-madness-super-badness
Жыл бұрын
They were not the first boy band. That title goes to The Jackson 5. And they came on the scene in the 60s, waaay before all of this. New Edition took it in another direction and that's what NSYNC and BSB followed. Menudo were the first manufactured build-a-boy-band.
@mctv7416
Жыл бұрын
The monkees?
@marsha-madness-super-badness
Жыл бұрын
@@mctv7416 No. Fake band, didn't play on their first albums, contrived for a TV show, don't count. The Jackson 5 did have other musicians play on their albums (such as James Jamerson) but that was always known. They weren't promoted as if they were the only ones on those albums, like The Monkees were. They sang and played their respective instruments live and they were formed before The Monkees.
@1DNETTA
Жыл бұрын
💯💯!
@jamie_ghosh.johnson
Жыл бұрын
Menudo was first pop boy band. Jackson 5 Motown and soul train then pop.
@marsha-madness-super-badness
Жыл бұрын
@@jamie_ghosh.johnson You've been saying this in other comnents and it still makes no sense. Pop is watered down R&B. That was the case in the 60s and it's the case today. The Jackson 5 played R&B. Motown and Soul Train are not genres of music so that adds nothing to what you're attempting to say. You're out of your depth, go away.
@josephharden5592
11 ай бұрын
I saw a Ricky Martin perform in Orlando in 2015 and he was ridiculously amazing. He still has it ! Anyone who wants to see a great performer who sings and dances live has to see him. Ironically I saw him after Janet Jackson had been here a month or so earlier...and she was flat-out awful... But I will say that her brothers are actually the first international boy band (they world toured in 1973 to 75)...if we're not counting the Beatles as a boy band 💯
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for your comment!
@ungido30
3 ай бұрын
the Beatles were a boy band but they were in their early twenties or late teens, the Osmond Brothers and the Jacksons were the first Boy Bands that reached global recognition not Menudo
@Chesslover3707
Ай бұрын
I'm an avid fan of this boy band.. it's so heart breaking hearing about what happened to the members.. hope they will come out from that dark experience and press charges to those people who harmed them. 😢
@irmamontes6984
Жыл бұрын
I remember Ricky in the first group was my teen crush .I'm glad they are doing well know and survived all the danger they were put threw God bless them 🙏
@jojosaylor8996
Жыл бұрын
We don't know much if he was abused or not
@alleducation1982
Жыл бұрын
Ricky was my crush too. I didn't care much for the Menudo group, but when Ricky went solo, I was in love. When I was young, I do remember guys my age saying everyone in the group was gay, because they heard that their manager was abusing them. It made me angry; I was upset at them for saying such horrible things, and often thought they were making that up out of jealousy. Lord! They were right about the abuse allegations. My question is, "Who told them?" I did grow up in LA county, so who knows? Hollywood is not too far away from where I grew up. This information breaks my heart. It pains me to find out that they were abused, molested, or raped. Though, I don't think that makes them gay. They are survivors and whoever harmed them an evil person or monsters.
@Christian-xo8hu
Жыл бұрын
Free the Menendez bros!!!
@lindachris1485
Жыл бұрын
Yea! Don’t forget about them!
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the addition!
@joanbaczek2575
8 ай бұрын
This is new evidence and menendez brothers should get new trial because of it
@FactualAmericaPodcast
8 ай бұрын
Great point - thanks for your comment!
@Songwritersbehindthecurtain
2 жыл бұрын
Will it be on paramount plus next year 2023?
@1DNETTA
Жыл бұрын
It's funny how he conveniently left out New Edition as one of the boy bands🤔....that was some side shade...he knows good and well New Edition is part of that boy brand group list.. plus they are the ones who set the stage of the newer boy bands...Not Menudo! New Edition started out around the same time('78) BUT did not become commercial until about '82( I remember this because I remember when both their songs came out) Menudo just did not blow up like New Edition did at that time. Menudo had that one major hit "Hold Me" back in like '84 and that pretty much was it. A few years ago, even New Kids on the Block gave big props to New Edition for paving the way of boy bands of the 80s!....🎤 drop.
@adrig2022
Жыл бұрын
Menudo was the most important LATIN boy band. Latin!!!
@ReelPiscesPlays
9 ай бұрын
So that was the important thing you got from all of this??
@dionneking8
Жыл бұрын
love them
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@evaling450
Жыл бұрын
Hello, I'm French and I recently became interested in the Menudo phenomenon, thinking of Ricky Martin. I can't find any documentaries in French, which would be easier for me to understand. My question is what does the Menudo group represent? I have the impression that it's not just for the music, there's something else like a religion, a hope or a pride. Can anyone tell me more? Thanks for your time.
@krowy86
Жыл бұрын
Basically, Menudo it’s like a puertorrican symbol. It’s their pride. And a Latino symbol too. To understand the Menudo phenomenon, we have to understand the context in which the band developed.
@evaling450
Жыл бұрын
@@krowy86 If Menudo had developed today, it might not have had the same success. Perhaps it's a question of the times. But that's what I understood.
@krowy86
Жыл бұрын
@@evaling450 Yep. And actually, Menudo has resurfaced under new management, but I predict little success. There’s already many boybands and waaaay more successful than Menudo in these days.
@stepcollazo8134
Жыл бұрын
Can u do a movie like gloria trevi?? Or Netflix's
@jessicah7339
2 жыл бұрын
I was a fan growing up but I see now they were definitely exploited.
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Songwritersbehindthecurtain
2 жыл бұрын
This year or next year for spring 2023?
@Filmation77
Жыл бұрын
0:50 Nononono Menudo didn't teach you that ,The JACKSON 5 taught you "The Formula" all Menudo did was show you that it could adapted for Any Culture.
@ratdog6317
Жыл бұрын
Nope, jackson 5 learned that from The Teenagers
@Filmation77
Жыл бұрын
@@ratdog6317 i'm actually talking About the personas or roles in the band Michael was the young very innocent one that ALL the girls Swooned over. Jermaine was the Smooth Super cool Big-Brother that the older girls(15-up)wanted to shoot their shot with. and the other 3 were the Solid Backing band(other than Frankie Lymon,who Else do you remember from the Teenagers?) the formula has been copied to New Edition(Ralph and Bobby Brown) even White New Wave act Duran Duran nicked it with Simon Le Bon and John Taylor. and Don't forget other acts like Spice Girls,New Kids On The Block,Backstreet Boys/N-sync, because of Berry Gordy's Marketing ("Motown:The sound of Young America") every Teen Pop act from BTS and Blackpink to One Direction to even the Pussycat Dolls are essentially Bastard Children of the Jackson 5. C'mon ask yourself have you did you ever read any magazine articles citing Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers as influences? Teen Pop as Big Business STARTED with the Jackson 5
@IndianRedd
Жыл бұрын
@@ratdog6317 learned what? How to get robbed and end up broke and drug addicted… nah we will go with the Jackson 5
@ratdog6317
Жыл бұрын
@@IndianRedd lmao here come the jackson fans
@IndianRedd
Жыл бұрын
@@ratdog6317 yea…. Here comes the whole world…
@stepcollazo8134
Жыл бұрын
I mean this is common weather its disney kids or music bands..or whn u wanna be in the movie business..thats why whn its yr child u gotta be present on every situation..u gotta be careful wth these predators...i pray that most of these people in this business is in jail..
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
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@msrthaboltares9165
2 ай бұрын
I think its the age of sixteen and not fifteen when the boys had to leave the group.
@Eddie_Bx73
11 ай бұрын
As a young boy living in Puerto Rico, I hated Menudo.
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
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@mistiroberts1576
Жыл бұрын
Ummmm I grew in a town that was 1/2 mexican and 1/2 white I dont think this guy knows what he's talking about We never thought Mexicans were poor and living in crime ridden neighborhoods. They were our friends and neighbors Also it was the Mexican grandparents who wanted everyone speaking english
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your addition!
@cryptogirliebtc3987
23 сағат бұрын
Free the Menéndez brothers 🙏 they suffered enough
@FactualAmericaPodcast
6 сағат бұрын
Thank you for your comment
@vivi8671
2 жыл бұрын
I think Menudo was a great group, but nobody wanna watch a clean documentary, now people like dirty thing, problems, gossip, because that kind of documentary sold.and menudo history has to be like that, if not, no money for anybody FOR ME MENUDO IS MENUDO💖
@mitty2575
Жыл бұрын
It was pretty good, people are so use to watching shows that go to the extreme without caring about how this might feel to the real victims. The guys did a great job, I bet their is more to the stories and it felt like they might be protection others too and that above all is priceless.
@JSrg8ix
Жыл бұрын
Its not dirty or gossip to expose child sex abuse.
@samisalas8000
Жыл бұрын
it is true it was a secret well kept in Puerto Rico and Latino Countries It is sad that those boys were abused in every way possible. I'm a fan of Menudo since I was 10 years old I cannot even imagine the pain those small souls went through. I hope Edgardo gets jail time for being a sexual predator. Even now when I am older and see interviews with Edgardo sounds wear and alarming when he talks about the group and the boys. They were abused . Menudo will always be Menudo and l love and respect those guys. I hope they get justice for the pain and suffering.
@FactualAmericaPodcast
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment
@ReneeHoskins-k5m
6 ай бұрын
Sick 😷 music world
@fatimemehdiyeva2439
2 жыл бұрын
i might be wrong but it seems all the group members are gay
@luluah1198
2 жыл бұрын
They were sexually abused by men mentally disturbed . Sort of seems they wrongly believe they are gay because they then act on their abuse on others and in turn become abusers ? Or they become gay and move away from the abuse but that sexuality is the one that becomes natural to them due to the former abuse?
@JJ-qs9hu
2 жыл бұрын
Only 5 members are out of 33 or if you count MDO then it's 7 out of 40
@ratdog6317
Жыл бұрын
@@luluah1198 that doesn't really make sense when you think about though
@benjaminpastrana9662
Жыл бұрын
not true
@futureclean
Жыл бұрын
They are 💯
@mistiroberts1576
Жыл бұрын
I hate how you cant watch anything with out crapping out racism from the past. 👎 I grew in the 70s and 80s and had completely different experience.
@jojosaylor8996
Жыл бұрын
That doesn't mean racism didn't exist in the 70s and 80s
@Moszan
Жыл бұрын
Oh well. Continue to complain.
@mistiroberts1576
Жыл бұрын
@@Moszan I will. Thank you
@tj205bama
11 ай бұрын
All them girls acting silly not knowing 🌈
@IndianRedd
Жыл бұрын
Ummm idk wtf type of drugs that lady is on but Menudo is definitely not the first boy band… the Jackson five is hands down way more popular than Menudo and came out decades before them… are u serious? I can’t believe she said that trash😂😂😂 imagine a band that changes me ever every 6 months saying they started anything
@lindaflores1460
Жыл бұрын
Calm down your right but they were the First huge international boy band
@1DNETTA
Жыл бұрын
I must say he did mention ( in the beginning) that the Jackson Five was around first. However, I had issue with him leaving out/not mentioning New Edition. New Edition did set the stage for the newer generation ( around their age group) in the 80s. And NE is still going strong.
@IndianRedd
Жыл бұрын
@@lindaflores1460 um u should calm dwn cuz they aren’t that big…. New edition is still on tour and menudo is on its 125,575 member switch
@1DNETTA
Жыл бұрын
@@IndianRedd , 👍💯! 🤭😄..
@jamie_ghosh.johnson
Жыл бұрын
I think you need to clam down. Who care who the boy band, there probably a first boy before Jackson 5.
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