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According to the U.S. Census, Latinos will represent about 20 percent of the total U.S. population by the year 2050, so it's no surprise that some of the most well-known public figures have an uncle or 20 named Jose. From the big screen to the small screen to the campaign trail, our gente are everywhere, but you would never know it because when it comes time to represent, some of our biggest stars rarely fail to do so. [Si] Entertainment presents our batch of DLL-down low Latinos.

Maxwell
The Roots: ½ Puerto Rican
Barrio Name: Maximo
Why is he frontin'?: Maxwell may be mixed with Puerto Rican and Haitian roots, but the singer was always unapologetically black, if only to help him fit into the neo-soul scene of the late ‘90s. Early in the R&B crooner's career, he adopted his middle name as his stage moniker. Apparently, this was out of concern for his family's privacy, but it also could have been so he could better compete against another singer, D'Angelo. Well, at least Max doesn't look like the late ODB. 

Aundrea from Danity Kane
The Roots: Mexican
Barrio Name: Selena
Why is she frontin'?: Understand that anything involving Diddy is just business, never personal. Poor Aundrea Aurora Fimbres, the lone Latina of Diddy's multi-ethnic girl group Danity Kane hasn't even had an opportunity to represent. When Making the Band 3 was on, not one word was mentioned of her Mexican roots. Nada. Perhaps this was an executive decision, but Aundrea has publicly said she thought her Mexican heritage would be a handicap when it came time for Diddy to decide on his group and with good reason. He's still bitter about his spilt from J. Lo. Evidence? The lead chicks in his videos all resemble the Bronx bombshell. After all, J. Lo's Latina assets made Puffy's libido go poof. 

Bill Richardson
The Roots: Mexican
Barrio Name: Memo
Why is he frontin'?: The governor of New Mexico has never really been the type of man to shy away from his Mexican background. But compared to Barack Obama's race card tactics, and Hilary Clinton's gender card pulling, Richardson's campaign staffers can definitely do more to play up the possibilities of his historical candidacy. The name alone sounds only slightly more Latino than John Edwards. And for all intents and purposes, when it comes to appearances, Bill Richardson could stand to have a Mariachi band behind him to play the National Anthem. Sure, it would help if Red Staters didn't know he was down with La Raza, but would it hurt to lobby for an endorsement from El Chapulin Colorado. 

Clifton Collins Jr.
The Roots: Mexican
Barrio Name: Chuey 
Why is he frontin'?: In all honesty, after Clifton's abuelo, the well-known character actor Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, passed away, Collins Jr. went back to his surname and the native Angeleno has been cool with us ever since. Still, Hollywood typecasted CC with plenty of drug-dealer/boxer/gangbanger type roles early in his career. When he finally did get to play a non-Latino character (Perry Smith in 2005's Capote), he was a killer-and he murdered the role. Thanks for always repping Pedrito!  

Fabolous
The Roots: ½ Dominican
Barrio Name: Teofilo
Why is he frontin'?: Perhaps Fabolous wanted to avoid the reggaeton marketing ploy a lot of record labels were slapping anyone who had a hint of Latino a couple of years ago (we see you Nore). But it seems to us Fabolous goes out of his way to not represent Quisqueya la bella. He couldn't even rock a DR fitted cap in that video he did with J. Lo. (Come on!) Hey, Fab, at least consider rhyming four bars in Spanglish, just to give your better half a nod of appreciation. If not, refrain from referring to yourself as Loso.