J.Lo labeled ‘sell-out’ at Bronx homecoming

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She may be Jenny from the Block — but The Bronx wasn’t about Jenny.

Pop superstar Jennifer Lopez played Orchard Beach on Wednesday evening, her first-ever show in the borough where she was born and raised.

But although J.Lo, 44, talks up her “from the block” status, residents seemed to see the Castle Hill native as a jet-setting megastar who has lost touch with her roots while hobnobbing in California and the Hamptons.

“She’s been making all this money on Castle Hill but she doesn’t even help out the neighborhood,” said Matthew ­McNally, 25. “Most of the people I know think she’s a sellout.”

“Musically, she’s very talented, but I don’t think she’s done enough for the community,” added Justin McGinn, 24, of Throggs Neck.

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Producers said 25,000 free tickets were issued for the concert, but well under half the expected number of fans showed up and there were few traffic problems around Orchard Beach.

“I wanted to see what the show was like, but a lot of people I talked to don’t like her or want anything to do with her,” McGinn said.

“They feel like she’s a sellout and she took too long to come back.”

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J.Lo’s first Bronx concert came 15 years after the release of her debut album.

For an hour and a half, she ran through a compilation of hits such as “Ain’t It Funny,” “If You Had My Love” and “Jenny from the Block,” as well as songs from her upcoming album, “A.K.A.,” due for release June 17.

“I’m so happy to be home,” exclaimed Lopez.

During her set, she made several brief references to her Castle Hill upbringing.

At one point, Lopez and her dancers perched on a set of stairs and sang a cappella, as if they were sitting on a neighborhood stoop.

“This is how we used to do it in The Bronx,” she said from under a ­giant lighting rig.