Leo Messi was the international figure that Miami needed to complete the puzzle as the Mecca of Latin celebrities. It had been for years, but the arrival of the undisputed number one of a sport that is already a force in the United States is the last star in a dazzling firmament. Along with him, his former FC Barcelona teammates Sergi Busquets and Jordi Alba have landed: the three have joined the ranks of Inter de Miami, a club created by David Beckahm, the epitome of glamor in the king of sports. Two more kings, of basketball and American football, are tied to the capital of the state of Florida. LeBron James left Miami as his home city when he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, but not as a place to return to: in fact, he bought a luxury condo in the Estates and Acqualina tower in Sunny Islands in October , the same prohibitive neighborhood chosen by Leo Messi. The other is Tom Brady, the quarterback with the most victories in the NFL and who finished his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Florida).
The other big media claim in recent months has been Shakira: the most universal Latin singer settled there at the beginning of April with her two children, Milan and Sasha, after a long, thorny and complicated process of separation from Gerard Piqué. Owner of a superb house on North Bay Road Drive (Miami Beach), she has lived in the area for many years and knows that the entire Spanish-language music industry with a vocation to be international inevitably passes through these geographical coordinates. But when Shakira could not yet speak, the equivalent of Messi in the song in Spanish was the first visionary.
Julio Iglesias obtained several estates in today’s very popular Indian Creek, where he has one of his main residences; in fact, he recently closed a formidable deal by selling land to Ivanka Trump. Models Gisele Bundchen, Elle McPherson, Karlie Kloss, Adriana Lima and… Enrique Iglesias have arrived at the 35 plots of Indian Creek, possibly the most exclusive urbanization in the United States. From Miami he has projected his music on the Spanish-speaking world and, although he will never reach the numbers of his father, he can boast of a successful career and a very discreet life: we have learned that he got married due to an indiscretion of the his brother, Julio José, who commits slips that are priceless material for the pink press. With Ricky Martin and Pitbull – another star of Latin music resident in Miami – they will star in the Trilogy Tour in 19 American cities in the fall.
Gloria and Emilio Estefan, the most influential couple in Latin music, have always been neighbors of the city. Both were born in Cuba – she in Havana and he in Santiago – but they began their legend precisely with the formation Miami Sound Machine. Finally, this list cannot be closed without mentioning Jennifer Lopez: although she sold her fabulous house in Miami when she broke up with Álex Rodríguez, she continues to return to the city often with her new husband, Ben Affleck.
In fact, the list of celebrities who live permanently in Miami or have it as their second home is very long: Dwyane la Roca Johnson, Sylvester Stallone, Pharrell Williams, Cher, Tommy Hilfiger, Lenny Kravitz, Oprah Winfrey, Ariana Grande and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, to mention some of the most relevant.