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Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez has had a life filled with glamor and glitter in his playing career and personal ventures. He rose to superstardom on the baseball diamond and dated some high-profile women. His relationship with pop music sensation Jennifer Lopez got highly talked about. Back when ‘A-Rod’ and Lopez dated, a particular song was making the rounds, which bemused the public in a certain manner. 

Rodriguez and Lopez’s love relationship were an often recurring topic in talk forums. The mainstream media and paparazzi closely followed every move of theirs. Being a perfect match of fame and wealth, they became one of the favorite celebrity couples of the American public. Therefore, they made up for town gossip during their time of relevance as a couple. 

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Apart from their relationship, they were also making big news with their humongous business ventures and thriving individual careers. ‘A-Rod’ was already a retired player by the time he and Lopez became a couple. But he had set up his entrepreneurial empire by then. Whereas, being a frontline entertainer, Lopez always had something happening in her career. 

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez’s engagement connection to a song or the rather lack of 

Back in 2018, when Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez weren’t engaged, Lopez released a song titled ‘El Anillo.’ The name of the song translates to ‘The Ring.’ So, speculations began about whether the name had any ties to their relationship. The general public thought the name might be a clue to an engagement ceremony. 

However, Lopez removed doubts from people’s minds, about the song’s meaning. In an interview after the release of the song, Lopez said that ‘The Ring’ was “written about the two of us, but it’s like, not about the two of us. It’s not like I’m like ‘Hey….Where’s my ring?’ No, it’s not like that. I feel like they wrote it because… they want that to happen.” 

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Therefore, as per Lopez’s explanation, the songwriters didn’t write the song about ‘A-Rod’ and Lopez. But rather to make the public think, it has got something to do with their relationship. ‘A-Rod’ and Lopez began dating in 2017. They got engaged in 2019, but broke their engagement in 2021 and separated their ways. 

A look at Alex Rodriguez’s present-day life 

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‘A-Rod’ played MLB for the Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, and the New York Yankees, respectively, until retirement in 2014. Post-retirement, he became a businessman, broadcaster, and analyst. He is allegedly dating fitness model Jaclyn Cordeiro, but the status of their relationship isn’t clear. 

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