--- title: J Lo Praises Cardi B, Bruno Mars with Fly Girl Throwback description: Jennifer Lopez showed some love to her fellow Bronx native Cardi B and Bruno Mars' new remix of "Finesse" with a fly girl throwback. canonical: https://time.com/5090286/j-lo-on-cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-05T20:30:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:34.834Z og:title: J. Lo Endorses Cardi B, Bruno Mars With Fly Girl Throwback og:description: Once a fly girl, always a fly girl og:url: https://time.com/5090286/j-lo-on-cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17f8051241a4e92e/6988f73bcf40a8f454c4ad32/j-lo-in-living-color-cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Tidal X: Brooklyn og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J. Lo Endorses Cardi B, Bruno Mars With Fly Girl Throwback twitter:description: Once a fly girl, always a fly girl twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17f8051241a4e92e/6988f73bcf40a8f454c4ad32/j-lo-in-living-color-cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Adorable Way J.Lo Endorsed Cardi B and Bruno Mars' Remix of 'Finesse' > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME The Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition The Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. The day's top headlines, curated by TIME editors. The Brief brings TIME's perspective to the day's most important stories, helping readers understand not just what is happening, but why it matters. 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(Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic) THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH OF NEW YORK CITY, NY - OCTOBER 17: Jennifer Lopez performs Tidal X: Brooklyn at Barclays Center on October 17, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York. (Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagic)Shareif Ziyadat—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 5, 2018 8:30 PM UTC When [Cardi B](http://time.com/5004551/cardi-b-interview/) and [Bruno Mars](http://time.com/4832847/bruno-mars-sleeping-meme-bet-awards-2017/) dropped their music video for the [remix of his song “Finesse,”](http://time.com/5087739/cardi-b-bruno-mars-finesse/) fans were instantly charmed by the funky ’90s look and feel of the video, which was heavily inspired by popular ’90s sketch show, _In Living Color_. The throwback feel of the video was so accurate that one of _In Living Color_‘s veterans, Cardi’s fellow Bronx native, [Jennifer Lopez](http://time.com/4217043/jennifer-lopezs-new-show-turns-las-vegas-into-destination-diva/), gave a subtle endorsement of the project by posting a throwback of her own on Instagram: a video of her dancing her heart out as a part of the show’s dance troupe, the Fly Girls. In her caption, Lopez used a slew of hashtags to celebrate the cultural watershed that _In Loving Color_ was, noting that she was “once a fly girl, always a fly girl.” The nod was quickly noticed by Cardi B, [a noted J. Lo stan](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bab76WiB%5FGt/), who took to her own Instagram to repost the video. See J. 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