Jenni Rivera Mexican American singer dead

[Dianna]

This is very sad. I am trying to find the television program el gordo y la flaca on direct tv to hear more news.. not much coverage here.


www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/09/jenni-rivera-dead-mexican-american-singer-dies-plane-crash_n_2268528.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&icid=maing-grid10|htmlws-main-bb|dl1|sec1_lnk3&pLid=243267&src=sp&comm_ref=false

[Deleted]

I heard this on the radio this morning...

[the Scribe]

Embarrassed to say I've never heard of her. Very sad for her fans and family.

[Dianna]

Rob, the only reason I knew of her is because of my mom.. I remember the name, Jenni Rivera, otherwise I would not have known either.. and yes sad, I understand she had 6 children.

[erik]

Quote by dianna:

Rob, the only reason I knew of her is because of my mom.. I remember the name, Jenni Rivera, otherwise I would not have known either.. and yes sad, I understand she had 6 children.

She grew up in a fairly tough neighborhood in Long Beach, here in SoCal, and was really quite big in the Latino music community, and ready to break out pretty much the same way Selena did back in 1995, before her unfortunate, and much more violent, demise.

What does concern me is that, as had happened with Selena, those who are not of Mexican-American background or who have either not much in the way of knowledge or (unfortunately more commonly) appreciation are going to think "What's the big deal?" So...:

www.eonline.com/news/370003/remembering-jenni-rivera-10-things-to-know-about-the-mexican-american-superstar