Jenni Rivera Research Paper

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Mexican -American singer Jenni Rivera. Born July 2, 1969, Long Beach California. Rivera had 15 gold, 15 platinum and 5 double platinum records. Later on Rivera become a reality -TV star, businesswoman and activist. She produced several reality –TV shows series that include her family members. Jenni’s parents where Rosa Saavedra and Pedro Rivera. Both her parents were divorced. They illegal crossed Mexico to get into the United States. Jenni was baptized as Dolores Janney Rivera Saavedra. Rivera young life was very difficult and not easy. Later on in life Rivera got pregnant at the age of 15 by Trino Marin. Her parents kicked her out of the house. She then married Marin in 1984 and had 2 more children. It was not very pleasant together. In her 8 years Rivera descried it as a mentally and physical abuse. But she managed to finish high school and college where she was studying business. Her married then led her to become very depressed and she try to commit 2 suicide attempts. …show more content…
Where she started worked at her father’s records label. There she started to discover her dream of singing. The desperate singing would perform at bars, where she met a man by the name of Juan Lopez. Later after she was hired by Juan Lopez in 1997. Lopez was then sentenced to 6 years of prison for summling immigrants. After his imprison him and his wife had 2 children. But then Lopez’s then caused the couple to separate in 2003. After Rivera let the marriage sink in, her music was flying high to the tops. The 1st record album was up and running. Que Me Entierren con la Banda," was a hit. Spanish-singing Rivera soon became known to a growing fan as "La Diva de la