Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The singer known as La diva de la banda is dead. Jenni Rivera, a powerhouse in the Latin music scene, was killed in a plane crash in a remote area of Northern Mexico yesterday.
She was originally from Long Beach but she rose to dominate the Mexican banda scene, a popular style of traditional ballads known for their heavy use of brass and sad, soulful lyrics.
She's one of the only artists who's reached both Mexican and Mexican-American fans, building a bi-cultural and bilingual brand, and selling over 20 million albums during her 20-year career and becoming the first female singers to break into the male dominated Mexican music scene.
Here to talk about her career and life is USC's Josh Kun.