Jenni Rivera final moment

Rivera, killed early Sunday in a plane crash in Mexico, was at the peak of her career as perhaps the most successful female singer in grupero, a male-dominated regional style influenced by the norteño, cumbia and ranchero styles.

To the left is the final picture Rivera took awaitng her take off, she appears happy and smiling, Rivera always shined with beaury.

A 43-year-old mother of five children and grandmother of two, her music resonated with Latinos because she sang about her own difficult experiences – her battle with domestic violence, her struggle with weight, being a single mother and her failed marriages.

The singer was born on July 2, 1969, in Los Angeles, Calif. to Pedro and Rosa Rivera, Mexicans immigrants who decided to pursue their American Dream by moving to the U.S.

The Riveras eventually settled in Long Beach, Calif. Little did Don Pedro Rivera, a musician, know that all of his children would make a living in the music business, particularly his daughter Jenni, who rose to become one of the leading female singers in her musical genre.