Brittny Mejia and Harriet Ryan | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
LOS ANGELES — In Jenni Rivera’s rise from Long Beach teen mother to icon of regional Mexican music, family was a constant. She titled her first album “Somos Rivera”— We are Rivera. It was released in 1992 on a label her parents started in their garage.
Her five children were the center of her life on stage and off. Their antics and affection on the reality show “I Love Jenni,” broadcast on Telemundo’s Mun2 channel, had the vibe of Spanglish-speaking Kardashians.