ABSTRACT
Jenni Rivera was that rarity in the narcocorrido musical genre of the Mexican–U.S. border: a woman. Her death in 2012 did not diminish her allure amongst the Mexican diaspora in the United States or her fans in Mexico. Her corridos, however, became controversial in mainstream media because of their alleged association with drugs. In this chapter, her life and art are weighed against the criticism of her persona and output in the context of the double stigma of the marginality of Mexican Americans and the scourge of narcotrafficking.
