Selena

She was a performer also a fashion designer and a music pioneer. The dual nature of her function as a Mexican American singer was traditional and contemporary. She helped bring Tejano to the mainstream through her ingenuity. Her name was rising whose untimely passing splintered it. As is the norm when a brilliant, genial and young artist passes away too early and is buried, many mourned the greatness she was yet to attain. Fans have struggled throughout the years to keep her legacy alive. Her tragic death in a shooting triggered a response in the Latino community that was similar to reactions following the deaths of Elvis Presley or John Lennon. The singer was extremely popular within Latino communities throughout North America her music crossed borders of culture to impact people young and old alike. The sexy and glamorous stage performer frequently referred to as Selena the Latina Madonna Selena was nonetheless considered a role model for Off-stage, she was also a family oriented active in anti-drug campaigns as well as AIDS awareness programmes.