Selena

She was a singer, performer and designer who broke through the barriers of the world of music. She was Mexican-American, but she was also a traditional. She was the first to bring Tejano into the mainstream of music. It was an emerging star who's tragic death threw it into turmoil. It is also the case for a gifted, charming and young artist dies too soon people mourn the possibilities she was yet to achieve. The fans have worked hard over the years in order to ensure that her legacy is kept alive. Selena is the Tejano singer who fatally shot dead during a shooting incident, has sparked a Latino reaction that can be thought of as similar to the reactions to the deaths of Elvis Presley and John Lennon's death. The singer was extremely popular in Latino communities across North America her music crossed lines of cultural difference to affect the lives of young as well as old. A flamboyant sexy stage performer sometimes hailed as the Latina Madonna Selena was nonetheless thought of as a role model off-stage she was family oriented actively involved in anti-drug campaigning as well as AIDS awareness campaigns.