Jenni Rivera to receive posthumous star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Jenni Rivera, who was known as "La Diva de la Banda," will be honored next week with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday.

The dedication ceremony will be held Thursday, June 27, at 11:30 a.m. in front of Capitol Records at 1750 N. Vine Street.

Television host and Rivera's close friend Jessica Maldonado will emcee the event along with Mexican singer Gloria Trevi.

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The star will be accepted by Rivera's children.



Rivera was a trailblazing music icon who broke ground in the '90s as a female singer in the Mexican Banda genre and is currently the highest-earning Banda singer of all time. She and six others died in a plane crash in 2012.