Chiquis Rivera Responds To Negative Criticism Following Performance And Singing Backlash

Chiquis Rivera caused controversy in a good and bad way when she performed at Premios Juventud 2014 last month. The daughter of late singer Jenni Rivera made her debut on-stage singing "Esa No Soy Yo." Many compared her style and look to her mother and the comparisons to "La Diva De La Banda" flooded social media. There were many hates out there and Chiquis has now raised her voice and addressed those that say she has no business singing. "Even if the world tells you that you can't and some turn their back on you and talk bad about you, criticize you and even tell you how you're going to die, don't be afraid," she wrote on Instagram. "Maintain yourselves firm and with no fear. He [God] has everything under control and will be the wind under your wings, when the tree you thought would always be there supporting you is not."

Chiquis lated shared a photo of a quote that read: "Whoever hurts you, makes you stronger. Whoever criticizes you makes you important. Whoever envies you, makes you valuable. And it's fun that those who wish you the worst, have to put up when the best happens to you." Over on Facebook she shared a photo of a bird with the following quote: "A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid that the branch breaks because his confidence is not in the branch, it's in his wings." Her uncle, Lupillo Rivera, was asked by reporters to comment on her performance and he said: "I really don't like to comment about these things, I see things, small details that magnify on stage and when you comment on them, instead of looking good and giving advice, I always end up looking bad."