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Trivia
Birth name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Date of birth: 20 February 1988
Place of birth: St. Michael, Barbados, West Indies
Nickname: Rihanna
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Rihanna was born on the Caribbean island of Barbados in the parish of St. Michael.
Rihanna is the eldest sibling to her two younger brothers.
She was discovered by music producer Evan Rogers while he was vacationing in Barbados with his wife Jackie, who is also a
Bajan.
Rogers, along with his partner Carl Sturken, helped Rihanna record demo material that was sent to various recording companies including Def Jam, where Rihanna auditioned for CEO Jay-Z and was signed on-the-spot.
Was signed to Def Jam Records.
Rihanna is one of three new artists that Jay-Z has signed to Def Jam- Teairra Mari and Ne-Yo are the other two.
Her musical inspirations include Alicia
Keys, Beyoncé
Knowles, and Mariah
Carey.
Several other major labels were vying for Rihanna, but Def-Jam made such an amazing deal that,the scheduled meetings with the other seven companies were canceled.
Attentend Combermere which is a sixth form school similar to technical
school in America.
Rihanna dislikes dishonest people. She prefers people to be honest and loyal.
Pon De Replay was heard on HBO's hit TV show 'Entourage' in the 'An Offer Refused' episode during the club scene.
Performed Hero at her school's talent show.
Truth be told, Jay was skeptical about Rihanna initially. Brown played him the record that's turned out to be her first single, "Pon De Replay," and Hova was nervous about it.
During the "If It's Lovin" video shoot, one of Rihanna's male dancers kept spraying water in her face. Her hair was wet and her makeup was barely on anymore. She zoomed up behind him and bumped him off the
jetski.
Growing up, she idolized Whitney Houston, Mariah
Carey, and especially Beyonce.
While growing up in Barbados Rihanna visited the beach everyday with her two brothers.
Won a Beauty Pageant contest at her school.
Rihanna, will be produced by Vada Nobles.
Fatima Robinson choreographed Rihanna's videos'; for both Pon De Replay and If It's Lovin.
Psychology was Rihanna back up plan incase singing didn't work out for her.
Rihanna is very patriotic and would love the world to know where she's from. The ring she displays at the end of the 'Pon de Replay' video is designed like the 'broken trident' that's in the middle of the Barbadian flag, which is her way of connecting with us at home and letting the world know of her Bajan pride.
During Rihanna's audition for Jay-Z in New York, Rihanna performed the songs "The Last Time", "Pon De Replay" and Whitney Houston's version of "For The Love of You".
In her spare time Rihanna likes to listen to music and catch up on some sleep. She may also sometimes call her friends in Barbados.
Despite some lack of support from Urban stations Rihanna's new single "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)" manage to strive into the billboard top 40, the songs has charted on almost all the billboard charts with the exception of the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and the R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart.
In 2006, Rihanna landed several endorsement deals, including ones for Nike and J.C. Penney. In addition to a cameo role in Bring It On 3, she is also releasing her album, titled A Girl Like
Me..
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