RIHANNA OF BARBADOS
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A beauty from Barbados rihanna with an interest in singing, Rihanna hit the big time after a chance meeting with a music mogul. Only several years later, she managed to become one of the biggest- selling female artists in history. Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known by her stage name Rihanna, was born in Barbados in 1988.Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988 in St. Michael, Barbados and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados to Monica Braith waite, an accountant & Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor. Her mother is Afro-Guyanese and her father is of Afro-Barbadian and British Isles ancestry (known as "Redlegs" in the Caribbean). Rihanna lived the life of a normal island girl going to Combermere, a top sixth form school. Rihanna won numerous beauty pageants and performed Mariah Carey's single "Hero" in a school talent show. Her life changed forever when one of her friends introduced her to Evan Rodgers, a producer from New York who was in Barbados for a vacation with his wife, who is a native. Rodgers arranged for her to go to New York to meet Jay-Z, CEO of Def Jam Records. He heard her sing and knew she was going to be incredibly successful. She was age 16 when she was signed to Def Jam. Since then, she's amassed phenomenal success. Rihanna of Barbados you are indeed a star and an icon in this generation.
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