Having
bumped into a music
producer at the age of
15, Rihanna nabbed a
record deal with Def
Jam Records and hasn’t
looked back since. Read
on as DS presents ten
fascinating facts about
the R&B superstar.
1. Rihanna was born and
grew up in Barbados
with parents Ronald and
Monica Fenty. She has
two younger brothers,
Rorrey and Rajad.
2. Rihanna won her
school beauty pageant
in 2004, where she
belted out a rendition of
Mariah Carey’s ‘Hero’.
3. The people of
Barbados are so proud
of their number one pop
export that they
created a national
holiday in her honour in
February.
4. Rihanna’s big
breakthrough with
single ‘Umbrella’ almost
didn’t happen at all.
Songwriter Christopher
Stewart composed the
track for Britney
Spears, but it was
rejected by Brit’s record
label. Rihanna had the
last laugh as the song
charted at number one
in more than 20
countries.
5. Perhaps eager to
cement herself among
the US’s top recording
artists, Rihanna has
cited Madonna, Alicia
Keys, Beyoncé Knowles,
Whitney Houston and
Mariah Carey as her
main inspirations.
6. Rihanna is the first
female Barbadian singer
to score a Grammy
Award. Steel Pulse
member Jimmy Senya
Haynes previously
picked up a Grammy in
1986.
7. Rihanna has the
number one ‘Sexiest
Celebrity Stomach’
according to a poll
conducted by the
wonderfully titled
probiotic supplement
AntiBloat.
8. When it comes to
sitting down in front of
the TV, Rihanna likes
nothing more than
tuning in to follow the
adventures of fictional
Hollywood heartthrob
Vincent Chase on
Entourage.
9. Rihanna looks for
height in her ideal man.
“My favourite thing in a
guy is his height. He has
to be 6ft at least. He
also has to know what
he wants in life,” she
says. At 5ft 8in,
Rihanna is certainly no
half-pint herself!
10. Rihanna hasn’t made
a concentrated effort
to break into acting yet.
However, she’ll be
hoping any future silver
screen roles are more
successful than her
movie debut. She made
a brief cameo in the
straight-to-DVD movie
Bring It On: All Or
Nothing back in 2006.

Is cris brown 6ft?

brixton: Is cris brown 6ft?

go ask chris dude

Rap maestro: go ask chris dude

Mofo

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