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After forming a girl group with two classmates, Rihanna, 15, auditions for veteran producer Evan Rogers, who tells Entertainment Weekly, "The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." She eventually moves to Connecticut to live with Rogers and his wife, while cutting a four-song demo. "When I left Barbados, I didn't look back," Rihanna adds. "I wanted to do what I had to do, even it meant moving to America."
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At the age of 15, Rihanna received her big break when one of her friends introduced her to music producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his Barbadian wife, Jackie. Rogers, along with his partner Carl Sturken, helped Rihanna record material in the U.S that was sent to various recording companies. One copy of Rihanna's work was sent to Jay-Z, who eventually signed her to his record label.
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Rihanna was born on the Caribbean island of Barbados in 1988. Through the years, particularly during her pre-teen and teenage years, she would sing to friends and family only for amusement purposes. One day, a mutual friend of Rihanna introduced her to music producer Evan Rogers, whose home base is in New York.
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Since winning beauty and talent contests in her native Barbados, it seems Rihanna has been destined for fame. Her rise to stardom came through a lucky meeting with a Def Jam exec, and the rest is history. Now you can watch an exclusive webcast of a live performance.
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Rihanna talks about being in the ATL, Barbados and reading the crap that people say about her on the net in a recent interview on Hot 107.9 Atlanta. Earlier, she stopped by V-103 on Friday to chop it up with popular jocks Porsche Foxx and Ryan Cameron whose “Ryan Cameron: Uncensored” TV show premieres on Starz network tonight at 11 PM.
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At the age of 15, Rihanna was introduced to music producer Evan Rogers who was holidaying in Barbados. He took her to New York to record some material, which caught the attention of Jay-Z, who signed her up to his Def-Jam record label.
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