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Rihanna is a super talented singer from the Barbados (an exotic Caribbean island). She was born on February 20 1988 in St. Michael. She is the first of three children. Her father Ronald was of Irish Barbadian descent and her mother Monica was Guyanese. After finishing school at 2004 (she finished Combermere) her big music adventure started! Just notice that she had already won some talent and beauty contests in her school.
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Personally signed by Def Jam president and CEO Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, Rihanna is a unique role model for West Indians back home and around the world. She created Believe, a public charity organization dedicated to assisting terminally ill children worldwide. Its mission is to assist and inspire children who suffer from life-threatening diseases including cancer, leukemia and AIDS. Believe raises funds and awareness for medical research, as well as for individual and institutional medical needs. The vision of Believe is to achieve what Rihanna has always strived for in her remarkable music career -- "to inspire with hope, courage and love."
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While Rihanna is having trouble with her family her career is going strong. She has six top ten Billboard hits, with Umbrella at number one in the UK earlier this year for ten consecutive weeks. Rihanna is ... said to be sought by Ugly Betty producers for a guest cameo. According to the November 19th issue of OK! Magazine, producers attended her concert at the West Hollywood House of Blues “to win her over” and “they’re serious about getting Rihanna.”
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R&B beauty Rihanna has fuelled speculation she is dating JOSH HARTNETT - after admitting she "loves hanging out" with the star. The 19-year-old singer last month (Dec07) denied reports of a romance between the pair, insisting she hardly knows the "Black Hawk Down" star.
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Rihanna went into the studio in early 2007 with Ne-Yo, Stargate, and Timbaland among others to record her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad. The album was released on June 5, 2007. It features Jay-Z and Ne-Yo as featured artists. The first single, "Umbrella", featuring Jay-Z, was released on March 29, 2007, reaching number one in various countries, including the U.S. "Umbrella" was the #1 single in the UK for 10 consecutive weeks. It was the longest running #1 single since "Wet Wet Wet's¹" single "Love Is All Around", back in 1994, and the longest running #1 by a female artist since Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which ... topped the chart for 10 weeks in 1992. It was produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Terius "The-Dream" Nash.
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Rihanna is ... set to perform at a Grammy fashion event. InStyle is teaming with the Grammys for the first-ever Grammy Salute to Fashion, which will take place February 7 and feature a performance by Rihanna. The event peeks at the spring collections from the fashion houses of Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Diddy, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Simpson. It will be hosted by producer Jimmy Jam and also feature a showcase for the Recording Academy’s own fashion line, Grammy Brand.
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