2. She was born and grew up in St. Michael, Barbados. She is half Bajan and half Guyanese.
3. Her song “Unfaithful” is based on a relationship she had when she was 14 years old that was “not physical,” she has said.
4. Rihanna made a cameo appearance in the 2006 cheerleading romp, Bring It On: All or Nothing.
5. Rihanna attended Combermere High School in Barbados. In 2004, Rihanna won the Miss Combermere school beauty pageant.
6. Rihanna won Gillette’s Venus Breeze ''Celebrity Legs of a Goddess'' award in 2007. Right after that, she insured her legs for $1 million and told People they were her main focus when exercising.
7. She formed a girl group with two of her classmates at age 15. They auditioned for producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados at the time. He tells Entertainment Weekly, "The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." She ended up leaving Barbados and moving to Connecticut with Rogers and his wife to try to jumpstart her career.
8. Rihanna had a bunch of auditions lined up for major record companies. After she auditioned forJay-Z , who offered her a great deal at Def Jam Records, she immediately canceled her other appointments.
9. Her success was falsely rumored to be in thanks to a romantic involvement with Jay-Z. At the time, he was dating, and is now married to, Beyonce, one of Rihanna’s favorite singers.
10. Her other favorite singers are Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys.
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