03/10/2020
RIHANNA
# Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados
, the daughter of accountant Monica (née Braithwaite) and warehouse supervisor Ronald Fenty.[3]
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Rihanna has two brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty, and two half-sisters and a half-brother from her father's side, each born to different mothers from his previous relationships.[5]
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She grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow inBridgetown
and sold clothes with her father in a stall on the street. Her childhood was deeply affected by her father's alcoholism
and crack co***ne
addiction, which contributed to her parents' strained marriage. Rihanna's father used to physically abuse her mother, and Rihanna would try to get in between them to break up fights.[7]
As a child, Rihanna had many CT scans
for the excruciating headaches she suffered, recalling, "The doctors even thought it was a tumor, because it was that intense."[5]
By the time she was 14, her parents had divorced, and her health began to improve.[4]
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She grew up listening to reggae
music.[5]
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She attended Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School and Combermere School
, where she studied alongside future international cricketers Chris Jordan
and Carlos Brathwaite[10]
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Rihanna was an army cadet in a sub-military programme, where the later Barbadian singer-songwriter Shontelle
was her drill sergeant.[11]
Although she initially wanted to graduate from high school, she chose to pursue a musical career instead.[12]
In 2003, Rihanna formed a musical trio with two of her classmates.[5]
She was discovered in her home country of Barbados by American record producerEvan Rogers Without a name or any material, the girl group
managed to land an audition with Rogers who commented, "The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist."[5]
Rihanna went to Rogers's hotel room, where she performed renditions of Destiny's Child
's "Emotion
" and Mariah Carey
's "Hero
".[13]
Impressed,
