where did rihanna come from?
Saint Michael Parish Barbados
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 An accompanying music video , directed by Philip Andelman , portrays a romantic encounter between Rihanna and Drake in a grocery store along with romantic scenes between the pair and Rihanna walking through Manhattan 's Lower East Side . " What 's My Name ? " was promoted with live performances , including Saturday Night Live in America and the series seven finale of The X Factor in the United Kingdom . 

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 At the age of 16 , Rihanna was signed to Rogers ' and Carl Sturken 's production company , Syndicated Rhythm Productions , who assigned her a lawyer and manager , before the completed demo tape were distributed to various record labels around the world in late 2004 . The first to respond to the demo tape was Jay @-@ Z , who had recently been appointed as president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings . Rihanna auditioned for him and music mogul L.A. Reid , in his office . Looking back on the audition and meeting Jay @-@ Z , Rihanna explained in an interview how she felt before walking into the room , saying : " That 's when I really got nervous ..... I was like : ' Oh God , he 's right there , I can 't look , I can 't look , I can 't look ! ' I remember being extremely quiet . I was very shy . I was cold the entire time . I had butterflies . I 'm sitting across from Jay @-@ Z. Like , Jay @-@ Zee . I was star @-@ struck . " During the audition , Rihanna performed Whitney Houston 's cover of " For the Love of You " , as well as " Pon de Replay " and " The Last Time " , which were written and produced by Rogers and Sturken and would be included on her debut album Music of the Sun . 

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 Prior to signing a record deal with Def Jam Recordings , Rihanna was discovered in her home country of Barbados by American record producer Evan Rogers , who made the necessary arrangements for her to fly to New York . There , she recorded a collection of demos for a demo tape to be sent to record labels . One of the demos recorded was that of " Pon de Replay " , which was written and produced by Carl Sturken , Evan Rogers and Vada Nobles in 2004 . The first to respond to the demo tape was Jay @-@ Z , who had recently been appointed as president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings , where Rihanna auditioned for him and music executive L.A. Reid , in his office . Looking back on the audition and meeting Jay @-@ Z , Rihanna explained during an interview how she felt before walking into the room , saying : " That 's when I really got nervous ... I was like : ' Oh God , he 's right there , I can 't look , I can 't look , I can 't look ! ' I remember being extremely quiet . I was very shy . I was cold the entire time . I had butterflies . I 'm sitting across from Jay @-@ Z. Like , Jay @-@ Zee . I was star @-@ struck . " During the audition , Rihanna performed Whitney Houston 's cover of " For the Love of You " , " Pon de Replay " and " The Last Time " , the latter two of which would go on to be included on her debut album , Music of the Sun . Initially , Jay @-@ Z was skeptical about signing Rihanna , because he felt " Pon de Replay " was too big for her , saying " when a song is that big , it 's hard [ for a new artist ] to come back from . I don 't sign songs , I sign artists " . " Pon de Replay " was released via iTunes on July 26 , 2005 , through Def Jam Recordings . 

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 After initially attempting to rap under the name " O @-@ Lovely " , Olivia chose to attend Hofstra University and Five Towns College to further her career in music . Olivia said people would frequently compare her voice to R & B singer Brandy . During her audition for American record producer Clive Davis , she sang the gospel hymn " His Eye Is on the Sparrow " . Musician Joshua Thompson produced Olivia 's demo , and arranged her audition for Arista Records executives and Davis . In an interview with Billboard , Olivia said she was signed to the label immediately after the meeting . J Records senior vice president Ron Gillyard described Olivia as " the real deal " , emphasizing her roles as " a songwriter , a singer , and a rapper " . At age 17 , Olivia was the first artist signed to J Records by American record producer Clive Davis . Executives from the record company referred to her as " the First Lady of J " . Olivia described herself as " the one chosen to flagship the label " since her single and album were one of the first projects released by the company . She defined her music as " R & B with a strong hip hop flava " . The Morning Call 's Righi reported the popularity of Olivia , along with R & B singer Aaliyah , reflecting that " the right attitude , hip @-@ hop production and clothing — not to mention a body to die for " was considered more important in contemporary R & B than : " the plaintive human voice in the throes of transcendent ecstasy or bottomless hurt " . 

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 Rihanna and Antonio " L.A. " Reid assembled a group of songwriters and record producers at several recording studios in Los Angeles for two weeks to write songs for Rihanna ; they wrote approximately 200 songs , eleven of which were included on the album . Def Jam rented out nearly every recording studio in Los Angeles in order to create as many songs as possible . Ray Daniels , the manager of musical duo Rock City ( brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas ) , was present during the sessions , and stated that a writing camp typically involves the label hiring ten recording studios for two weeks at the cost of $ 25 @,@ 000 per day . Daniels revealed that it is where songwriters have lyrics but no music , and where producers have music but no lyrics . 
