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Rihanna Was Discovered By Jay-Z

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After sending demo tapes to Def Jam Records, Rihanna scored an audition. Needless to say, she knocked her audition out of the park. Once she caught the attention of Jay-Z, he wouldn’t let her leave the building until she signed with the label.

At 16-years-old, she had her first contract signed. The Barbados native has come a long way since then, especially having no formal training in dance or music. For some people, one of the Beatles was thought to have invented heavy metal thanks to a song from the White Album. Find out which Beatle that was shortly.