Making Rihanna
Podcast |
Making
Publisher |
WBEZ
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Oct 20, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:41:55
Robyn Rihanna Fenty was just 16 when she signed a record deal with Jay-Z. She was 19 when her smash hit “Umbrella” took the world by storm. Now at 34, she is not only known as a popstar but also a fashion mogul and billionaire. But how did she get here? On this week’s episode of Making, host Brandon Pope explores Rihanna’s origin story with music journalist Bill Werde, Vogue.com editor Chioma Nnadi and record producer Evan Rogers, who discovered Rihanna in Barbados in 2003. “I warned her it's a roller coaster, you're gonna get kicked in the gut. Are you sure?” Rogers recalls asking the then-15-year old. “And I'll never forget, with no hesitation it was like, ‘It's all I've ever wanted.’” Featuring exclusive archival tape of Rihanna’s early rehearsals, learn how Rihanna became a global icon.

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