Author's Note:
This is an essay about Rihanna's life. I am focusing on organization and using a report type voice.
Walking up to the stage, ready to perform in front of thousands viewers. The drums start, then the guitar, finally the piano. Then she starts singing, her voice static-free and smooth. Her voice is clear and annunciated. Every word she says sounds magical. To think from where she was when she was growing up, to where she is now, is breath taking. This performer was Rihanna. Rihanna is the greatest female artist of our generation thanks to her life, her style, and her voice.
Rihanna had gone through a lot growing up. She was born in St. Michael Parish on the Caribbean island of Barbados. She is the oldest of the three children in her family. Rihanna's childhood was marred by her father's struggles with addictions to alcohol and crack cocaine and her parents' marital problems. Her parents divorced when she was only 14 years old. Rihanna also struggled with migraines for several years during her childhood, a condition she attempted to hide from her friends and classmates so that they would not think she was abnormal.
As she was getting older, Rihanna turned to singing as a release from her troubles at home and school. Rihanna and two friends formed a band. When they were 15 years old, they scored an audition with music producer Evan Rodgers. Rogers was impressed by the young, beautiful, and phenomenally talented Rihanna. Less than a year later, when Rihanna was 16 years old, she left Barbados to move in with Rogers and his wife in Connecticut and work on recording a demo album.
In January 2005, Rogers landed Rihanna an audition for Def Jam Records and its newly minted president, the legendary rapper Jay-Z. The legend was every bit as wowed by Rihanna's stunning voice and commanding presence as Rogers had been two years earlier, and he signed her on the spot. Only eight months later Rihanna released her first single, "Pon de Replay," that skyrocketed to number two on the Billboard singles chart and announced Rihanna as the next big pop star. Her first album, Music of the Sun, released later that month. Music of the Sun, reached number ten on the Billboard albums chart and also featured the single "If It's Lovin' That You Want." Rihanna released her second album, A Girl Like Me, the next year, spawning two major hits in "Unfaithful" and "SOS," Rihanna's first number one hit.
Even though Rihanna is all glitz and glitter now, growing up with the family and life she had was not easy. Rihanna was very lucky to get a chance to perform for Evan Rogers who made her hobby a career. She stunned rapper Jay-Z with her voice and went on to even greater accomplishments. Through thick and thin in her life she could always turn to music and feel relieved. Finally, Rihanna is not just another singer she has become a legend.
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