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The Oscars ceremony just passed was really very interesting, and all kinds of film and television stars gathered. But if you look closely, you will definitely notice Rihanna, because she was the only one in the audience who walked the red carpet with the finale of her 6-month pregnancy and sang passionately afterwards.
Who is Rihanna?
She is the richest singer in the world, a Barbadian female entrepreneur, and the queen of North American goods. She holds several Guinness World Records, has more than 80 million Instagram fans, and has sold more than 60 million albums... According to Forbes estimates, Rihanna is now worth $1.7 billion, a real billionaire. Forbes also says that Rihanna is also the second richest female entertainer in the world, behind the famous talk show host Oprah Winfrey, whom we previously wrote.
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Rihanna was born in Barbados in 1988. Barbados is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that is not as large as a district in Beijing. Rihanna's father was a storekeeper at a garment factory, her mother was a small accountant, and Rihanna had two younger brothers under her, and the family of five was crammed into a very small house. Rihanna's father is also particularly unreliable, because he is a heavy drinker and addicted to violence.
Rihanna once said in an interview that when she was a child, she was most afraid of Friday nights, because after her father paid his salary, he would take half of it to buy alcohol, and then go home drunk, often beating and scolding his mother. She said the family was in trouble and chaos because of her father's problems.
At school, Rihanna was not welcomed by her classmates, because her father was a mulatto, Rihanna's skin was shallow in Barbados, which was mainly black, because black people thought she was not black enough, "When I arrived at school, I was called white bread, they would look at me and scold me, I don't understand why, I spent school life in laughter." ”
Rihanna also suffered from headaches since she was a child, and doctors suspected that she had a tumor in her brain, but did many CT examinations and found no problems. It wasn't until she was 14 years old that her parents finally divorced, and her mother took her and her two younger brothers to get rid of her father's violence, that Rihanna's headache suddenly healed. It can be seen that unhealthy family relationships and gender relations can really bring harm to people, especially for women.
However, her childhood experience also shaped her, she began to pretend that she was strong and made a look that she was not easy to mess with, "I don't know from what day, my skin began to thicken, this did not happen after fame, if I don't have a temper, I can't survive, so sometimes the last thing in life is vulnerability." Over time, there was really no one in the school who dared to bully her anymore.
After her parents divorced, Rihanna set up a street stall to support the family. She also sells candy and takes it to school in small bags, selling it to her friends to make money, earning little, but barely making ends meet, and learning a lot about business. It was this early entrepreneurial spirit that made Rihanna fearless to overcome difficulties in business.
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Rihanna has loved music since she was a child and often listens to reggae. In 2003, when Rihanna was 15 years old, she and two classmates formed a group. It happened that at that time, American music producer Ivan Rogers was vacationing in Barbados with his wife, and when he heard her singing "Hero", he seemed to have discovered a future superstar. Then the producer encouraged her to pursue the American dream, and Rihanna, who was only 15 years old, agreed. In a later interview, Rihanna said that when she prepared to travel alone to the United States, she did not have the slightest memory of her hometown.
After arriving in New York, Ivan Rogers recorded various music samples for Rihanna and put them on major record companies, and Rihanna's life began. Because she was later picked up by the most famous record company CEO - Jay-Z, invited her to a music audition.
Who is Jay Z? He is the leader of the hiphop industry, holding 13 championship albums, the second largest in American history, surpassing Elvis Presley after The Beatles, he is also the husband of the diva Beyoncé, the couple's quacks are called the money-grabbing couple, and they earned $254 million on the couple's global tour in 2018. It only took Jay Z two minutes to decide to sign Rihanna, deciding to train her to become a top singer.
How much did Jay Z want to sign Rihanna then? "You only have two ways to get out of here, either sign a contract or jump out of the window," Jay Z said, while the office is on a dozen floors. The interview only began at 4 p.m., Jay Z quickly asked the lawyer to prepare the contract, and finally signed it at 3 a.m., afraid that she would be snatched away by another company as soon as she walked out.
In this way, Rihanna signed a contract under Jay Z's music company, with the support of big guys and top teams, and all kinds of resources were soft, and it was difficult to succeed. This story tells us that if you are gold, try to let Bó Lè discover you and expose you to a larger platform, rather than shining alone on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, so that no one can see, let alone generate economic value.
With the all-round training and packaging of big guys and top teams, Rihanna's singer career has also reached its peak. The first single, "Pon de Replay", reached 15 music charts, climbing to Billboard's second number one and winning the top Grammy award. From 2005 to 2007, Rihanna released three albums in a row, one of which was Britney's abandoned song "Umbrella", which directly won the charts in various regions and became her most profitable single.
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Just when Rihanna's singing career was at its peak, the love brain attracted her first stumbling block. Shortly after her debut, she dated equally strong R&M star Chris Brown, who the media saw as the next Michael Jackson.
In 2009, Rihanna was nominated for three Grammy Awards and Chris Brown held two nominations, but on the opening day of the ceremony, she and Chris Brown were both absent. The media with a keen sense of smell quickly judged that something must have happened, and sure enough, Chris was quickly accused of beating a woman, it was Rihanna, and the two were beaten from the car to the outside of the rented Lamborghini, her nose and mouth were beaten with blood, and there were multiple bites on her arms, until she tried to escape the car and call for help from nearby people. Chris Brown first fled by car, then voluntarily turned himself in to the police station. The tolerance of domestic violence in Western countries is almost zero, even if he voluntarily turned himself in, Chris Brown paid a great price, public opinion and the law did not spare him, his singing career was almost cut off, and finally sentenced to five years of probation, one year of domestic violence counseling and six months of community service, and he was banned from having any physical contact with Rihanna for five years.
But to the disappointment of fans, Rihanna was completely carried away by the so-called "love" at this time, saying that she wanted to save him and his singing career, so she got back together with Chris Brown. But domestic violence is only 0 times and countless times, before the 51st Grammy Awards, she was seriously injured by Chris Brown again, this time more ruthlessly, Rihanna's whole person was beaten to the hospital, her lips were split, her face was bruised, and she couldn't appear in public for a long time. This time she finally came to her senses and sent Chris Brown to jail directly to the police, and Chris Brown's career was almost over.
Love doesn't necessarily affect career, but love brain does. Fortunately, she chose to call the police and leave after the second domestic violence, and was not destroyed by Chris Brown.
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Despite experiencing the hurt of scumbags, Rihanna has never wavered in the four words of trying to make money.
She teamed up with Mu Ye to sell more than 12.8 million global sales of the sadomasochistic single Love the Way You Lie, making the song one of the biggest selling digital singles of all time. She has won 8 American Music Awards, 8 Grammys, and 23 Billboard Music Awards.
But Rihanna's goal is not just to be a singing diva. According to Forbes, only a small portion of Rihanna's $1.7 billion worth comes from songs and concerts, and the rest comes from her startup brand.
She designed jewelry for Chopard, and the Byzantine-inspired headphones she helped design sold out instantly. She is Dior's first black spokesperson and the artist with the most on the cover of Voque in the world. Partnered with Manodo Blahnik to launch co-branded high heels, partnered with socks brand Stance to launch explosive trendy socks, and released a variety of fragrances. She also went to Victoria's Secret as a guest singer, and the cool and crazy steps directly crushed the limelight of the supermodels.
In 2014, Puma hired her as creative director of the women's sports series for a $1 million investment, starting with her best street sports style, and then officially launched Fenty Puma, which directly saved Puma with her own strength and the team.
After that, LVMH, the world's largest luxury group, keenly smelled Rihanna's fortune-seeking physique. LVMH invested $10 million and Rihanna to launch the beauty brand Fenty Beauty, which is also the first opportunity for LVMH to create its own luxury brand in 30 years, which gave Rihanna. With the protection of the world's largest luxury group, her personal brand has sold more than $100 million in 40 days since its inception in 2017, and it has now been popular in more than a dozen countries around the world. At that time, the leader of the cooperation with Rihanna was the most watched business woman in the world today, the heir of the Arnault family, Delfina Arnault.
The media commented on this European and American queen of goods, what Rihanna wears, you want. Rihanna knows how to inject feminine power into products, and in 2018, she launched a lingerie brand, contrary to Victoria's Secret's sexy positioning, but launched a variety of sizes, successfully attracting more and wider consumers.
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I often feel that the rapid accumulation of the value of European and American rich people is always inseparable from the help of charity. Only when there is a sacrifice can the great giveaway be great. Rihanna has always been passionate about charity.
In 2012, at the age of 24, Rihanna founded the Clara Lionel Foundation, a charity ball that hosts charity balls to donate to children in underdeveloped areas and provide them with more educational and health opportunities. Rihanna also donates some of the proceeds from her brand directly to charity. She also often speaks for some social groups, and dares to hang out some parliamentarians on her Instagram that she thinks are stupid. She even dressed up in disguise and participated in anti-Asian hate marches to speak out for the Asian community.
In addition, Rihanna often donates materials to the AIDS Foundation, and in recognition of Rihanna's achievements in public charity, Harvard University directly awarded her the Humanitarian Award, which is the first time Harvard has awarded the award to a pop singer. Rihanna's native Barbados regarded her as a national treasure, not only designated Rihanna's birthday February 20 as a national holiday, called Rihanna Day, but also built a road named after Rihanna. After Barbados seceded from the Commonwealth, Elizabeth II was no longer their queen, and the people of Barbados even wanted Rihanna to be their new queen.
Rihanna's Instagram name is Badgirlriri, and under the name of a bad girl, she has become a spiritual idol for many young women. The reporter asked her: How do you stay fearless every day and still be your own queen? She said: Queens, you must be fearless every day, and if you can't do it, pretend to be confident and brave. You don't want people to see you sweating nervously... It is necessary to work hard enough, not to give up, but also to be relaxed, I often instill in myself such thoughts ... Resting on your laurels is the worst feeling in the world...
Epilogue:
● Rihanna's success is first of all due to her high visibility in the field of singing, as well as the assistance of various big names and high-quality teams she met along the way.
The fundamental reason for her success is that she has talent in music, she also knows how to cultivate her talent, strive to seize it when she encounters nobles and opportunities, and then has top resources and teams, and after gaining popularity, she takes advantage of the trend to develop a side business and rise all the way in the business world.
So it's important to be good yourself, and it's also very important who you play with.
● Rihanna loves children, and she and her new boyfriend are currently pregnant with their second child. However, according to netizens and the media, the new boyfriend also seems to have some not very good previous convictions. But as outsiders, we can only see some external things including appearance, maybe he has advantages unknown to outsiders, or maybe he provides Rihanna with the super emotional value she needs.
With Rihanna's IQ and financial magnitude, there is nothing to lose when they are together. The worst result is nothing more than going to the father to keep the son, which is also within her tolerance, perhaps this is the happiness of a billionaire.
The needs of ordinary people for marriage are based on many practical factors, such as housing, work, education, medical care, security, pension, etc., all of which have to be considered.
Pay attention to the author, obtain information outside the cognition, and listen to it, and have a larger marriage pattern.
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