Rihanna

Half-Guyanese and half-Barbadian, Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20th, 1988) began singing in primary school in her hometown of Saint Michael, Barbados, and in 2004, at age 16, had won a local beauty contest. A year prior, she'd sung for New York record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing on the island; Rogers was impressed enough to record demos for her in the U.S. She was si...