Groove Magazine Zimbabwe Issue 1 | Page 29

Star Power Rihanna All the way from Barbados she made music in the sun, relating to a girl like me. But then she started growing up, she became a good girl gone bad to the point of being rated R. From the darkness, to her loud red hair and she has proved that she can talk that talk with the success she has achieved. And she is definitely unapologetic about it.7 albums, in 7 years, and 268 awards under her belt including 7 AMAs,6 Grammy awards and having won ‘The Video Of The Year’ at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards with ‘We found love’ featuring Calvin Harris, this Bajan beauty is proving her worth as a star. • RiRi Facts  Rihanna is derived from the Celtic nam e “Rhiannon”, but did you know that in Arabic, Rihanna means sweet basil. This could explain her perfume line which she launched, which includes Reb’l Fleur which is her nickname given to her by her grandmother, Rebelle and Nude. • • Rihanna was born in St Micheal, Barbados, but by origin she is Afro Guyanese, hailing from the South American country of Guyana. She is also part Irish. Rihanna is the oldest sibling in her family with two younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad Fenty, and two half-sisters and a half-brother from her father’s side. She began singing at the age 7, and in her teens she formed a girl group with two of her classmates. Hmm, does that not sound like Destiny’s Child? 27