Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A shekara ta 2003, Rihanna ta kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa tare da abokan ajinta biyu. An gano ta a cikin ƙasarsa ta Barbados ta hanyar mai shirya rikodin Amurka Evan Rogers. Ba tare da suna ko wani abu ba, ƙungiyar 'yan mata ta yi nasarar saukar da gwaji tare da Rogers wanda ya yi sharhi, "A lokacin da Rihanna ta shiga cikin ɗakin, kamar dai sauran' yan matan biyu ba su wanzu ba". Rihanna ta tafi dakin otal din Rogers, inda ta yi waƙar Destiny's Child "Emotion" da Mariah Carey "Hero". Da aka burge shi, Rogers ya shirya wani taro na biyu tare da mahaifiyar Rihanna da ke wurin sannan ya gayyaci Rihanna zuwa garinsa a Amurka don yin rikodin wasu kaset na demo wanda za a iya aikawa zuwa kamfanonin rikodin. Ta yi rikodin demo a cikin shekara mai zuwa a lokaci-lokaci, saboda kawai tana iya yin rikodi a lokacin hutun makaranta. "Pon de Replay" da "The Last Time" sune waƙoƙi biyu da aka yi rikodin don faifan demo, wanda daga ƙarshe aka haɗa shi a cikin kundin farko na Music of the Sun. A wannan shekarar, Rihanna ta sanya hannu kan kamfanin samar da Rogers da Carl Sturken, Syndicated Rhythm Productions. An fitar da demo na Rihanna zuwa Def Jam Recordings, inda Jay Brown, A & R zartarwa a kamfanin rikodin, na ɗaya daga cikin na farko da ya ji demo. Brown ya buga faifan demo ga rapper Jay-Z, wanda kwanan nan aka nada shi shugaban da Shugaba na Def Jam. Lokacin da Jay-Z ya fara jin waƙar "Pon de Replay", sai ya ji waƙar ta fi ƙarfinta. Duk da cewa yana da shakku, ya gayyaci Rihanna don yin gwaji don lakabin. A farkon shekara ta 2005, Rihanna ta yi gwaji don Def Jam a Birnin New York, inda Jay-Z ya gabatar da ita ga mashahurin mawaƙa Antonio "L.A". Reid, ka yi haƙuri. A lokacin gwajin, ta rera waƙar Whitney Houston ta "For the Love of You", da kuma waƙoƙin demo "Pon de Replay" da "Last Time". Jay-Z ya tabbata game da sanya hannu a kanta bayan ta yi ta nan gaba hit guda "Pon de Replay". Shugabansa L.A. Reid shima ya burge shi da gwajin ta, yana gaya wa Jay-Z kada ya bar Rihanna ta bar ginin har sai an sanya hannu kan kwangilar. Reid ya bar shi ga Jay-Z da tawagarsa don rufe yarjejeniyar wanda...  Tambaya: Wanene ya sa sauran 'yan matan da ke cikin ɗakin suka ji kamar ba su wanzu ba?
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