Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Muna 2003, Rihanna akaumba nhatu dzomumhanzi nevadzidzi vake vaviri. Akawanwa munyika yokumusha kwake yeBarbados nomugadziri werekodhi weAmerica Evan Rogers. Pasina zita kana chinhu chipi nechipi, boka revasikana rakakwanisa kugovera kuongororwa naRogers uyo akataura, "Miniti Rihanna akapinda mukamuri, zvakanga zvakaita sokuti vamwe vasikana vaviri vakanga vasipo". Rihanna akaenda kukamuri rehotera raRogers, kwaakaimba nziyo dze"Emotion" dzeDestiny's Child ne"Hero" dzaMariah Carey. Akaororwa, Rogers akaronga musangano wechipiri naamai vaRihanna varipo uye akabva akoka Rihanna kuguta rake rekuzvarwa muUnited States kunyorera mamwe matape edemo ayo aigona kutumirwa kumarekodhi. Akarekodha demo gore rakatevera racho nguva nenguva, nemhaka yokungokwanisa kurekodha mukati mezororo rechikoro. "Pon de Replay" uye "The Last Time" dzaiva nziyo mbiri dzakarekodhwa nokuda kwetape yedemo, iyo yakazopedzisira yaiswa pabhuku rake rokutanga Music of the Sun. Gore iroro, Rihanna akasainwa naRogers naCarl Sturken kambani yekugadzira, Syndicated Rhythm Productions. Demo yaRihanna yakaendeswa kuDef Jam Recordings, uko Jay Brown, A & R executive pa label rekodhi, aive mumwe wekutanga kunzwa demo. Brown akaridza demo tape kune rapper Jay-Z, uyo akanga achangobva kugadzwa semutungamiri uye CEO weDef Jam. Apo Jay-Z akatanga kunzwa rwiyo "Pon de Replay", akanzwa kuti rwiyo rwacho rwakanga rwakanyanya kwaari. Pasinei zvapo nokuva asina chokwadi, akakoka Rihanna kuti aite audition nokuda kwechikwata chacho. Mukutanga kwa2005, Rihanna akaita audition yeDef Jam muNew York City, uko Jay-Z akamuzivisa kumumhanzi mogul Antonio "L.A". Reid, ndinoda kuti Pa audition, akaimba Whitney Houston's cover of "For the Love of You", pamwe nedemo tracks "Pon de Replay" uye "The Last Time". Jay-Z akanga ane chokwadi chose chose pamusoro pokumusayina pashure pokunge aridza rwiyo rwake rwomunguva yemberi rwakabudirira runonzi "Pon de Replay". Mukuru wake L.A. Reid akafadzwawo nokuedza kwake, achiudza Jay-Z kuti arege Rihanna kusiya chivako kusvikira chibvumirano chasayinwa. Reid akasiya kuna Jay-Z nechikwata chake kuti vapedze chibvumirano icho...  Mubvunzo: Ndiani akaita kuti vamwe vasikana vaiva mukamuri racho vanzwe sokuti vakanga vasipo?
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