A Girl like Me (Rihanna album) incorporates elements of a genre of Haitian popular music that originated in the late 1970s.
 Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the United States to record demo tapes
=== 20072008: Breakthrough with Good Girl Gone Bad ===In early 2007, Rihanna appeared on the single "Roll It" with Jamaican band J-Status and fellow Barbadian singer-songwriter Shontelle

