As a young, ambitious singer, Rihanna and two of her friends decided to come up with a music trio group. The other two girls were her classmates in high school. It was during the trio’s audition that Rihanna’s vocal talents were discovered by the New York producer (songwriter) Evan Rogers. Rodgers was greatly impressed by something about Rihanna style of singing and her entire aura.
As a result, Rodgers scheduled a private audition for Rihanna in his hotel room while still in Barbados. In an attempt to impress Rodgers, Riri decided to audition using two hit songs that would complement his vocal codes. She sang the song “Emotion” by Destiny’s Childs and complimented it with “Hero” by Mariah Carey.
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Evan Rodgers was highly impressed and later convinced Rihanna’s mother about her daughters singing skills. This had Rihanna travel to the U.S to record some music demos to be dished to different music labels. She could only have time to record the demos during her school holidays. Some of Rihanna hit songs that were first recorded as demos include “Pon de Replay” and “The Last Time.” She first became signed under Syndicate Rhythm Productions that belonged to Rogers and Carl.
