Rihanna: Mother and Mogul

Making

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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With 36 billion streams on Spotify, 14 No. 1 hits and 9 Grammys, Rihanna is regarded as one of the most well-known artists of the 21st Century. But she also spent the last decade changing the fashion world, launching brands that transformed her from music star to business mogul and billionaire. Her illustrious career began 20 years ago, when she was just a 15-year-old in Barbados. She performed Destiny’s Child songs in a trio with her friends. Soon, an American record producer visited the island, saw her audition and launched her to stardom. This week on Making, hear the tale of Rihanna’s come-up from record producer Evan Rogers, music journalist Bill Werde and head of British Vogue Chioma Nnadi, featuring exclusive archival tape of Rihanna’s early rehearsals.

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0:00.0	International pop icon
0:05.0	ICON, youngest self-made billionaire woman,
0:10.0	fashion mogul, and mother. Fashion Mobile and Mother
0:17.0	What's that name what's that name
0:20.0	Riana from double From W be able to be easy Chicago this is making I'm Branton Pope today it's making I'm Branton Pope today
0:29.9	it's making Brianna she was just 16 when she signed a deal with Jay-Z and 19 when her smash hit
0:37.4	Umbrella took the world by storm.
0:40.0	And the Grammy goes to...
0:42.0	Brianna featuring Jay B for Umbrella.
0:45.5	But her legacy does not stop there.
0:48.1	Now she is changing the fashion industry as we know it.
0:51.5	Bad girl re re re is now rich girl Rie-Rie.
0:54.1	34 years old, already a mogul, recently
0:57.4	Gracing Forbes annual list, making her the wealthiest female musician
1:01.2	in the world and second to Oprah as richest entertainer.
1:06.6	What takes someone from Island Girl with a catchy single to a music and fashion supernova?
1:12.4	You'd be fearless every day and when you don't feel like it. to a music and fashion supernova.
1:12.6	You'd be thrillist every day and when you don't feel like it, just pretend girl.
1:16.0	Really and truly, don't let them see you sweat.
1:18.0	What were the years that defined bad girl Robin Riana Fenty.
1:23.0	And I warned her, it's a roller coaster.
1:25.0	You're going to get kicked in the gut.
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