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Chicago this is Nerdet. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend

and we made it to the end of the year no less. I hope you are all having a

delightful holiday season and hopefully you've got a good chance to kind of

reset and catch your breath. That is actually exactly what the Nerdet team is

doing this week. So we are taking the week off. We are bringing you an episode

from our friends over at the Making Podcast. That's WBEZ's podcast that tells

the origin stories of iconic black figures from Serena Williams to Ida B Wells

to Maya Angelou. Making is hosted by a friend of the show Brandon Pope you've

heard him under that before. And here he is with the story behind Rihanna. Enjoy!

International pop icon. Youngest self-made billionaire woman. And fashion

mobile. From WBEZ Chicago this is Making. I'm Brandon Pope. Making is about the

pivotal moments from an icon's life that skyrocketed them to greatness. Today

it's Making. Freyanna. She was just 16 when she signed a deal with Jay Z and

19 when her smash hit umbrella took the world by storm. But her legacy does not

stop there. Now she is changing the fashion industry as we know it. That girl

Rihri is now Rich girl Rihri 34 years old already a mogul recently gracing

Forbes annual list making her the wealthiest female musician in the world

and second to Oprah as richest entertainer. What takes someone from Island

Girl with a catchy single to a music and fashion supernova?

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