Rihanna
Growing up in Barbados, Rihanna didn’t have her career set out for her. She had a difficult childhood, and she’s an example of a celebrity who build herself from nothing. In her teens, Rihanna was an army cadet as part of a sub-military program. Singing was always an essential part of her life since it constituted an escape from her everyday struggles.
At fifteen, Rihanna started an amateur band with two classmates, and they got lucky when Evan Rogers, a music producer, traveled to Barbados with his wife, who’s a native of the place. That’s how young Rihanna was discovered, when Rogers immediately recognized her talent. Since then, it didn’t take a long time for Rogers to invite Rihanna to the U.S to record her first demo tape, and the rest is history. Her two bandmates, to their dismay, weren’t as lucky as Rihanna.