She really auditioned with just two additional high school classmates as part of the R&B trio, but in accordance with the American record producer who found her, after Rihanna entered the room it was like the other women had vanished.

After she auditioned for Jay Z, he had been impressed that rumor has it he would not let her to leave the building until she’d signed up a contract. Sounds somewhat like kidnapping to people. But, hey, the plan clearly worked.