Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Music of the Sun Ko te pukaemi tuatahi a te kaiwaiata Barbadian a Rihanna. I tukuna i te Akuhata 30, 2005 i te United States na Def Jam Recordings. I mua i te hainatanga ki a Def Jam, i kitea a Rihanna e te kaiwhakanao rekoata a Evan Rogers i Barbados, nana i awhina i a Rihanna ki te tuhi i nga riipene demo hei tuku atu ki nga tohu rekoata maha. Ko Jay-Z, te kaiwhakahaere matua o mua (CEO) me te perehitini o Def Jam, i whakawhiwhia ki te whakaaturanga a Rihanna e Jay Brown, tana A&R i Def Jam, a i tono ia ki te whakamatautau mo te tohu i muri i tana rongonga i tana mea tuatahi, "Pon de Replay". I whakamātautau ia mo Jay-Z me L.A. Reid, te Tumuaki o mua me te perehitini o te roopu waitohu rekoata The Island Def Jam Music Group, a i hainatia i te waahi kia kore ai ia e hainatia me tetahi atu waitohu rekoata.  Pātai: He aha te kamupene i whakaputa i te pukaemi tuatahi a Rihanna i te tau 2005?
Ko te Def Jam Recordings