Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I te tau 2003, i hangaia e Rihanna he roopu puoro me etahi o ana hoa akomanga. I kitea ia i tona whenua o Barbados e te kaiwhakanao rekoata a Amerika a Evan Rogers. Kaore he ingoa, he taonga ranei, i kaha te roopu kotiro ki te whakanoho i tetahi whakamatautau me Rogers i kii, "I te wa i haere mai ai a Rihanna ki te ruuma, me te mea kaore ano nga kotiro e rua". I haere a Rihanna ki te ruuma hotera a Rogers, i reira ia i whakatangihia ai te "Emotion" a Destiny's Child me te "Hero" a Mariah Carey. I miharo, i whakaritea e Rogers tetahi hui tuarua me te whaea o Rihanna i reira, katahi ka tono atu ki a Rihanna ki tona kainga i te United States ki te tuhi i etahi riipene demo ka taea te tuku ki nga tapanga rekoata. I tuhia e ia te whakaaturanga i te tau e whai ake nei i nga wa katoa, na te mea ka taea anake te tuhi i nga hararei kura. Ko te "Pon de Replay" me te "The Last Time" e rua nga ara i tuhia mo te riipene demo, i whakauruhia ki tana pukaemi tuatahi Music of the Sun. I taua tau ano, i hainatia a Rihanna ki te kamupene whakaputa a Rogers me Carl Sturken, Syndicated Rhythm Productions. I tukuna te whakaaturanga a Rihanna ki a Def Jam Recordings, i reira ko Jay Brown, he kaiwhakahaere A&R i te tohu rekoata, tetahi o nga tuatahi ki te whakarongo ki te whakaaturanga. I whakatangihia e Brown te riipene demo mo te kaiwaiata rapper Jay-Z, i tohua tata nei hei perehitini me te Tumuaki o Def Jam. I te wa i rongo tuatahi ai a Jay-Z i te waiata "Pon de Replay", i whakaaro ia he nui rawa te waiata ki a ia. Ahakoa i ruarua ia, i tono ia ki a Rihanna ki te whakamatautau mo te tohu. I te tīmatanga o te tau 2005, i whakamātautau a Rihanna mo Def Jam i New York City, i reira i whakauruhia ai ia e Jay-Z ki te kaiwaiata puoro a Antonio "L.A". Ko Reid. I te whakamātautau, ka waiata ia i te whitiki a Whitney Houston o "Mo te Aroha ki a Koe", tae atu ki nga ara demo "Pon de Replay" me "The Last Time". I tino mohio a Jay-Z ki te hainatanga i a ia i muri i tana whakatangitangi i tana hit "Pon de Replay". I miharo hoki tana rangatira, a L.A. Reid, ki tana whakaaturanga, i kii atu ki a Jay-Z kia kaua a Rihanna e tuku i te whare kia hainatia ra ano te kirimana. I waiho e Reid ki a Jay-Z me tana kapa kia kati te kirimana...  Pātai: Nā wai i puta ai te whakaaro ki ētahi atu kotiro i roto i te rūma, kāore rātou i te tīariari?
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