Rihanna is an incredibly successful R&B singer, pop singer, model, actress, songwriter, fashion designer, mother, and businesswoman.

Rihanna became known worldwide after the release of her hit single ‘Umbrella‘ from the album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). Rihanna was just 16 years old when she began her journey to become a superstar, and she continues to deliver fantastic songs and performances almost two decades after her breakthrough moment.

After many years of success in the music industry, Rihanna has branched out from her incredibly successful music career and launched a makeup brand called ‘Fenty Beauty’ in 2017. This makeup brand is available worldwide and worth a phenomenal $2.8 billion.

Rihanna recently performed as the headliner for the 2023 Superbowl. This is one of the biggest stages in the world and she performed some of the greatest hits, putting on a spectacular performance and crammed 17 years of work into just 13 minutes.

Her recent performance illustrated why Rihanna is on top of the music game for almost two decades and continues to strive within the industry despite her recent focus being elsewhere.

Rihanna was born on February 20th, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados, to Monica Fenty and Ronald Fenty, and is one of five children. In 2005, Rihanna was discovered by Even Rogers, an American record producer, during his holiday in Barbados.

When Rihanna was just 16 years old, Rogers sent her demo to Def Jam Recordings, where the company’s CEO, Jay-Z, listened to the recording.

After Jay-Z heard this song, he invited Rihanna to audition and it was her breakthrough moment as she left the studio with a six-album record deal. Not long after this, Rihanna released her first album ‘Music of the Sun‘ which sold over two million copies worldwide.

Shortly after this, in May 2005, ‘Pon de Replay‘ was released, the song’s title means ‘play it again’ in Bajan Creole, one of the official languages of Rihanna’s home country Barbados. The song sold an incredible two million copies worldwide and charted in the top 10 in the UK, US, and elsewhere across the globe.

This release drove Rihanna into the spotlight and made her the well-known R&B singer we know today. Even today, Rihanna has topped the charts for almost two decades and is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful vocalists of all time. However, this isn’t all.

Rihanna has aksi branched out into acting and has appeared in Bring It On All or Nothing (2006), Battleship (2012), and Ocean’s Eight (2018), playing various characters and roles with her extraordinary talents. She even took on voice acting for the kids’ movie Home (2015).

Rihanna’s smoking is nothing new, as she is known for celebrating special occasions with a cigar and has often smoked alongside other famous women. The finest example is the music video for Shakira’s song Can’t Remember to Forget You, of which Rihanna features. Both stars can be seen lounging on a bed, puffing an oversized cigar. This is also what they did after filming to celebrate.

Throughout her successful years in the industry, Rihanna has been pictured smoking cigars multiple times. For Rihanna, lighting up a smoke always seem to be in a quiet moment  — a way to one side during a music video shoot or a vacation sitting on the side of a luxury yacht. She always finds time to puff on a delightful stogie, whatever the scenery.

Rihanna and cigars aren’t just exclusive to her successful lifestyle — her whole family enjoys cigar smoking. In Barbados, the smoking culture is changing, and becoming a widely inclusive activity for all. Thanks to Rihanna’s influence, younger generations, especially women, are following suit and enjoying lighting up a stogie as a celebration.

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