Was Rihanna Discovered By Andrew Lloyd Webber Before Jay Z?

Published: Wednesday 14th Dec 2016 by David
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The world renowned musician Andrew Lloyd Webber has insinuated that he may have discovered Rihanna before she was signed by Universal’s Def Jam twelve years ago.

His interesting, and slightly disturbing, thoughts on the then teenage singer below…

I saw [Rihanna] singing karaoke in Sandy Lane hotel in Barbados 12 years ago.
I turned to my friend and said, ‘She’s very good’. I wondered if we brought her back, it might be like a picture you buy on holiday and then you get home and think, why did I buy that?I thought I might get her home and then wonder what to do with her. It’s not a story I’m proud of.

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He shared the anecdote above during an interview to promote his new musical ‘School of Rock.’

Peep a portion of his conversation below…

Years after spotting Rihanna, he played a major role in building Rita Ora‘s career when she auditioned for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.

Like Rihanna, the Joss Stone-inspired star would go on to be discovered by Jay-Z.

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  1. steve December 14, 2016

    What’s the discussion here?! Next!

  2. Chileplease December 14, 2016

    What’s disturbing about this??

    • Danyboo December 14, 2016

      That 12 years ago she was already was the umbrella girl

  3. Shakira Stan December 14, 2016

    Your racist ass struck out boo… You would have had a diamond but you couldn’t see past the colour it was wrapped with.
    Bye Felicia.

    • Shaquiiii December 14, 2016

      Where did he say that??

  4. Ughhhh December 14, 2016

    It’s been over 10 years now, this isn’t a story.

    • Queen of Kenya December 14, 2016

      But he told the story this week. For the first time.

      • Ughhhh December 14, 2016

        And I took a different route to work this week for the first time, doesn’t make it news.

  5. iSpeakTruthNoFallacy December 14, 2016

    She was NEVER discovered by Jay Z; she was discovered by Evan Rogers while he was on vacation. Jay just happened to be the Jay just happened to be the president of Def Jam at the moment when she was shopping her demo to labels.

    • Mark111 December 14, 2016

      They don’t know the difference between discovering and signing an artist. Lol

  6. .:: Centurion ::. December 14, 2016

    Evan Rogers discovered Rihanna, not Jay Z. Mess @ this stupid ass blog writers and their sorry excuse for journalism. ?

    • Ughhhh December 14, 2016

      .

  7. RihNaj December 14, 2016

    TGJ kinda twisted the story also, but what’s new ?

    • Chileplease December 14, 2016

      They sure did..and the entire quote smh

  8. #Nicole Nation/King Bruno December 14, 2016

    What’s disturbing is that he thought rih was “very good.”

    He must’ve been telling a joke to his friend, that’s the only logical explanation I can come up with.

    I’ve heard some of rih’s early stuff on youtube, and yikes. She sounded so whiny. Like she was taking singing lessons from britney spears.

    • ?Yellow Diamonds? December 14, 2016

      When’s Nicolas next single boo?

  9. Briano December 14, 2016

    Even his slimy wife tried to insert herself talking about she told baby face Ri was a beast, lol

    She was already signed sealed delivered and on her way, imsecureonce just wanted to know who she was, now she does as does the World

    Slime jay and bey needs to go down the drain where they belong

    • Jemina Nelson December 14, 2016

      @Briano.I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER! 😀

  10. Boosie December 14, 2016

    Rita Ora did not sound good in that Eurovision clip. The forced note and faux soul was embarrassing.

    • BEY>RIH December 14, 2016

      Rihanna didn’t sound good singing Hero… Your point is?

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    Nice

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