Lady CaCa is right. No one's position in the music business is automatically secure. And we've seen time and again moguls replacing their "bread and butter" star with acts who're not only newer and younger, but more willing to be controlled. Diddy replaced Mary with Faith. Tommy replaced Mariah with JLo. Rihanna isn't the fresh kid on the block anymore, and TTT isn't burning up the charts. The industry is always looking for something and someone new to get behind. Remember Gaga was supposed to own 2011, then came Adele.

This Rita person, whoever she is, is signed to the Roc Nation label. That, in and of itself puts her more closer to the company's fore than RIhanna, who is only a managed client. If they can generate a real buzz, create public interest and get her some solid hits, then I guarantee that she will become more of a priority to the company than Rihanna is…no matter how much success she's had with them, or how much of a "name" she might be.

Furthermore, Rihanna is a "pop star," but she is not powerful...and doesn't have the clout to go to war with Jay-Z over creative differences. Remember when Kelly Clarkson tried to do battle with Clive Davis, and he withdrew all promotion from her and her album flopped? And this was when she was coming off of a huge seller.

If Rihanna dares to become a problem child for Jay-Z or Def Jam, then not only could he/they take attention away from her...but they could in the meantime sit on her and not allow her to leave. Even if they do let her leave, she could be badmouthed and possibly have her blacklisted. And even if they don't try to hurt her professionally, whose to say they she could hook up with a new team that would "get" how to promote her as well as her old one did?

Rihanna doesn't have natural talent or natural appeal. She was MADE by a team of crafty executives. Doesn't matter how many records or hits she's had, she CAN be replaced. The same way they gave her her clout and outfitted her with hits is the same way they can take it away and give it to someone else.