With a career spanning 16 years, it’s safe to say Destiny’s Child has seen their fair share of Pop upstarts come and go all too quickly. However, more so than any of the newbies they’ve watched rise from beneath their shadows comes ‘Pon De Replay‘ belle Rihanna, signed and launched by Beyonce‘s very own husband, Jay Z in 2005.
Indeed, so fast has Rihanna’s ascent to the top been, that it’s hard to believe that she once paid tribute to the multi-platinum trio in her launch year, joining Teairra Mari and Amerie to honor them at the 2005 ‘World Music Awards‘.
Take a trip down memory lane with us below…
A unique way of paying respect to DC while carving out the path for her own legacy, who could have imagined that the 17 year old starlet above would go on to become just as ‘popular’ as those she paid homage to in the years that followed.
Of course, while this popularity has only ever ridden on the waves of strong material and her personality, one does have to wonder how different the world of Pop would be had she suffered the same fate as Mari, who was dropped within a year of being picked up by the same entity.
Though it’s a question we’ll never know the answer to, it’s definitely one worth asking- especially considering what Rihanna‘s rise has meant for the likes of Beyonce on a competitive front- despite their ‘varying’ levels of talent.
LMAO! SIT THE F*** DOWN.. THE GOAT GOT OVERSHADOWED ANYWAYS
SHE STOOD OUT THE MOST EVEN THEN. AND SHE LOOKED THE BEST LOL
Amerie Should be were Rihanna at Rihanna should be back in Barbados picking coconuts for a living
Amerie deserves the success she has the talent unlike the goathanna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3al002NwoE
@XTINAALOVEE
LOL at the delusion, Amerie with her weak ass voice is seated and you should join her 😉
Back then nobody thought this young girl singing PON DE REPLAY could ever sing a song lke a diamond, stay, what now, we found love, only girl….LORD RIHANNA’S VOCAL RANGE & CAPACITES HAS SEATED AND CONTINUES TO SEAT MANY.
BEYONCE’S NEW SONG “RUNAWAY” IN THIS CLIP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPGhFu9TKa0
@ HOTSTUFF
AMERIE HAS A GREAT VOICE. WHAT VOCALS DOES GOAT HAVE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aejsTavVinA
I gotta admit Rihanna has grown alot as an artist just like xtina did but xtina had the better evolution….
My ears are bleeding.
@HotStuff your delusional one amerie has a great voice its way stronger than riherpes
Teairra Marie could have been good.
She was pretty but & she can actually sing live.
I seriously can think of a reason why they didnt try to cross her over like Rihanna?
Maybe they only wanted a light skinned chick *shrugs*
Teairra Marie could have been good.
She was pretty but & she can actually sing live.
I seriously can think of a reason why they didnt try to cross her over like Rihanna?
Maybe they only wanted a light skinned chick *shrugs*
R**** was the michelle of the group not needed And irrelevant as f***
AND THIS MY FRIENDS IS THE REASON WHY Rihanna never gonna be on Beyonce’s level.
You can hate all night long but the when Rihanna was still a child, Beyonce was already a legend! Beyonce is just on another level of talent and work ethic.
Deal with it!
And yes I can’t wait for the new song… I’m tired of all of this covers and documentaries!
All I want is music!
Tribute the queen b****.
Amerie had her lane for a sec…Until beyonce jacked her swag and Rich Harrison and never looked back.
Ameriee>>>>Rihwho?
This says it all. Bey was ALREADY a legend by the time the s*** came along.
Amerie would be big if Beyonce didn’t swagger jack her music image n style….. Smh Beyonce swagger jacks everyone not cool
Amerie, Teirra were just beyonce wannabes, same style etc and just another set of blacks girls singing RnB…. anyways YALL WILL MODAFUKIN DEAL AT THE END OF THE DAY, RIHANNA IS THE POP SUPERSTAR TODAY, HER HARD WORK AS AN ARTIST & TALENTED VOCALIST HAS PAID OFF. KEEP ON RANTING THIS WONT HELP AMERIE OR TEIRRA OFF OF THIER DUSTY SEATS.
I wish amerie never gave that fake b**** Beyonce a tribute or worked with someone as talentless as Rihanna smh Amerie put some new music out we miss u darling its time to get rid of these tired h*** like Beyonce Rihanna &Nicki we need more black girls slaying charts other than those boring 3
Just face it and get over it. Rihanna keeps winning.
Rihanna and Beyonce are 2 completely different artists that make 2 completely different types of music. They even wear different styles of clothing. They don’t look the same and they don’t act the same. STOP COMPARING THEM TO EACH OTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to like Rihanna but I can’t do that until she gives me a complete era with flawfree performances because she hasn’t done that before. The only song she knows how to sing in key is Stay and that’s why she keeps prolonging the new singles because she knows she’ll fall flat again.
Further proving how legendary Beyonce is…
She has inspired Rihanna, Jessie J, Adele, Nicki Minaj, etc
The navi dissing Beyonce is like hive dissing Tina Turner or Michael Jackson. If it wasn’t for Beyonce, Rihanna wouldn’t be the artist that she is today.
Ugh beyonce didn’t deserve no damn tribute she hasnt done s*** besides copy people all her damn career shes the fakest of the fake i can’t deal with her dumb ass
Rihanna looked n sounded a mess idk why outta those 3 girls Rihanna became the most successful one she has no talent n sucks donkey d***
RIHANNA HAS SLAYED THEM ALL IN RECORDS SALES!!!! WORLDWIDE B******!!!! BILLBOARDS BIGGEZT POP STAR OF THE DECADE!!! LIKE ROLLING STONE SAID SHE IS THE BIGGEST POP STAR IN THE WORLD AND THE YOUNGEST TO EVER BREAK RECORDS AND MAKE HISTORY!!! AND MY B**** DIDNT NEED A F****** GIRL GROUP AND SHADY PARENTS TO ACCOMPLISH THE WORLD!!! SLAY RIHANNA BETTER KNOWN AS QUEEN RIH!!!
Don’t be afriad to touch
Rita>>>>>>Ciara>>>>>>Amerie>>>>>>Ashanti >>>>>>>Keri hilson >>>>>Beyonce>>>>>>Rihanna
Hahaa!!!!
She looked so confused on that stage. That is when she happened to be likeable, now I can’t stand the bigheaded, h***** infested c******, c** bucket.
I can’t wait until she follows Britney’s untalented ass & grabs a seat on a singing show.
Funny, a Rita fan talking about d***. Take it you have forgotten that Rita has sucked 20+ d****.
Teairra Mari Who?????????? Did she even ever have a hit?? lolz
One fake b**** in the audience acting like she impressed another big head b**** on stage trying her hardest to sing a mediocre song amerie shined bright like a diamond on that stage
SAM WHY? JUST WHY?
Real question, who the hell is Teirra Marie?
Wheres your proof rita sucked 20 d****??? Rob talentless Kardashian was just bitter because rita didn’t want his b**** ass anymore..
@ERIN…. Only song I heard in that clip was ‘I care’ what you playin at boo?
Uh oh this gon make a certain fan base pressed lol.
Yaaaaaaaaas Rihanna slay queen slay idk who the other girls are they clearly irrelevant as f*** Rihanna was outshinning b****** left n right yaaaaaaaaaas
Man she was S***. And the sad thing, she still puts on s*** performances like that.
SHE’S PAYING TRIBUTE TO HER IDOL BEYONCE…QUEEN BEY IS THE REASON WE ARE ALL ALIVE. BEY CREATED EARTH IN 7 DAYS!!!!!!
WHEN SAMANTHA IS BORED THIS IS WHAT HE DOES >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RECYCLED ANY POST ABOUT RIHANNA AND OFCOURSE THESE LITTLE KIDS WITH PLENTY OF TIME ON THEIR HANDS TO WASTE GET ON AND RUN WITH IT. SMFH
RIRI VOCALS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.
Flops tributing FLOPS… ONLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY LOL
Rihanna was Kelly Rowland here though ..
Aw miss that sweet Rihanna, she actually seemed humble and appreciative back then. I wonder how many of these bandwagoners can actually say they own music of the sun? Or even A Girl Like Me? Majority of fans jumped on the hype after she changed up her image.
Wait whos Rita?
Ciara woulda slayed all them b****** on that stage esp r**** to bad she’d never give a tribute to a fraud phoney fake trashy fat b**** like beyonce
Rihanna needs to understand these types of songs require an actual vocalist where she has fallen short of her entire life.
How can some tribute a fake b**** like beyonce im lose for words Rihanna dumber than i thought smh ciara would never
LOL I hope Rihanna remembers these days when shes tweeting #phuckyofave and s*** like that. No wonder she always looks sheepish around Beyonce.
UMMMMMM who are those other ppl singing with rihanna? OPP nobodies. At the end of the day you will have to deal with the fact that rihanna is the one with the number one singles and multiplatinum albums. WHY IS THERE EVEN A COMPARISON HERE WITH AMERWHO AND TIERRA W.E…..
Oh RiRi, what heavenly pipes u possess……the way u sang that bridge on Mand Down was everything.
@My forehead tho: will NEVER happen! Too big for their boots!
…and can you believe that b**** went on to be more successful superstar than all three of those Destiny Childs chicks in Solo Careers, hell even 7 years later!
tsk tsk tsk
SAM your so Pathetic….ur a sad little b****!
I HEARD THAT FRANK GATSON MET RIHANNA AND CHOREOGRAPHED RIHANNA FOR THIS SHOW AND HE WAS HEARD SAYING THAT RIHANNA WAS GONNA BE A BIG STAR CAUSE SHE WAS SO MAGICAL AND LIT THE ROOM UP. EVERYONE DISAGREED, THEY SAID TIERRA MARIE, BUT FRANK SAID WATCH AND SEE AND HE WAS 100 PERCENT RIGHT ABOUT RIHANNA AND ALSO SAID TIERRA MARIE WAS LAZY THAT DAY AND SHE FELT TOO ENTITLED.
RECENTLY I HEARD HIM SAYING HE MISSES WORKING WITH RIHANNA. THE LAST THING HE DID WITH HER WAS “ONLY GIRL” VIDEO.
Lol a mess.
i see this post was to promote that Tea Gir , she’s good , but nothing special about ha!
Michelles smile was so fake lmfao. Giving me that ‘oh no they didn’t!’ tease.
Beyonce looked genuinely encouraging though.. which was sweet.
Damn Rihanna was tryin hella hard to keep up with Amerie coming down those stairs. I bet she cant watch this now.
Im sorry but Rihanna had NO stage presence! She still doesn’t really, never been a natural.
Rihanna + Those Perfect Legs Tho >
Ameriie with that dress and those hips going from side to side tho >
To Be honest , Ameriie was the one who did the best among them three , she looked the most professional and the only DIVA on that stage ,followed by rihanna ” minus that childish ‘Then mama teach…’ ” and finally that Tea girl, they basically looked like silly amateurs most of the time compared to ameriie , at least to me !
That Clip is a MAIN proof Rihanna is what you gonna call a Star , The camera Loves her without any effort on part , and she had The Attitude and went “Down” with her lil hips in it.
oh Riri 😀 , good ol’ Memories!!
Maybe it’s just me, but Teirra Marie or however you spell it, just gives off a low-budget, hoodrat vibe, regardless of any singing talent she may have. She didn’t have the same mainstream appeal and star quality that Rihanna had/has, imo. Had she stayed signed, she would’ve continued to flop, I think.
Commercial success isn’t always about having talent or being the best singer/dancer/entertainer/etc. Sometimes, simply having a charismatic personality and the right packaging and promotion can get you a lot farther than talent alone.
THE WORLD PREMIER OF THAT FOREHEAD ..
I don’t even watch the clip cuz he has posted this like 1000 times, get over it man, we get it, you think Beyonce is God and Rihanna is nothing in front of her, WE GET IT, he even has a picture of Beyonce and MJ on Facebook like if Beyonce was the Queen of Pop or something, the site is dying and mostly because of his obsessions with Rihanna and Beyonce, is the same thing over and over again.
S****** BLONDE
February 14, 2013 at 6:28 pm
I don’t even watch the clip cuz he has posted this like 1000 times, get over it man, we get it, you think Beyonce is God and Rihanna is nothing in front of her, WE GET IT, he even has a picture of Beyonce and MJ on Facebook like if Beyonce was the Queen of Pop or something, the site is dying and mostly because of his obsessions with Rihanna and Beyonce, is the same thing over and over again.
^^^^^ AMEN!
Rihanna is bad!! singing for beyflop to become bigger than beyflop. LMAO.
@S****** Blonde I agree, but I actually think Sam secretly has a weird obsession/stans/however you wanna put it for Rihanna the amount he promotes her, as a Beyoncé fan aswell I think why the hell do you always have to bring Beyonces name into it? Do you want other fan bases to come for her? And they do. Looks like he cares more about hits and stan wars.
Fake ho!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3nxzojxYp20
I dont get it. Why are the Navy so dead sure Rihanna is so much bigger then Beyonce? Because shes had more number 1’s? When you are neutral and not overly obsessed with sales (which is majority of people aren’t) they seem just as big as each other for different reasons. But people look at Beyonce with a bit more respect and powerful because shes been around longer, just like people look at Rihanna as more of the it girl of moment because shes at her peak now. All fan bases really need to stop discrediting other peoples faves for the sake of their own because all of them stand out for their own reasons.
QUEEN RIH!!! SIDE NOTE: CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW BEYAWNCE STOLED AMARIE’S SWAG? I DISLIKE BEY BUT I DONT REMEMBER HER STEALING AMARIES SWAG TINA TURNER SHAKIRA JLO YES BUT AMARIE? NO
The delusion of the girls!
Tiara Marie was too GHETTO to crossover. 17 years old talking about “n***s making her feel good”. She didn’t have a unique look, or voice. She also had a horrible attitude. She didn’t stand a chance in the industry.
Amerie tried to go electro-crazy-pop. She even added a second “i” to her name and still FLOPPED. Her first CD was nice, but I didn’t see her making a dent in the industry.
Don’t be mad because Rih came out on TOP 🙂
he posted this every couple of months and yall fall for it every time! This is a tribute to DESTINY CHILD not beyonce. I dont undersand the hate toward Rihanna, maybe cause she winning and pasting your faves(one of them is in this video)?
I feel bad for ppl that stan for Rihanna. It must hurt to get dragged everyday when your talent doesn’t measure up to your accolades and sales. That’s why navy is always defensive…Just keeping it real.
it’s nice to see an artist actually grow from their debut
I like Teairra Marie..I feel like if she had Rihanna’s stylist/make-up artist and that Umbrella track she could’ve shut Rihanna down. But all these women have their own lane, I just hope someone picks up Teairra cause she does have good music…
This performance makes me appreciate Michelle..she sure kept up!!! These 3 girls were a total MESS!
Rih was the best! F*** the rest! 😀
The thinly valed shade on this post
@Sam SIT THE F*** DOWN B****!!!!
Rihanna in that picture looks like a crackhead with those boney fingers. The Whitney Houston story (no the talent part by any means) all over again…..
IT MUST HURT BEY STANS FOR YOUR FAVE TO GET SLAYED BY A ISLAND GIRL!! RIH DONT NEED A PEPSI DEAL TO PROMOTE HER MUSIC OR TOURS!! 100 MILLION RECORDS SOLD WHEN WILL BEY?
I like Teairra Marie..I feel like if she had Rihanna’s stylist/make-up artist and that Umbrella track she could’ve shut Rihanna down. But all these women have their own lane, I just hope someone picks up Teairra cause she does have good music… This reply is to Enough Onkia.
First all all no one, but god has the power to shut Rih down. Not gaga. Not beyonce. Not Brit. Not adele. Not taylor and certainly not Tierra marie. Tierra MARIE DID HAVE ACCESS TO Lyse cooper and Mariel haean ( rih stylist ) She had access to Mylah Morales ( rih’s mke up artist ) She had access to Tricky and Dream ( umbrella ) These m************ were around BEFORE RIH got singed. Why did she not use them? Also, who said She had the charisma to make Umbrella pop?
Face it hater! Rih has star quality and T M did not. Deal with it.
Enough Onika,
If TM had the power to s*** Rih down, how comes she has not been signed to this day? Trust me h**, if TM was a star she would of got to the top no matter if she was on def jam or not. But she rots. TM even got dropped from love and hip hop. So much for that star quality you said shut Rih down.
Are the Navy really comparing record numbers sold when Ri has 7 albums and Beyonce has 4? Lol!
Umbrella did not make Rihanna’s career! It was just a big year for her. Music of the Sun had already sold over 2 million WW before Umbrella was released and certified Gold in the US. A Girl Like Me was a platinum album in the US, Canada, and the UK prior to Umbrella. Break it off was a top 10 hit in the United States without a video or major promo. Teirra recorded crappy songs during her stint with Def Jam. Had she fought for smashes like Rihanna did she would be more successful. I highly doubt she would be as big as Rihanna though, as her appeal is more in the Ashanti, Aaliyah, Ciara lane and not Beyonce, Rihanna-ish. Beyonce although is urban she comes off mainstream by looks and demeanor and Rihanna is a special case. She smokes, drinks, curses like a sailor and for some reason she just doesn’t come off as ghetto. I don’t know how she can make her antics appear rebellious and not ghetto. How can she be so hood but be so f***** pop?
@Beyone N Rita
Comprehension is key ho. I said IF she HAD Rihanna’s stylist, make up artist and Umbrella, I could see her being where Rihanna is. I said nothing about her having star quality now. Rihanna had NO star quality during MOTS and barely on AGLM. Umbrella saved ger ass from being dropped twice so let’s not front like Rihanna’s “star quality” wasn’t manufactured. Rihanna’s basic w/o make up and controversy.
@person above me. Lets see how you look with no make up. The Basic Rihanna is better looking then 75% of Black Woman I see at work, school the malls etc. I’m not talking actresses or singers or video girls. I’m on facebook the girls that do look as good as Rih are the girlfriends of basketball players, rappers or strippers/pornstars/urban models. I’m sure you look a burnt biscuit mess calling Rihanna basic. B**** show urself! I cannot take the these “real” basic chicks on here coming for Beyonce and Rihanna girls that your father wlll leave your mother for and girls who look a zillion times better then you will on your wedding day, on their worst day! Have a seat and continue to seethe knowing Rihanna in the stay video will look better then you if you had the best make up artist best clothes etc money can buy. Rihanna’s eye color and shape make her an exotic beauty that im sure you will never come close to Enough Onika! I’m more then positive even the prettiest of girls say Beyonce and Rihanna are beautiful because they are and girls who know their worth and beauty have no problem saying the next woman is also beautiful. Its the ugly, fat ones who call obviously attractive woman basic YOU must really look a f****** mess.
@Taey B*tch……shut the f*ck up. It’s so sad to see you pathetic, uneducated acting hood rats on here literally TRIPPIN’ BALLS over someone else’s opinion like you ass is Rihanna! Please find purpose in your life lol. This is a BLOG SITE, if you don’t like various OPINIONS, get the f*ck outta here d***!