Again, today in history, a star was born. Its the Umbrella star, Robyn Rihanna Fenty.... Robyn Rihanna Rihanna was born in St. Michaels. in Barbados. Her childhood on the Caribbean island of Barbados was deeply affected by her father’s addiction to crack cocaine and parent’s rocky marriage, which ended when she was 14. The shy kid found an outlet through singing. She lived the life of a normal island girl going to Combermere, a top sixth form school, similar to grammar schools in the UK. Through the years, particularly during her pre-teen and teenage years, she sang to friends and family only for amusement purposes. Rihanna won a beauty pageant and performed Mariah Carey’s “Hero” in a school talent show. After forming a girl group with two classmates, Rihanna, 15, auditioned for veteran producer Evan Rogers, who told Entertainment Weekly: The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn’t exist.” She eventually moves to Connectic