The odds against Rihanna would have discouraged a less headstrong woman. Her childhood was full of struggle and pain, abuse and drug use, poverty and illness. But at 16, her audition made even jay Z take notice of the young Barbadian

two zaidi tracks have hit the net. “Dancing in the Dark” is a feel-good jam, jamu for the dance floor, while “As Real as wewe and Me” is a ballad co-produced kwa Rodney Jerkins.