Talk about an awesome — if awkward — honor. Soulja Boy Tell’em revealed to MTV News this week that he will have the unique distinction of appearing on the upcoming albums by both Chris Brown and Rihanna.

“With this particular project [it was] like, ‘Whoa!’ because it was like, ‘Yo, I need you to do something for Rihanna’s album. You got 11 hours. Go,” Soulja Boy said about the last-minute call to work on an unspecified track from Rihanna’s upcoming Rated R disc.
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Talk about an awesome — if awkward — honor. Soulja Boy Tell’em revealed to MTV News this week that he will have the unique distinction of appearing on the upcoming albums by both Chris Brown and Rihanna.

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“With this particular project [it was] like, ‘Whoa!’ because it was like, ‘Yo, I need you to do [...]

It’s been confirmed that producer, The-Dream and Young Jeezy have been working with Rihanna on her upcoming album, Rated R due out on November 23rd.

The-Dream said of working with Ri-RI,

“Me and Rihanna, she just cut the last of the two records we did. It’s a record called ‘Rock Star,’ The first record is a record called ‘Hard,’ which features [Young] Jeezy. Both of those records are pretty insane.”

He confirmed he wrote a song called “Hard” which features Young Jeezy,

“’Hard,’ I want that song to explain itself. Most of the stuff I wrote — still to this day what I write — I try to find out through people — what they’re going through or what they gotta say. Then we put that in.”

On whether Jeezy delivered, Dream said,

“Oh, c’mon, he killed it! You know Young killed it. That’s ATL right there. That’s all we do.”

It’s being rumored that we should be seeing the music video for her single “Russian Roulette” on November 6th and that “The Wait Is Over” is going to be the second single she releases off of the album.

It’s been confirmed that producer, The-Dream and Young Jeezy have been working with Rihanna on her upcoming album, Rated R due out on November 23rd.
The-Dream said of working with Ri-RI,
“Me and Rihanna, she just cut the last of the two records we did. It’s a record called ‘Rock Star,’ The first record is a [...]

After Rihanna has had her very public assault drama involving Chris Brown, people have been talking about her non-stop. Even after about nine months after the altercation.

Now, a friend of Jennifer Aniston, Ray Manzella has said that Rihanna needs to learn a thing or two from the actress.

Ray says of Aniston,

“Jen has her fair share of imperfect relationships but not one of those men was ever disrespectful to her physically. No one would dare lay a hand on her because they know they just couldn’t get away with it.”

He continued on to say that Rihanna should be given some lesson on that. “Hopefully that will rub off on Rihanna. She needs someone who can set the example that no woman should be treated with anything less than respect. I think Jen’s the one to do that.”

Even Aniston said,

“My friends come to me in tough times for advice. I am the go-to girl a lot but I love that. I love helping friends.

After Rihanna has had her very public assault drama involving Chris Brown, people have been talking about her non-stop. Even after about nine months after the altercation.
Now, a friend of Jennifer Aniston, Ray Manzella has said that Rihanna needs to learn a thing or two from the actress.
Ray says of Aniston,
“Jen has her fair [...]

Rick Ross was very confident in Rihanna’s selling ability.

“Of course,” Ross said about Rihanna’s new album out-selling 50. “That’s Rihanna, one of the most beautiful, talented human beings on the planet. You can’t even say her name next to woodface. But more importantly, that’s a nice line-up of artists. Birdman, that’s my brother. I look at 50 Cent and Lady Gaga as the same. So I really recognize Lady Gaga, I mean Birdman and whoever else you said but at the same token but I feel like we’ve won already because the state that the industry is in, you know, it’s hard to break new artists and you know, we’ve brought Triple C’s to the table six months after me receiving the number one album [with Deeper Than Rap] and we pretty much did this hands-on by ourselves.” (SOHH)
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Rick Ross was very confident in Rihanna’s selling ability.
“Of course,” Ross said about Rihanna’s new album out-selling 50. “That’s Rihanna, one of the most beautiful, talented human beings on the planet. You can’t even say her name next to woodface. But more importantly, that’s a nice line-up of artists. Birdman, that’s my brother. I look [...]

Back in 2008, Rihanna Daily asked Rihanna’s dancer Bryan Takana – who’s working with Beyonce now – 10 questions.

1# What’s your full name?

Bryan Kekoa Tanaka.

2# When and where were you born?

April 11th 1983 in Olympia, WA.

3# When did you first start working with Rihanna?

I danced for her when she did a tribute for Destiny’s Child on the World Music Awards back in 2005. But really started our working relationship when the Umbrella video came out in March of 2007!

4# What was the funniest and what was the scariest moment you’ve had with Rihanna so far?

The funniest moment with Rihanna was on our last show of our 1st European tour. We played sooo many pranks on stage. The highlight was when me and Julius came out as Egyptian Pharaohs on “Question Existing.” We made her crack up during her song!

5# What was the best/most interesting place you’ve ever played? Why?

The most interesting place we’ve played together was Abuja, Nigeria. The performance was kinda chaotic due to lack of preparation from the Nigerian side. It got made up when Jay-Z took the stage with her though. But the icing of it all was that half of our crew got stranded in Abuja for an extra 2 days and I missed our next show because of it!

6# What’s the best part about working with Rihanna?

The best part about working for Rihanna is that she is the most caring, smart, and down to earth woman. Not too mention she’s drop dead gorgeous.

7# Will you keep working with Rihanna during her next album?

It’s up in the air but I hope to be working with her on her next album.

8# What other profession would you have liked to attempt if it didn’t turn out this way?

Firefighter or Physical Therapy.

9# Describe your personality in 3 words.

Goofy, Caring, and Focused.

10# Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

In 10 years I see myself as an actor, choreographer, dance teacher, and proud parent.

Lol RiRi’s crew is so crazy

Source – RD

Back in 2008, Rihanna Daily asked Rihanna’s dancer Bryan Takana – who’s working with Beyonce now – 10 questions.
1# What’s your full name?
Bryan Kekoa Tanaka.
2# When and where were you born?
April 11th 1983 in Olympia, WA.

3# When did you first start working with Rihanna?
I danced for her when she did a tribute for Destiny’s [...]

Ne-Yo said Rihanna requested the song’s somber vibe. “She wanted to be dark, but not just dark for the sake of being dark,” he told MTV News. “Dark with kind of a meaning, dark with some kind of thing to it.”

“I’m listening to the track, and all I can see is Rihanna and some random person sitting across from each other at the table with a gun sitting in the middle of the table and playing Russian roulette,” he explained. “And I just started thinking, ‘What would go through your mind if you was in that situation?’ It just all started coming together, and Rihanna has never been one to be afraid to take a chance, especially with me. She’s always game to do something a little different. I played it for her, and she loved it — went in and knocked it out. The rest is history.”

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Ne-Yo said Rihanna requested the song’s somber vibe. “She wanted to be dark, but not just dark for the sake of being dark,” he told MTV News. “Dark with kind of a meaning, dark with some kind of thing to it.”

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“my first ventures off into the fictitious,” as he explained how he came up [...]