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Shakira and Rihanna Help Kick Off Live Earth

The 2007 version of Live Earth concerts kicked off on Saturday (July 7) in an attempt to persuade governments and citizens to go green. And Rihanna and Shakira were among the acts performing in nine cities around the world.

According to Reuters reports, “around 40,000 people filled the Aussie Stadium in Sydney, 10,000 turned up at the Makuhari Messe hall outside Tokyo, thousands watched at the steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai and many more braved the rain in Hamburg.”

Rihanna Loves Being Bad

She’s sold over 5 million albums and released five #1 singles, and now 19-year-old Rihanna is talking about her decision to ditch her nice girl image, instead indulging in her inner “bad girl.”

Her new album, Good Girl Gone Bad, is doing extremely well.  And it’s success could be attributed to a change in the R&B singer’s demeanor.  “This record (Good Girl Gone Bad), I basically took the attitude of the bad girl and I really got rebellious and just did everything the way I wanted to do it,” Rihanna told press. 

Beyonce Shines At 2007 BET Awards

It was a night to remember… the annual Black Entertainment Television Awards honors the celebrities making waves in the black community, and this year’s installment was chock full of good stuff.

The show kicked off with Jennifer Holliday and Jennifer Hudson doing “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” as a duet.  The performance bridged the gap between Broadway and Silver Screen.

Rihanna Revisits Past Headaches

Not only did she have to deal with being raised by a drug addicted father, Rihanna also endured years of CAT scans over worry that she had a brain tumor. With such a testing upbringing, success couldn’t have struck a more deserving young woman.

In a recent interview, the Umbrella songstress said that she had such severe headaches during her growing years that doctors thought she had brain tumor.  The ‘Unfaithful’ star underwent medical testing from the age of 8 up until she was 13 years-old.

Rihanna Reigns Over Billboard Charts

She’s stunning.  She’s sophisticated.  And for the fourth week in a row, Rihanna is at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with her uber-hit “Umbrella.”

And it’s nice to see the R&B singer enjoying so much success.  Though she came from humble beginnings (after all, she grew up with a crack smokin’ father), she is using her determination to rule the American pop music scene.