Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Music of the Sun bụ album mbụ nke onye ọbụ abụ Barbadian Rihanna. E wepụtara ya na August 30, 2005 na United States site na Def Jam Recordings. Tupu ịbịanye aka na Def Jam, onye na-emepụta ihe ndekọ Evan Rogers na Barbados chọpụtara Rihanna, onye nyeere Rihanna aka ịdekọ teepu demo iji zipu ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ. Jay-Z, onye bụbu onye isi ndị isi (CEO) na onye isi oche nke Def Jam, nyere Jay Brown, A & R ya na Def Jam, ihe ngosi Rihanna, ma kpọọ ya ka ọ nwalee maka akara ahụ mgbe ọ nụsịrị ihe ghọrọ abụ mbụ ya, "Pon de Replay". O mere nyocha maka Jay-Z na L.A. Reid, onye bụbu onye isi oche na onye isi oche nke otu ndekọ ndekọ aha The Island Def Jam Music Group, ma bịanyere aka na ebe ahụ iji gbochie ya ịbanye na ndekọ ndekọ ọzọ.  Ajụjụ: Olee ụlọ ọrụ wepụtara ọba egwu mbụ Rihanna n'afọ 2005?
Def Jam Recordings