Robyn Rihanna Fenty est née à Saint Michael, à la Barbade, le 20 février 1988. Sa mère Monica Fenty est une Barbadienne d'origine guyanienne et son père Ronald Fenty est Barbadien. Elle est le second artiste barbadien (après Jimmy Senya Haynes) à recevoir un Grammy Award.
Rihanna puise ses influences musicales dans ses origines antillaises ainsi que de nombreux autres artistes. Elle cite entre autre Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Brandy, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey et Bob Marley influençant son style musical.
Rihanna returns from a music hiatus with “Lift Me Up,” the lead single from the upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie soundtrack, titled "Wakanda Forever: The Album", released in 2022. This marks Rihanna’s first solo release since her eighth album "ANTI" in January 2016. Rihanna announced the song via Twitter two days before its release, after Marvel teased it the day before.
The record was written alongside Ludwig Göransson and Ryan Coogler, who composed the movie’s score and directed the film, respectively, as well as Nigerian rising artist Tems, as a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa, the protagonist on the original Black Panther.
