Disclosure: State of Alabama-based writer. This article is a work from cited sources for informational purposes and is used with permission. No affiliate links are included. Last week, a clip from The Tyra Banks Showbegan circulating on Reddit. In it, a teenage Rihanna recalls how she auditioned for Jay-Z, then-president and CEO of Def Jam Records, and the label’s chairman, Antonio “L.A.” Reidy. Rihanna explained that she performed “Pon de Replay,” the song that would later catapult her to stardom. “They were interested,” she told Banks, reflecting on the audition that changed her life.