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Evan Rogers, who has worked with artists like Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson, discovered Rihanna in Barbados. He’s been close with the 
songstress ever since and spoke to EW in an exclusive interview. I thought I might share some of the highlights of what Evan had to say.
EW: What effect could all of this have on Rihanna’s young fans?
ER: It obviously concerns her a lot. But at the end of the day, I think that most people still see her as the victim in this situation. You’ll always have a lot of haters who talk negatively about artists all day long on the Internet. But I think that when the dust settles, she’s going to be fine. The bottom line is Rihanna is a superstar and like other artists, the reception from her fans will mostly depend on how good an album she makes next time out and how great the songs are. As long as all that is taken care of, she’ll be fine and everything will take care of itself. She just needs to get in [the studio] and make a great album.EW: Last week, reports surfaced that Rihanna and Chris Brown recently recorded a duet for his next CD…
ER: There’s no duet that’s been recorded other than the one [called "Bad Girl"] that was a bootleg track from months before. Those were just rumors.EW: Is Rihanna recording any new music?
ER: She’s just getting started now.
For more of the interview, click here!
It certainly is nice to hear from someone who knows Rihanna well. All we can do is hope everything turns out for the better.
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