Rihanna Takes To The Skies For 777 World Tour

Rihannahas kick started her [uuid=ee6d85e4-38d9-4756-a335-2ab2cb1c3e02]Mariah Carey is her biggest musical inspiration.

RiRi told the chat show host: "I remember looking up to people like Mariah Carey. I identified with her in so many ways.

"She was bi-racial, she was also young and I remember just hearing her story and really being connected to it. Now, I moved to America and I started listening to pop music and rock music and all these other bands [and] artists that I never knew about from the '80s, the '70s."

The Bajan babe added: "I draw inspiration from everything, even if it's weird, there's always something you can find. The weirdest things are sometimes the coolest."

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