This is the year for Ri-Ri! She's been on countless magazine covers, can be seen EVERYWHERE, and has drop the release of her album Good Girl Gone Bad. Now she has inked a deal to be the new face for GUCCI. She's the spokesperson for UNICEF, the companies new venue that will sell limited edition products to raise money for various causes.

Rihanna is really doing her thing. I can't knock her. She found her niche in the industry by breaking out of the cookie cutter role they made her conform to when she first came out.

"The label didn’t want me to do this look. But cutting my hair, it made me stand out as an artist. I don’t care who likes it — this is me.” (source)

Kudos to her! If everyone would take this approach the music industry wouldn't look like the Stepford wives club.

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