Humble Icon Rihanna posted a picture followed by this heartfelt message on her instagram icongalriri to send thanks to Cipha Sounds the Hot 97 DJ who gave her her first radio spin.
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#tbt Cipha Sounds... this is the guy responsible for putting y'all on! He is the first DJ in hi$toRIH to EVER play one of my songs! My very first spin, this man right here! I remember it like it was yesterday, I was in the middle of Sears in Brooklyn with my gran gran Dolly, she was dancing all through the floor telling every sales clerk that it was my song! It was so funny, yet embarrassing at the time. Luckily nobody believed her. Lol!...Cipha I THANK YOU! You broke my very first song, it kicked down the door for me! You came to the studio, heard "Pon de Replay", and believed it would do something on the radio! It takes people believing in it before it comes to pass, enough to give us a chance to be heard! I would never forget you for that for as long as I live.
Queen.
