oh please every artist either comes from rich powerful families with connections who raise them as future popstars from birth or they slept with the right people to get a record deal. there is no artists discovered at a pub or the internet, it's all a facade to make them seem more relatable.
i stan rih and ariana but i know rihanna at 16 moved from barbados to connecticut alone to some rich producers's home and ariana came from a wealthy family with connections.