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by spondylosaurus 1002 days ago
Literally the only example of a (maybe) self-made billionaire I can think of is Rihanna. Possibly confounded by the fact that she was a successful musician long before she was a billionaire, which obviously brings a lot of leverage with it, although IIRC she did get into her music career fair and square (grew up in Barbados with no special connections, no rich family to buy her a spot on a label, etc.).

So that's... one. Maybe. Struggling to think of even a single additional example.
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adamredwoods 1002 days ago
Debatable, but a good answer. "Umbrella" I think is considered the song that elevated her, but that was written by another group of artists that had originally considered it for Britney Spears. Interesting history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_(song)

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spondylosaurus 1002 days ago
Ah, that is super interesting! Also:

> In the studio, Stewart was "messing around with a walloping hi-hat sound", which he found in the free music software GarageBand, which is included in all Mac computers.

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