
Singer Rihanna has struggled with poverty since her childhood while living in Barbados. Her life at home was cruel, as there were violent moments of her father’s drug and alcohol addiction, writes The Guardian .
However, at school, the singer’s teachers had emphasized that she was confident and very intelligent. By the time she was 10, Rihanna had become the caretaker of two younger brothers while her mother worked to support them. Her parents later divorced.