Rihanna performing "Pon de Replay" at the VMAs '05

[TheJodee21]

poxy camera work

[sazzyjt]

even tho rihanna's dad is half white, i love how ppl think that just because a black woman is beautiful, she automatically has to be "mixed" stupid ass world.

[SaySay208]

@sazzyjt I don't have that kind of thinking because I know there are black women all over the world who are beautiful and they are not directly mixed.

[SaySay208]

@sazzyjt I don't have that type of thinking because there are black women in this world who are Beautiful and they are not directly mixed. I had a discussion about that one day; why is that the media use a mixed or a mixed looking black person to represent black beauty?

[JBieberLuver52]

Can you guys please spell Britney right?

[EveLynDanny19]

I met Rihanna in this MTV pre-show, since then I love her

[Za7a7aZ]

what a life-experiance it is to be a celeb...with all celeb-friends, luxe and the works..must be hard working tho...reading some of them collapsing on stage.

[ladywhite726]

poor rihanna - she has changed so much

[holamypeeps]

Wat a fucking dramatic change from this to a fucking physco dark bitch!

[romeo440]

y does she not dance n e more????

[Whitewing9709]

Tell Me If Ya Her Meya! 2:26 Lol.

[meboobrat]

this was da rihanna we loved

[rmoore19841]

she needs to go bac to this. she is so sexi wit long hair.

[revy313]

she is so beautiful and talented

[iluvgreen18]

She has such a pretty body

[Greenshow81]

she was so cute

[Dilawar808]

what happened to the old rihanna?

[chocolatechipcokies]

haha, i cant believe i watched this on MTV when i was like 10 and now im at her age.

[certifiedgaynsta1]

How were you 10 then, but now you're her age now...?

[chocolatechipcokies]

@certifiedgaynsta1 lol, i dont mean rihanna's age NOW, but how old she was on the video lol.

[VRM291]

lmao!

[chocolatechipcokies]

omg, people are so ignorant!

the black race is the most diverse in the world!

we have blacks who are light and others who are dark.

blacks dont have one look.

she was pretty before

[SultanCrack777]

she was sooo cute

now she loooks like a fuckin bitch

the game fuckd youu uppp

[kamay81]

At the time she was 16 and nobody said anything about her sexy outfit and dance. Miley wears little shorts and it's World war 3!

Double standard in America? Yes, definitely!

[beagleluvr2009]

well for one she is from barbados which is a different culture...so that might help...and miley is a disney girl and disney is suppose to be for children.....and children look up to miley...rhianna is aimed more to teens and adults

[furshigidy]

Exactly.

[furshigidy]

Stfu, Miley is supposed to represent Disney. Unfortunately kids look up to her lame ass. So, If she's dressing like a slut and doing slut things what is that teaching kids? Like beagleluvr said, Rihanna is from a different culture.

[kamay81]

Rihanna is from another culture? So why America dissed Akon when he "danced" with that 15 year old in Jamaïca (I think it's Jamaïca, don't recall) , even if this happened out of America? Actually the double standard was about the fact that America doesn't "care" about Rihanna only because she's black and from abroad. Your so-called unfortunate kids are curretly watching things worse than that on Ytube; in fact You should stfu.

[beagleluvr2009]

thanks!! i cant stand miley! lol shes such a ho.....i wish she woud do something dumb and disney would drop her ass! haha

[kittyfur78]

her skirt is long to be a carnival outfit have u seen carnival clothes they r smaller than wat the dancers r wearing. thats wen she used to wear clothes i guess

[swiftkillz]

she should bring the islnad them back

[kindofamoron]

hahaha i bet she loved performing it in this way. soooo cute and adorable.

♥♥♥

[pietkrediet112]

CRAP!

[8132089]

how can you say that when its people in africa who is light skinned. Her father is light skined to

[hayne112]

there are a couple that r that lite and they arent mixed. rihanna probably did but w.e

[tameeka182]

Maybe she`s mixed with something.

Maybe her mom/dad`s coolie or something?

But I agree with the disturbia part = )

[SaySay208]

@tameeka182 Her dad is Irish and Afro/Bajan and her mom is Afro Guyanese.

[sazzyjt]

@SaySay208 actually her dad is half irish....shes not mulatto

[SaySay208]

@sazzyjt A person who is mix with White European/White American or Black African/Black American/Black Caribbean is a mulatto. Her dad is Mulatto because he is Afro-Bajan/ Irish black and white.

[SaySay208]

@sazzyjt I remember in my post saying he was half Irish also.

[qlamxswaqq]

dummie pple frm barbados can be LIGHT SKINNED! DUMB FCUKK!

[sexysmileslimbody34]

right.her mother is as light as her n have u seen her father???he looks half white. . .tht's where she gets her light complexion from.

[qlamxswaqq]

thats whut im sayinq; hatee wen pple stay sayinq pple frm tha island r all dark. plus 4 every one who slow..its her real hair...west indians have qood hair ;]

[sazzyjt]

@sexysmileslimbody34 yea her dad is half white

[Grasscone]

all you haters fade away Rihanna is the best

[sexybadbeyoncepick]

she sings lik she cryin lol or throw up

[jazzgirl97]

how come she doesn't dance she anymore?

[keithtv17]

couz riri cant dance like beyonce or ciara sorry both fans

[Dude0096]

wasnt this controversial? like didnt ppl make funn of her for this performance

[Briz369]

she can't sing live...

[jazzgirl97]

barbados is the ish!!!!!

[nectorfoxy]

I love rihanna ,i absolutely love her .i have seen nothing to criticize or condemn, I have seen flesh and blood and commendable endurance!! SHE IS LOVELY NOW AND THEN !!! HEAD UP GIRL !

[jovo993]

i miss this rihanna!!!she was more hot than today

[xoLuvNickJonasox]

Is she in Barbados here?

[karana808]

no its in miami

[RihannaFan1010]

Oh., okay

[XRomanianDiamondX]

i miss her long hairs

[100Juls]

Wonder what ya'll going to say when Shontelle another Bajan Queen keeps doing what she does. And if ya'll don't know who I talking about she sings that song T-shirt. Yea she belongs to us as well. And she's going all the way. She even rights her own music as far as I know.

[100Juls]

That's our Bajan home girl stop hating on her. She made it when none of us could that mean the girl got some serious talent going on there. And I enjoy watching her perform. If ya'll don't like her don't watch her simple as that.

[amidumaru15]

I like her legs lol^^

[bueno5c]

her looks is much better now. lol.

[cynasha]

she cant sing gah

[JOBRIGO]

porque sale ashley simpson??... XD

si que ha madurado rihanna, aun recuerdo en vivo esta presentacion el los VMA's

[bofudito]

ayy dios mio!!

mamita!!!

Mi amor!!!!

[Ellalla]

she doesnt sing live like ever

[BajanLulu]

thats not true at all...nowadays she does sing live because she has a band and she used to sing live a lot of the time earlier...she is singin live here cuz you can hear her breathy...stop h8n on her please

[Meanshots22]

this is the best i've heard her live

[erevaj]

Rihanna's success is due to her re-imaging herself and commiting each time....

Her first album she was a Caribbean bombshell=thus "Pon De Replay" did well for a debut

Second Album was pop-dance, she commited and spawned the hit pop hit "SOS"

Her third album was edgy Rock/R&B, much like M Jackson and J Jackson's most famous works, thus she was critically succesful with the hit Umbrella/Shut Up and Drive

... can't wait to see which genre she tackles next

[JuzLykeKandy]

Good performance. But watching her now.You can tell she's really grown as a performer

[BeeKayGirl94]

im jamaican and i would not say were better cuz most of our dancers haven't been discovered and rihanna was so i think that gives them some points...rihanna's so good that her body is actually insured that if she get hurt she gets paid for it

[latz2008]

WOW we have footage of rihanna actually wining! yay! if only she still did it! caribbean flavour (waaay daz real bajan flags boy lol)

[adenahelder]

love it typical caribian carnalval dress ;D it suits her well

[hellojasminh123]

lucv u sooo much, u rock u'll alwayz be my favorite!

[babygalll]

yes you right

[heathersmommy]

i love rihanna but i think fame went to her head

[opmagazine]

true

[BajanLulu]

do you even know her...yall need to stop because she is really sweet...stop tlkin mess bout her

[xxannabellsxx]

what do u mean by dat? like just curious

[sexysimz0411]

thank you cutiepatoochie dats da way carribeans dance not shakria so get ur facts right lucious2sweet

kmt ppl fink der tooo smart

dnt cus rihanna shes da greatest and i love her xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[lucious2sweet]

DATS TOTALLY SHKIRA'S STYLE!!!

[cutiepatoochie]

no thats how c/bbean naturally dance get it right

[lucious2sweet]

um I'm from da Bahamas I kno how we dance lol and we don really dance like dat no jamaican no Bahamian no barbados person we dance something like dat but different and I'm talkin bout da outfits its shakiras style of clothes

[BModeste]

Bahamains dont no shit about carribean culture, get your facts straight and educate yourself. I dont know where you were raised but all carribean people that were born and raised in there culture will tell you that those outfits were protrayed in our carnival seasons. And that we naturally shake our waist and wine and grind without the use of a choregrapher. what shakira does is called belly dancing. set her up with a dancehall queen and she would look like shit, nothin against shakira

[lucious2sweet]

well in our culture we have junkanoo and we know alot about culture who are u to tell us otherwise and I never even mentioned about shakira's style of dance i was talking about rihanna copying shakira's clothing style.. though she already copied the things beyonce' does and yes in the Bahamas we wine and grind too so get it str8 asshole

[XXRatedCrazyXX]

@lucious2sweet honey those are carnival costumes..shakira didnt invent these Caribbean costumes lol

[eratecator]

thats caribbean....get it straight...nobodies style

[SaySay208]

@lucious2sweet No maybe the outfit, however in the Caribbean there is an African and Indian style of dancing and even the outfit is an Arabic/ Indian style. What she is doing is whineing not belly dancing like Shakira.

[palatkaprincess]

i miss da old Rihanna

[cutiepie101566]

yeah she should not have cut her hair i mean it is cute know but i miss the old but her music is still fabulous

[BajanBeautyFan]

he voice is like her style.. both is great :)

[nice2meetu07]

uhhh...voice is flat...but like her STYLE now...

[rankingj]

She is still pretty though, most of the people cussing her aint half as pretty. She is also a beautiful person. Post your picture and let me judge.

[queenmimi909]

bitch it was not all weave rihanna just added some hair like everyone else but other wise her hair was long too so dont talk stuff about people hair if you can back it up

[yasminerihanna]

that wasn't weave that was her real hair that was permed but the wig with the bangs that she has in like shut up and drive is a wig and just cause her forehead is big does not mean she's not beautiful u know

[beyonceluver]

i luV diZ giRl! h3r voic3 has improved so much i da past year! riri is a train dat isnt gonna stop anytime s0on!

[yasminerihanna]

yea i agree with u she'll always be successful :D

[BrookeValentineFan]

When Rihanna chopped her hair off....I knew it was all over.

[rankingj]

Its not over, shes getting better and better, and she's making nuff money.

[juandiego1302]

rihanna was not laughing of britney she was surprised by that spectaculr perfom

[peterLYcious]

well she wa slike only 16 yrs old then or so. very young and omg she soudns great here!

[sexytrini519]

i liked her so much better when she first came out and was staying true to her Bajan roots, now her albums are completely commercial not a hint of her island background....she should embrace where she is from not change it to sell records, but i guess thas jus the business

[fizz0princess]

u're so damn right!!!

[alexsep82]

if she had stuck to the her roots she wouldn't be the star she is right now, she wouldn't stay around longer with that type of music. now she's in a different type of music but she's killing it, i bet if she had continued with this music you wouldn't hear from her by now.

[BrookeValentineFan]

i def. agree!

[BajanLulu]

yall dont get it do you...as long as she talks the way she does she is reppin her roots...she brings caribbean flavour to whatever she does...just because she ain singin reggae doan mean a thing...didnt you guys hear when she sang UmbArella...how much more bajan wunna want she get...if nething she got way from de JAMAICAN image which she is not and making ppl recognise now more that she BAJAN

[MsMystery92]

@sexytrini519 u rite! she cant do that though!..cuz she probably isnt proud of where she came from! dumb slut! i hate her!

[AccioSmileyFace]

i love rihanna.. so much better than britney spears.. i loved that she was laughing at her tahah

[fizz0princess]

lol she wasnt laughing at britney,she was laughing at the dancer on her table =)

[AccioSmileyFace]

ooooo ok ¸lol but still lol

[bigt72787]

i kno ppl dont seem to realize this they think shes laughin at brit

[MsMystery92]

@AccioSmileyFace are u fukin sane!! brittany is wayy better in every way possible! Rihanna wish she could be as good as brittany!...

[AccioSmileyFace]

@MsMystery92 Yes i am sane ... that is why i think rihanna is better :) ... brittany is a fall down drunk.

[deedeecacka]

she looks so young here! shes gettin beter music wise

[gwadaninou]

Amazing video =P Rihanna was so cute <3