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Rihanna To Open the 2010 AMAs… Announced New Management

Bajan R&B star Rihanna is scheduled to open up the 38th annual American Music Awards, which will air live from Los Angeles on November 21.

RiRi will take the stage and open up the star-studded award show, where she will perform new music from her forthcoming album ‘Loud.’

The ‘Only Girl (In the World)’ singer is currently nominated for two AMA awards. She will face-off against Alicia Keys and Sade for Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B album.

New Management

Rihanna yesterday announced that she has parted ways with long time manager Marc Jordan and is now being manage by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.

“[I’m] so excited to take this next step in my career,” Rihanna told The Associated Press in a statement Wednesday (Oct 20).

Jay-Z signed Rihanna to Def Jam in 2005 and collaborated with her on “Umbrella” as well as his 2009 hit “Run This Town.” She will release her fifth album Loud on November 16.

News reaching Urban Islandz is that Rihanna is planning to launch a new company called Rihanna Entertainment that will “merge all of her businesses, including music, film, fragrance, fashion, and book ventures.

RiRi is making moves and making them paper.

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