Rihanna and Mikky Ekko are contemporary recording artists known for a collaboration on the 2012 song "Stay." Rihanna, born in Barbados, emerged in the mid-2000s as a global pop and R&B singer whose work incorporates elements of pop, R&B, dance, and hip hop, noted for her versatile voice and genre-crossing production; she rose to international prominence after signing with a major label and has been active from the 2000s onward. Mikky Ekko is an American singer-songwriter and producer from the United States whose style blends alternative pop, electronic, and singer-songwriter traditions, often emphasizing emotive vocal delivery and intimate, minimalist arrangements; he gained wider recognition in the early 2010s through songwriting and collaborations.