Ty Dolla $ign recently revealed he is working with Rihanna on her highly anticipated eighth studio album.

Sitting down with HotNewHipHop, the Los Angeles-based rapper-producer discussed how he ended up being featured on the follow-up to the Barbadian superstar's successful, platinum-selling 2012 release "Unapologetic."

The Taylor Gang artist first revealed that he was actually hoping to collaborate with RiRi's on-and-off boyfriend Drake on the remix version of "Or Nah," the second single off his debut EP "Beach House." However, the Toronto emcee failed to deliver his verse on the song.

Instead, the OVO founder introduced the "Stay" singer to Tyrone Griffin's music, which lead her to reach out to him after. "I did a song with Rihanna recently and I was like, 'How did you find out about me' and whatever. She said, 'Drake,'" the "Paranoid" hitmaker told the interviewer while smoking as usual.

The "Diamonds" hitmaker apparently liked Ty Dolla $ign's another "Beach House" track, "Work" featuring Casey Veggies, Twista and Nate Poetics, and asked him to make a song based on the powerful mid-tempo jam. "She liked that 'Work' song, so I did something like similar for her project," he added. "It's crazy. She's a sweetheart."

In addition, Grammy-nominated producer Yung Berg revealed last month that he collaborated on Rihanna's project. "We got a joint called 'All Night' for Rih," he told Rap-Up. "It sounds like uh... produced by Nic Nac, he did 'Loyal.' Me and Nic Nac went in, man. It's about being down all night, ya feel me?"

Rihanna herself previously took to her Twitter account to hint at her new album release. She posted a photo of a mixing board, captioning it with a hashtag "#R8" -- which seemingly means "R" as in "Rihanna" and "8" as in "eighth album."

Watch Ty Dolla $ign's full interview below: