RIHANNA. Absent from the music scene for years, singer Rihanna is making her comeback at Super Bowl 2023.
[Mis à jour le 10 février 2023 à 11h50] But when will Rihanna deign to release her new album? The singer’s admirers have been asking this question for six years, which remains unanswered. However, last October, Rihanna made a timid return to music with the song Lift Me Upthe flagship title of the original soundtrack of Black Panther 2.
The song Lift Me Up was co-written by Rihanna, Ryan Coogler (the director of Black Panther 2), Ludwig Göransson and Nigerian R&B star Tems. A title that would pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, main actor of the first film Black Pantherdied at 43 in 2019: “I wanted to write something that tells of a warm embrace from all the people I have lost in my life”, specified Rihanna in a press release on the site of the specialized site varietyon the eve of the song’s release Lift Me Up.
What confirms a little more the return of Rihanna on the front of the stage, a few weeks after the NFL announced that it would provide the halftime concert of the Super Bowl 2022, this Sunday, February 12. Which raises a question: when will the release of a new album, desperately awaited by his fans? “I envision my next project in a totally different way than I had imagined before. I think it suits me better, much better. It’s authentic, it will be fun for me, and it allows me to evacuate a lot of pressure”, explained Rihanna to Vogue in April 2022. The mystery therefore remains whole.
Rihanna short biography
Robyn Rihanna Fenty, known as Rihanna, was born on February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. Coming from an Afro-Caribbean family, she grew up in a bungalow and suffered a childhood marked by her father’s addictions to cocaine, alcohol or marijuana. At a very young age, Rihanna was passionate about music: she founded a group with two classmates, then left school to devote herself to music. Her school career in 2003, the year she was spotted by American producer Evan Rogers.
Rihanna released her first album in 2005, Music of the Sun. The record, which sold two million copies, was a success and augured well for a prolific career. A second album, A Girl Like Me, was released the following year and confirmed his budding career. Rihanna will be out Good Girl Gone Bad in 2007, R-rated in 2009, Loud in 2010, talk that talk in 2011, Unapologetic in 2012 and Anti in 2016. The success is immense: Rihanna is the artist with the most certifications in the world, in addition to being one of the singers who have exceeded 100 million digital sales in the United States.
Added to this are some 280 million albums sold worldwide and 60 cumulative weeks at the top of the American rankings. According to Time magazine, Rihanna is one of the most influential people in the world, in addition to being one of the richest according to Forbes.
What is Rihanna’s fortune?
With all her successes, singer Rihanna is one of the richest artists on the planet, according to the ranking of the specialized site Forbes. In 2019, the fortune of the star of Barbados is estimated at some 600 million dollars. A sum that has only increased since in 2021, the same magazine Forbes estimates it at 1.7 billion dollars. A heritage inflated by the various activities of the singer, who is also an accomplished businesswoman.
Fenty, Rihanna’s collection with LVMH
Rihanna has an extremely busy professional life. In 2020, she made a sensational entry into the world of luxury by launching her collection, called Fenty, in collaboration with the prestigious French brand LVMH. A streetwear ready-to-wear line that is causing a stir in the fashion world, since it is the first time since Christian Lacroix in 1987 that LVMH has associated its brand with a personality. In addition to being one of the most famous and powerful artists on the planet, Rihanna now takes on the role of CEO of her own house, a first.
The Fenty collection was available from May 24 to 29 in a pop-up store in Paris, in the Marais, then the clothes and accessories went on sale on the brand’s website, from May 29, 2019. The strong values conveyed by the Rihanna’s line: Speak to all women, of any color and body type. A key word that the singer had already applied to her collections of beauty products, Fenty Beauty and lingerie, “Savage X Fenty”. Fashion according to Rihanna, however, has a price, since it took from 179 for a t-short to 1,300 euros for the most expensive items such as coats.
Who is A$AP Rocky, the father of Rihanna’s baby?
Rihanna gave birth to her first child, a baby boy, on May 13, 2022. A baby born from her union with rapper A$AP Rocky. Now 33 years old, the artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was born on October 3, 1988 in the Harlem district of New York. Rap holds a special place in his life. If this musical genre allowed him to become a planetary star, it especially allowed him to face the assassination of his big brother and the death of his sister following an overdose.
But it was not until 2012 and the death of his father to see him engage body and soul in rap. First with ASAP Mob, then solo. In 2016, the one who conquered the bins launched into the world of fashion and became the face of Dior. The following year, he joined forces with Guess. A true American icon of rap, he is now invited to Fashion Week and the mythical MET Gala.
Rumors of separation between Rihanna and A$AP Rocky
When your name is Rihanna, it’s difficult (if not impossible) to keep your private life… private. So when the singer announced that she was pregnant with rapper A$AP Rocky, with whom she shares her life, the whole planet gets involved. Rihanna, accustomed to the media game, will then have staged a paparazzade to reveal her baby bump to the eyes of the world, at the beginning of February.
There followed several public appearances, organized, round belly (very) apparent. On Instagram, where the singer has some 126 million subscribers, mix shots of magazine covers, like those of Vogue this week, with more private photos. But always the apparent belly. It must be said that for years, the rumors about a pregnancy of Rihanna were counted by tens.
So when on Twitter, on Friday April 15, the rumor swells about a separation of the star couple after a supposed deception by rapper A$AP Rocky, it is inevitably thousands of Internet users who comment, once again, on this information which for the time being, has not been confirmed by either Rihanna or A$AP Rocky. Published by a “fashion influencer”, the rumor has since been one of the most discussed topics of the morning on the social network, with nearly 700,000 tweets. Of course, this rumor has no solid basis, and the frenzy of social media over these allegations demonstrates how the slightest rumor about Rihanna’s private life can generate misplaced curiosities. No solid source is able to provide information on this subject, which is moreover very personal and which would above all be the subject of declarations by the main parties concerned.
Rihanna’s secret baby
After weeks (years?) of rumors, Rihanna made her pregnancy official in early February 2022, with a series of photos relayed in many American media. We then discovered on these pictures the couple exchanging a kiss, walking in the streets of Harlem, in New York … But the detail that then inevitably caught the eye was Rihanna’s pink coat open on her round belly.
Until this true / false paparazzade, the news of Rihanna’s pregnancy had been kept secret, despite the many rumors that had been circulating for several months. On her Instagram account, the singer from Barbados had never stopped posting pictures of her, more or less dressed, never showing a baby bump.
And for good reason, according to the tabloid Page Six, it was only a few hours before the publication of the famous photos that Rihanna would have announced her pregnancy to her father, Ronald Fenty. “She warned me Sunday evening and she sent me photos. I’m in heaven,” explains the future grandfather to the American media.