Rihanna

About

Pop and R&B singer who released her debut album, Music of the Sun, in 2005, then had her big breakthrough with the 2007 album Good Girl Gone Bad, which featured the #1 hit "Umbrella." Her 2012 album Unapologetic reached #1 on the Billboard 200. Across her career, she has sold over 230 million records and singles worldwide. She also performed in the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show.

Before Fame

She would sell clothes in a street stall with her dad, who struggled with addiction. She started singing when she was seven years old and listened to reggae as a child.

Trivia

She won her first Grammy Award, for "Umbrella," in 2008, then went on to win two more, for "Run This Town," in 2010. Her other Grammy-winning songs include "Only Girl (In the World)," "All of the Lights," "We Found Love," and "The Monster." On September 8th, 2017, she released her viral makeup line called Fenty Beauty.

Family Life

She was raised by her Barbadian and Guyanese parents, Ronald and Monica, alongside her two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad. In 2020, she began dating A$AP Rocky and in January 2022, it was revealed that the two were expecting their first child together. She dated businessman Hassan Jameel from 2017 to early 2020. She also previously dated rapper Drake and baseball player Matt Kemp. She gave birth to a son named RZA in May 2022. In 2023, following the Super Bowl, she confirmed she was expecting her second child. She gave birth to her son Riot Rose in August 2023. 

Associated With

She dated Chris Brown off and on, however the relationship ended after he assaulted her during a widely publicized domestic dispute.

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