DailyMail.co.uk: It’s difficult to calculate exactly how many people there are in Rihanna’s entourage on the day we meet. Two huge grey people carriers with tinted windows have drawn up outside the location for the YOU photo shoot, and out of them a crowd of people (of varying sizes and ages) gradually emerges. Swooping into the building first come several men in dark suits, a tall, tanned, tattooed bodyguard, four or five women pulling large cases on wheels full of make-up and clothes, and a couple more carrying bags of food. After a pause of a few minutes, four more women climb out of the second car, offering protective cover to Rihanna who stands head and shoulders above them.
Five years ago when Jay-Z – then president of Def Jam Records – first auditioned 17-year-old Robyn Rihanna Fenty, he commented that he signed artists because they either had swagger or talent and that, unusually, she ‘had both’. Now 22, internationally famous and rather more worldly wise, Rihanna still possesses ‘swagger and talent’, walking tall in perilously high heels.
‘That’s funny, I never heard that quote,’ she says. ‘Back then he was a father figure to me. I was very young and I had flown in to New York from Barbados alone. But now that I have grown and we have worked together and made music together, he’s like a big brother to me. Still a good friend and definitely still a mentor – he is the first person I ask on anything,’ she adds, just a little nervously, as she sits down in a chair pulled close to a big electric heater (she hates the cold, and the unseasonably cool spring weather is the only thing she doesn’t like about London, her favourite city outside Barbados or the US) for our exclusive interview.
Rihanna’s progression from the naive young girl who had never encountered a celebrity before auditioning for Jay-Z to the confident, assured and highly individual woman she is today has not been without its difficulties. Born in Saint Michael, she is the eldest of three children of Ronald Fenty, a warehouse man, and Monica, an accountant. With a working mother and a father addicted to drugs (her parents divorced when she was in her mid-teens), Rihanna had a tough childhood, often having to care for her younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad. At 15, her potential was spotted by American producer Evan Rogers, who was introduced to her while on holiday in Barbados and who, over the next year, helped her to record the demo that gained her an audition with Def Jam Records.
Her first two albums – more reggae than R&B – were only minor successes, and it wasn’t until she made her third, Good Girl Gone Bad, that she achieved critical acclaim, worldwide fame (with the international number-one ‘Umbrella’ in 2007) and began to develop her distinctive personal style (which she says she owes to Cruella de Vil). But in February 2009 an argument with her then boyfriend Chris Brown escalated into violence that became public when police pictures of her injuries were released (Brown was subsequently sentenced to 180 days’ community service and five years’ probation for assaulting her).
One of the reasons, you sense, that Rihanna (known to her fans as ‘RiRi’) has embarked on her current promotional tour is to overcome the effects of that mortifying incident and put out the message that she has moved on. She has, she says, said everything she needs to say in the song ‘Cold Case Love’ on the new album, and although the subject is off-limits today she admits that it was a ‘very dark time for me’, and that playing out the drama in the full glare of the media made it doubly difficult.
‘Nobody wants anybody to know that is happening in a relationship, and seeing it plastered over every news channel I felt like it was a natural disaster happening. Every time I turned on the television, if it wasn’t “breaking news” it was the line at the bottom of the screen. I feel like it is behind me. I have a good balance in my life now, but it is something that people will probably ask me about for the next two years, unfortunately.’
Recent rumours suggest that the ‘balance’ in her life now is a new romance with US baseball player Matt Kemp, 25, but – perhaps because of that past experience – she is wary of confirming that they are an item.
‘Matt is not my boyfriend. He is nice. He is really nice, but we are not an official couple or anything,’ she says, in a way that suggests that might soon change (she has subsequently been reported to have met his parents).
With men out of the way, RiRi doesn’t just visibly loosen up (I suspect she is more nervous of interviews than interviewers are of her), her voice begins to change from the LA drawl when we first met to a delightful Bajan accent that is regularly punctuated by an infectious laid-back laugh. It’s women, not men, she confesses, who form the backbone of her life, particularly her mother and her best friend from school Melissa Forde, who is called her ‘personal assistant’ but is in effect her constant companion. Melissa has been a major influence in her life since she transferred to Rihanna’s school at 14 – at a time when RiRi herself was an enthusiastic member of the Barbados Cadet Corps (a quasi-military youth organisation) and something of a tomboy.
‘When Melissa arrived at school she really stood out. She was a black girl with blonde hair who wore make-up – she was the only girl in school who would wear make-up, because we weren’t allowed. We became friends and she would come over to my house with her older sister’s magazines and we would go through them and say, “Hey, we could do something like that.” That’s when I started to get into fashion and make-up. A year after I met her I dropped out of the cadets. I was like, “This is terrible! They are just screaming at me, I don’t like this!”’ she says, laughing at the memory.
Rihanna still asks Melissa’s advice on clothes (after the interview she enthusiastically introduces us, and she perfectly matches RiRi in height, humour and warmth) and the two young women live together in RiRi’s home in LA, along with Oliver, a three-year-old poodle.
‘Oh my gosh, he is adorable but he is very bad. He knows how much I love my clothes and if he is upset with me he will go and pee really close to them. The other day he was so cross that he peed right over my favourite pair of shoes,’ she says.
The singer’s flair for fashion is such that, according to her European stylists Damian and Avigail, ‘Rihanna is the magic word to designers’. At our shoot she made the beautiful ballgowns her own by adding details such as a Nora Batty hairnet – pulled down below her eyes – that somehow, bafflingly, looked fabulous and edgy. Her fashion mantra is ‘be yourself’ and the people she admires – she mentions Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga, Grace Jones and British singer La Roux – she likes because they dare ‘to be different from the rest’. Her individualistic approach to clothes, her refusal to diet (although she admits to sometimes getting strict with herself if she gets ‘out of control’) and her shapely rather than skinny silhouette (she weighs nine and a half stone) make her a great role model for young girls, with a refreshing take on the insidious size zero obsession of the fashion industry.
‘You shouldn’t be pressured into trying to be thin by the fashion industry, because they only want models that are like human mannequins. They know that if we see an outfit on a mannequin in a shop window we will love it and want to buy it whatever size we are. That’s why they have size zero models – they want to sell clothes. But you have to remember that it’s not practical or possible for an everyday woman to look like that. Being size zero is a career in itself so we shouldn’t try and be like them. It’s not realistic and it’s not healthy,’ she says with real feeling.
RiRi doesn’t get home to Barbados as much as she would like – perhaps once or twice a year – but she talks to her mother (whom she calls her ‘inspiration’) at least once a day. She is also a dutiful sister to her brothers, encouraging them to get good grades (neither brother has show-business ambitions: 20-year-old Rorrey is studying to be an architect and 13-year-old Rajad is a ‘little nerd’, obsessed with computer science).
On rare days off she likes to do something ‘normal’ like watch comedy shows or movies: she has been offered acting roles herself and says she would like to start with comedy (she is naturally funny, so perhaps a ‘romcom, something that’s fun’). She has a tight social circle, just a few of whom are famous – she ‘hangs out’ with Jay-Z and Beyoncé, is close to Kanye West, Kid Cudi and Mary J Blige, and counts Katy Perry as a ‘real friend’ with whom she has vacationed and is in constant contact.
‘Russell Brand and Katy make such a perfect couple. I met him a few years ago when he interviewed me, and became friends with Katy later, and it’s so funny because I would never have put the two of them together. But then when she told me it made so much sense. I was like, “Of course you guys would be together, you are both hilarious and rude and disrespectful, it’s perfect.” You can really see that they are just so in love.’
Rihanna has no idea what the future holds (‘ten years ago I would never have thought this would be it, so I am excited to find out what’s next’), but music remains important, and, as well as acting, she likes the idea of designing and one day ‘definitely, definitely having children’. In the short term, she says with a grin, she will probably be adding to her tattoos (discreetly hidden, these include ‘Shhh…’ on the back of a finger, her star sign behind her ear, and the message ‘Never a failure always a lesson’ on her collarbone).
‘I have 13 at the moment – a music note on my ankle, a skull with a bow on its head behind my ankle, a Sanskrit prayer here [going down her hip] and ‘Freedom in Christ’ in Arabic writing here on my wrist – oh, and a gun! I will probably carry on until I run out of cool little places to put them,’ she says, laughing as she shows them to me.
Beneath the surface – under those tattoos and behind that swagger – Rihanna is a surprisingly normal, incredibly polite and engaging 22-year-old. Even that formidable entourage, it turns out, is actually a tight-knit group of people, most of whom have been with her ‘since the beginning’.
‘I don’t see them as an entourage,’ she says, as she takes me to meet Melissa and the rest of her team. ‘When you are with the same people – especially when you are on tour – it changes. It becomes like a family.’
:heart:
Comment by K&K — May 22, 2010 @ 6:23 pm
“Life is sweet again”, Now I know for sure that she’s really happy (in a way we all are);)
Comment by SparkyRih — May 22, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
look guys
twitter Kevin Hastings WOW DUBLIN!!! You guys are always a party!!! way to make our night so much fun!!! something coming from this show soon :)
i guess another backstage video what do you think?
Comment by Never a failure always a lesson — May 22, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
I like it that Kevin Hastings is on tour with RiRih!:D
BTW, this is no new internvew?
Comment by SparkyRih — May 22, 2010 @ 6:32 pm
is dis a new interview or old?
Comment by tila — May 22, 2010 @ 6:40 pm
Could somebody read it loud for me !! .. I can’t read that ‘essay’ .. cause my eyes hurt .. doing so !! .. Due to lack of sleep .. working my G azz off !! .. :| ..
*G man sux*
Comment by Hell² — May 22, 2010 @ 6:41 pm
He is so funny…
is good to see around rihanna cool people like Kevin Hasting, Ashleigh, Kim, Bryan Tanaka, and others.
I think one of the most importants aspects that make Last Girl on Earth being such a huge and successful Tour is the union between the rihanna’s crew. When someone that belongs to the crew say something about teh rest of the crew they don’t say the crew they say my rihanna family, that show us the union that exist backstage, something that no one can see just them… I hope they can stay together in the future to make many successful tours like this one or even bigger than this one
Comment by Never a failure always a lesson — May 22, 2010 @ 6:50 pm
@kings STFU please, i don’t even know why you waste your time men saying those shits, wait until she come back to states and you will see if they are or not a couple, which of course they are and when the pictures start to drop on the websites i will see you, i can imagine you crying with jealous.
Comment by Never a failure always a lesson — May 22, 2010 @ 7:01 pm
I don’t think this interview is real. If it is, it has to be an old one. I don’t trust dailymail. They lie about everything. Now watch this interview be on every blog with that one line sayin “Matt is not my boyfriend”
Comment by Amelia — May 22, 2010 @ 7:04 pm
@ Never a failure always a lesson
I agree with you I love the positive energy @ this tour
I have a question for RD family are you voting for Riri @ BET awards
I’m voting every night
Comment by Curaçao 4 life — May 22, 2010 @ 7:08 pm
@Curaçao 4 life i’m voting all day, when i went to computer the first thing i do is open the webpage to vote on our Queen
Comment by Never a failure always a lesson — May 22, 2010 @ 7:11 pm
i think this interview is old. matt kemp is her boyfriend, ddint she say that to ryan seacrest>?
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 7:11 pm
get on rihannadaily.com/chat
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
@golong of course Matt Kemp is her boyfriend, this interview it’s old for sure
Comment by Never a failure always a lesson — May 22, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
Good interview! Love the photoshoot! She looks soo beautiful in the pictures!
Hopefully I’ll be able to buy this magazine if it’s selling in the U.S. and not overseas.She tends to give her best magazine interviews overseas, IMO. For some reason those interviews I enjoy reading the most.
Check out her hair, she either did this interview sometime in february or early march.Probably in March.She didn’t admit MK was her boyfriend until early April.Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don’t think their current status has changed and I definitely don’t think it will anytime soon.
Comment by c.o.m — May 22, 2010 @ 7:15 pm
Love the interview. She is so articulate. Wise beyond her years.
Comment by NickeyRockstar — May 22, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
@ Never a failure always a lesson
Thats great!
Comment by Curaçao 4 life — May 22, 2010 @ 7:20 pm
@c.o.m. i was thinking to talk about her hair on the photoshoot but i didn’t know if the photosoot had something to do with the interview. So for you Kings they are a couple, so let me see your tears
Comment by Never a failure always a lesson — May 22, 2010 @ 7:21 pm
Hey RiRi I wish I was Your Family. Wait I already treat u like you are family. If its a headache you have thats me. Sorry Love
Comment by Alex Amie Mallory — May 22, 2010 @ 7:21 pm
@Curaçao 4 life i hope every members of RD family do the same at least once a day, we need to make Ri Ri win that shit i like we always do.
Comment by Never a failure always a lesson — May 22, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
I love Rihanna’s band.They are all soo talented and they seem like such cool people.I hope they continue to work for/tour with her in the future.They keep her humble and I like that. I see adam is back as her guitarist again on this tour.
Comment by c.o.m — May 22, 2010 @ 7:28 pm
Love this interview… :-)
LOL at Dj…he likes to pee in her clothes when he’s pissed LMAO
Comment by RockStar101 — May 22, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
nice interview
Comment by Caribbean — May 22, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
If it was at the time of YOU magazine, this would be before the Ryan interview?..
Comment by Faizz — May 22, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
i wonder what song riri will perform tomowo!
Comment by Caribbean — May 22, 2010 @ 7:34 pm
This interview had to have taken place before she went to Matt’s charity event. In the article the writer states that “she has subsequently been reported to have met his parents.” That means that there were reports that she met his parents AFTER they had already interviewed her.
Comment by Dria — May 22, 2010 @ 7:42 pm
Love the bit about her dog! My dog is the same way…always getting revenge! He doesn’t go as far as peeing but he does tear up my shit.
I admire the friendship she has w/ Melissa and her other best friends. Can’t say that I am blessed to have friends like that in my life…she’s lucky.
Comment by c.o.m — May 22, 2010 @ 7:43 pm
o, i ned friends.
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 7:50 pm
lucky
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 7:51 pm
that was a good read , i stated once that jayz was like a brother to her and got my head bitten off once. anywhoo all of us need to be voting like crazy on just that viewers choice the others are not decided by votes ,,,, read the bottom it will explain . that viewers choice http://betawards.bet.com/nominees/category/best-female-r-b-artist and then click the viewers choice
Comment by bodacious — May 22, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
#9 never a failure always a lesson ,,,, thanks i co-sign you all the way on king and his/her crap :musicnote:
Comment by bodacious — May 22, 2010 @ 7:56 pm
@. Never a failure always a lesson
Yes you right i hope so too every members of RD family do the same at least once a day i won her too
win all the awards shows this year!
because that rihanna rain won’t let up
Comment by Curaçao 4 life — May 22, 2010 @ 7:59 pm
i told yall riri was her name that i started using many moons ago and still to this day uses it off and on ,,, well a lot off the people that i know uses riri they love that name. had some sadness today if yall here about a young off duty offices riding on his cycle and a group of fellow chasing him and killing him been to the war, and was doing great and got killed on these mean streets of illinois and his dad a officer also got one of the killers the cycle was very expensive its a sad occasion yall,,,, because we never know from one day to another. :rose:
Comment by bodacious — May 22, 2010 @ 8:03 pm
Old old ass interview.Still good though.
Comment by maison martin margiela — May 22, 2010 @ 8:10 pm
obv this interview is real..it’s just old. as you can see she has that bowl cut in the YOU mag pictures. & this interview was taken then. the bowl cut is quite old now.
Comment by fflyRD — May 22, 2010 @ 8:22 pm
yo can some one check if this video is blocked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6eEWgLxd4Q (it’s rihanna related)
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 8:24 pm
how come everytime when i cooment, no one wants to
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 8:30 pm
@FflyRd Whats up!!! You been MIA lately :-D
Comment by maison martin margiela — May 22, 2010 @ 8:31 pm
@Golong Your ass been MIA too; everybody is relaxing
we going hard when Rockstar is released.But the Queen
is winning so everybody is happy.
Comment by maison martin margiela — May 22, 2010 @ 8:32 pm
@maison i kno, lol i dont be havin time to be on here like that, completing last month of school, after that (summer) imma be here alot! thats cool i saw the preview of RS and that shit is hot! all i kno that is happending is Rated R Remixed was leaked
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 8:34 pm
@golong
Video is blocked.
Comment by c.o.m — May 22, 2010 @ 8:36 pm
@Golong Nothing really going on now.Our girl is
dominating 2010, and getting richer.Her songs are gonna
keep blowing up huge and we gonna help.Thats all :-D
Comment by maison martin margiela — May 22, 2010 @ 8:40 pm
@com damn
@maison just like we predicted!!!!!! but where are all of the other stans!!! its always like 1000′s of comments but now like 21 per post!!!!!!!!
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 8:51 pm
and my pic isnt coming up
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 8:52 pm
oh there it is
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 8:52 pm
@ 42. maison
…hey G!!!..what’s good with ya?…
…from what I could notice, it’s a another slow night in here..lol.
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 8:54 pm
…Rih performing Umbrella in Dublin….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtLGBg4dPEk
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 8:57 pm
i wonder if anybody is @ rihannadaily.com/chat
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 8:58 pm
@ maison ,,, i read a very interesting article today on singersroom ,,, about y-k-w record sales as compared when the group was together . if you get a chance look at that articles numbers i thought their numbers would be higher , just saying. :musicnote:
Comment by bodacious — May 22, 2010 @ 9:01 pm
@ 48. golong
…hey!…how have u been?…
..i don’t thinnk they are though,because usually ppl say that the chat is almost always dead..
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 9:02 pm
@lu, i beenve doing good, how bout you? rihannadaily needs to attract more people, RD has been dead lately. i feel horrbile that i have been MIA cause now, RD is dead.
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
@Lu Hey G4L!!!!! Nothing much, just acting crazy with
the fam on twitter Yes its super slow tonite, thats why
someone needs a twitter account. I wonder who
*whistles* LoL
@Golong Yes we predicted this, but its great to see it
come true.Im loving every second of her happiness
Comment by maison martin margiela — May 22, 2010 @ 9:19 pm
@maison yes me too! cant wait till RS101 & Te Amo Video. i want to see her live so baddddd, but shes not coming to Rochester NY :(. i remember when i saw some live clips on youtube, she slipped two times, but she played it off so good! nice to know that Rihanna is just like everybody else, but she needs to change thoes shoes before she breaks something!
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 9:25 pm
@ 51. golong
..i’m doing great,thanks….
….well,actually the weekends are always slow,and when we don’t have much of a new info,things get a lil slow in the week,but i don’t think that it’s a problem with numbers of ppl visiting the site though,because RD has a lot of visitors everyday,but a bunch of ppl chooses to just lurk the comments sometimes…
@ 52. maison
..LOL…got the hint!!!..lol..
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 9:32 pm
@lu, RD updated alot thursday and yesturday!
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 9:37 pm
Don’t ‘downgrade’ RD ‘n’ members !! .. cause it’s a lil dead on saturday evening !! ..
Comment by Harry 'Nanny' Benfito — May 22, 2010 @ 9:40 pm
@ 55. golong
…yeah,and thursday things were busy in here but yesterday got a lil slow because of weekend that was arriving and ppl went out last night….
..i think it’s better having slowly days/nights than having some crazy mess of ppl fighting and arguing for any BS that pops up…lol..
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 9:44 pm
Lol at the katy perry and russell brand part “there both rude and disrespectful”
Comment by Bryant — May 22, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
@ 56.Hell..
..no one is “downgrading” RD or the members of it!!!…
….we are just talking about why sometimes it gets slow in here…
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 9:47 pm
@lu, i kno but its tooo damn slow!
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 9:48 pm
@harry who;s downgrading the RD members? im part of the fucking community :P
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 9:49 pm
@Hell Shaddup when grown folks talking LoL
@Lu Okay G4L, you cant hold out forever sooner or
later hahahaha :-D
Comment by maison martin margiela — May 22, 2010 @ 9:50 pm
lol Bryant, i saw Russell in a movie commercial coming out.
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 9:51 pm
I saw Diddy to
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 9:51 pm
her voice begins to change from the LA drawl when we first met to a delightful Bajan accent
^^^^
she better use her bajan accent all the time not the “LA” accent.
Comment by GFath — May 22, 2010 @ 9:52 pm
@ 60. golong
…lol..
@ 62. maison
…LOL… :-D …
..when you least expect I’ll be following ya on twitter….soon….LOL..:clock: ;-)
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 9:53 pm
@gfaith never heard the LA accent, she always sound the same, unless if ur talking sabout the covergirl commercials
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 9:53 pm
mmm, i will just get some news jeans and new sandals witg highhhh, high heels. i want brown like Amber had. mom said wait til Memorial Day Weekend b/c of sales
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 9:54 pm
Rihanna in Dublin
Incredibly talented, outrageously beautiful, #Rihanna puts on a fantastic show. She’s even better live than on CD.
http://twitter.com/posephoto
manxpinkness: @rihanna The greatest show we have ever seen tonight in Dublin. Amazing. Thank you x
Racho2010: Rihanna in Dublin – Amazing!.. That girl can hold a phenomenal concert! Xx
IchBinLucas: Just back from Rihanna, was amazing :O
Jack_O_C: WOW!!! @Rihanna was so amazingly good tonight!! I didn't expect her to sing so well!! Really good night!
SaraahJayy: back from rihanna with @asongneedsmusic :) abso amazing :)
PaulHeylin: I was so close to rihanna. Got great pictures!! She's amazing!!!!!! And i cried Hahaha never cried at a concert before lmao
NirinaXX: My gawd..that was a Fuckin amazing concert.. Wow Rihanna was so awesome! I'm in heaven <3
owinnn: RIHANNA WAS INCREDIBLE OMFGGGGGGG
Roobecca: Went to see Rihanna tonight, actually AMAZING, seriously ridiculously awesome production, it was so good!!!
Lauranaylor19: Rihanna I saw you in Dublin tonight I will never ever forget it u looked beautiful and the show omg!! Amazing still in awe..U d best xxlolxx
IchBinLucas: Just back from Rihanna, was amazing :O
YA_BOY_KAI: Ok off out Dublin it's been amazing Rihanna godess as usual my fav girl ever
rebekahmcflyx: that was so amazing, i love rihanna again.
BieberRox4079: @justinbieber hey i met RIHANNA 2day She is sooooo nice
Erin289: Just come bk from rihanna concert! It was absolutely brilliant! Agh!
raymondtrueman: The @rihanna show was very impressive, stage was amazing, lighting was great. Loved the catwalk. Coreography was much better than last tour
KvH238: @rihanna pictures are up on facebook! :D it was an amazing show! That young lady lucky to get on stage and hug @rihanna, I'm so jealous!
Amazing xxx http://tweetphoto.com/23543844
Rihanna loved my nails she's adorable!xxx
http://twitter.com/liv1988
Pyrolith: I might lose man points for this, but Rihanna was one the best concerts i've been to!
CiaraOReilly: Dear @Rihanna. You're concert? Amazing. <3
claudineperry: rihanna was top class tonight xoxo
Comment by Laura — May 22, 2010 @ 9:54 pm
@n
what…………..the…………………..hell r u talking about?????????????
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 9:55 pm
Ehh .. ruckus again ?? .. That’s not what I meant .. sorry !! ..
Xcuse my ‘bad’ english !! .. But it’s a lil offtopic (‘dead’) in here .. sometimes !! ..
I know .. your somewhat ‘kewl’ !! .. :) ..
Comment by Harry 'Nanny' Benfito — May 22, 2010 @ 9:56 pm
rihanna’s UK FANS HAVE TO MAKE TE AMO NUMBER 1 COM ON BUY IT UP!!!
Comment by lilly — May 22, 2010 @ 9:57 pm
boy boo.nothing.
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 9:58 pm
not a damn thing. just ..stagnant air..space..
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 9:59 pm
Agreed, lilly.
Comment by vivienne — May 22, 2010 @ 9:59 pm
@lilly te amo is on the radio yet in the UK? like regulary
Comment by golong — May 22, 2010 @ 10:00 pm
RIHANNA HAS HAD WORLDWIDE SUCCESS SINCE AGE 17 GGGB JUST MADE HER EXPLODE!!!! AND MADE HER A NEW IMAGE THAT BROUGHT HER SUCCESS AND EVERYONE IN THE GAME IS TRYING TO DO WHAT RIHANNA DID BUT AIN’T PULLIN IT OFF LOOK AT MILEY, CAIRA, TONI BRAXTON, AND MONICA THEY ARE COPING RIANNA OR TRYING TO.
Comment by lilly — May 22, 2010 @ 10:00 pm
G, do you want to buy me some new bras?
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:01 pm
and nail polish?
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:02 pm
@n Noelle is that you??? My nutty buddy??
Comment by maison martin margiela — May 22, 2010 @ 10:02 pm
my mom gave me this CK bra
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:02 pm
pleeeease, I just wanna be like Robyn Rihanna Fenty :-(
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:03 pm
@noelle .. you spamming alot ‘offtopic’ !! .. Therefor your comments get deleted .. always !! ..
Comment by Harry 'Nanny' Benfito — May 22, 2010 @ 10:06 pm
IJust ignore “N” she does this shit all the time, it got her banned last time and it is only a matter of time before her crazy ranting gets her the boot again.
Comment by Demmi — May 22, 2010 @ 10:07 pm
@n .. you spamming alot ‘offtopic’ !! .. Therefor your comments get deleted .. always !! .. foo !! ..
Comment by Harry 'Nanny' Benfito — May 22, 2010 @ 10:08 pm
what? this is so on topic..wtf? i said something pertaining to Ri dumbass.
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:12 pm
@n .. kewl !! .. and now ?? .. :) ..
Comment by Harry 'Nanny' Benfito — May 22, 2010 @ 10:18 pm
now what? I LOVE RI
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:19 pm
@n .. me too !! .. working it .. my own way !! .. so .. whatcha want ?? ..
:peace: .. :) ..
Comment by Harry 'Nanny' Benfito — May 22, 2010 @ 10:22 pm
who doesnt?
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:22 pm
nothing, just bored. bye :peace:
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:23 pm
Woot Woot… what y’all talkin bout?
Comment by Amelia — May 22, 2010 @ 10:23 pm
o ish, UMBRELLA ON :D
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:25 pm
ok bye
Comment by n — May 22, 2010 @ 10:25 pm
Hi everyone
Comment by mdd — May 22, 2010 @ 10:35 pm
@ 92. mdd
…hey!…how r u doing?…
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 10:40 pm
I am okay just getting use to a new and faster laptop. The good news is I can get to the home page now. The one I was using I could not get to the home page. The other laptop would get jammed.
Comment by mdd — May 22, 2010 @ 10:45 pm
@ 94. mdd
…cool!….
Comment by Lu — May 22, 2010 @ 10:51 pm
SMH at Gaga decidding to release Alejandro to Vevo the same day as Rockstar 101!
Comment by kennyfenty — May 22, 2010 @ 10:53 pm
heey RD
@MMM i know i haven’t commented for awhile. i dunno the RD charm isn’t here anymore. but i check up on the comments & posts allthe time (=
GOT A TIDBIT FOR YALL.
ROCKSTAR 101 is the promo song for the new CW show NIKITA with is premiering in the fall.. so ROCKSTAR will be played almost every commercial for atleast a month or two!
Comment by fflyRD — May 22, 2010 @ 10:56 pm
What’s wrong with Rodrigo posting this crap? It’s an older interview that’s been updated. This was done back in february.
Anyways, i’ve got some interesting numbers pertaining to Rihanna and what it means for the 2011 Grammy Awards. I’ll get it together and post it later.
Comment by 1sctrojan — May 22, 2010 @ 10:59 pm
@humanity I said the same thing, does he really think Rihanna would give an interview to a tabloid? And thanks, can’t wait for your info
Comment by cold case love — May 22, 2010 @ 11:13 pm
We all know that interview is old. Rih did not comfirm she was even dating Matt until April. That is the same hairdo Rih had around her 22nd b-day party.
Comment by mdd — May 22, 2010 @ 11:17 pm
Hey RD fam… Had to sleep early so i’d wake up and meet most of u guys..
My best part of the interview is the part abt her dog.
Comment by Gilsil9 — May 22, 2010 @ 11:25 pm
@1sctrojan im lying on the edge of my bed waiting 4 ur info.
Comment by Gilsil9 — May 22, 2010 @ 11:28 pm
Rude boy has been no.1 on the Jaming Africa Countdown for i think more than 10 weeks… Its like the official music countdown so YAY RB IS STILL SNATCHING WIGS AND LACEFRONTS.
Comment by Gilsil9 — May 22, 2010 @ 11:33 pm
1sctrojan
OMG please share!
Comment by external — May 22, 2010 @ 11:42 pm
@kennyfenty really???? what a bitch! her song is alreday top10, let Rockstar 101 shine
Comment by external — May 22, 2010 @ 11:43 pm
Miley’s….cant be tamed video, is similar to disturbia. everyone is copying Ri.
Comment by Ohmy — May 23, 2010 @ 12:05 am
NEW POST!
Comment by Lu — May 23, 2010 @ 12:10 am
thx Laura ,
I wait for your post when she have a concert, the vid on Youtube seem a little low keyed tonight so it is good to read the tweets that the fan enjoyed the show.
Keep those tweets coming.
Comment by Demmi — May 23, 2010 @ 12:33 am
great read!! loving it!! go ri ri
Comment by sunshineRD — May 23, 2010 @ 3:03 am
Rihanna is a special girl/woman for me!!! it’s all in this interview, but there is more. NO other woman will be as special to me as Robyn Rihanna Fenty. It will be that for me forever!!! Rihanna is a VERY special girl/woman/female for me! She has helped me and I thank and LOVE Rihanna for it!!!!
I LOVE RIHANNA <3333333333333333333333
Comment by TK-75523 — May 23, 2010 @ 5:39 am
riri is insprations for all young, old , the good folks and the a/h,, shes such a great person, and she loves her job and she loves people. to be young and have a good head on her shoulder that speaks very highly of her . she have just got it going on and theres no need to stop are slow down while shes having so much fun
Comment by bodacious — May 23, 2010 @ 9:10 am
OMG, i love u RiRi! :heart:
Comment by LD — May 23, 2010 @ 10:06 am
Nice interview but i believe it’s old. All the same always a pleasure to read anythings she says or had said so thanks a lot for sharing n plse keep them coming!Hope everyone is doing their job of voting n requesting for Riri? Love u all RD family n have a Blessed sunday in Jesus’s name . Amen!
Comment by panhumbly — May 23, 2010 @ 12:13 pm
how old is this interview cuz on other websites like nicholbitchie.com some of the people r sayin (i thought riri said already that matt is her BOYFRIEND ..now she is sayin he is not???that’s way i wanted to know how old this was..i still luv it..xo:)
Comment by ILUVRIRI — May 24, 2010 @ 10:07 am
it’s an old interview, she said on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show that Matt is her boyfriend, i heard her myself :-))
Comment by SHopaholic22 — May 24, 2010 @ 12:14 pm