Rihanna arriving for VMA rehearsals in short hair

Gearing up for a performance on tonight’s show that will pair her with both A$AP Rocky for the official remix of her Talk That Talk single “Cockiness,” and house DJ Calvin Harris for the pair’s VMA-nominated #1 global smash “We Found Love,” Rihanna arrived under cover of night to get to work.

Pulling up in a white car outside Staples Center just after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Rihanna emerged from her car looking simply elegant, wearing a white Celine Paris t-shirt and choker, ripped blue jeans and black, blue and orange Cleveland Cavalier-edition Air Jordan #4′s, her hair worn in a simple crop style.

Though the scene was quiet just moments before, somehow sensing their Admiral had arrived, a fleet of Naval ensigns (and paparazzi) appeared out of nowhere, yelling out for the singer and waving their iPhones in the air in an attempt to snap a picture of her. Rihanna was gracious and gave them a quick wave and hustled into the building to get to work.

The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards are set to go live from Staples Center in Los Angeles TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

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insulin12

She look's beautiful
Santeri

Without extensions ;)
Rihfan

Sorry this crop in particular is just not doing it for her.
anniizdevine

looks amazing….is it a wig or did she cut it off??
JohnTLoud1

Looks like she took the weave and exstentions out
http://twitter.com/cheers2robyn @cheers2robyn

I love it so much!
aggeliki

f**k! Tell me this is not her real hair or else i will cry! Rihanna why?
Mara

Ouch! i did like a lot her long hair!
http://twitter.com/cassieonline @cassieonline

She's beautiful with her short hair! I can't wait to see her performance tonight!!!!! :p
Emilia

omg soo beautiful :)
Rob

Yesssssss I love her with short hair!!!! I loved the rated R era!!!!!
rihtony

That's not even her real hair… with long hair she got her sides shaved, and they weren't that long three days ago, so it must be a wig…
Anna

Finally …. I love her with short hair!!
Jayne

Enough about the hair, long or short – music is the key here. Can't wait for her performance tonight and I hope she takes home some if not all of the awards she is nominated for.

GOOD LUCK RIHANNA, I WANT YOU TO SLAY IT TONIGHT – I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT MOMENT IN TIME. LOVE YOU, BEST WISHES LOVELY RIHANNA!!!!!!
http://twitter.com/UDaOneRiRi @UDaOneRiRi

The long hair… :'(
But… She is always beautiful! *-*
http://twitter.com/GabrielRuviaro @GabrielRuviaro

She took off the extesions , yeah is her hair , because she had to cut her hair after de dreads …….and until now she was using extensions
international idiot

ohh yeah. it gotta be a wig. ofc she hides all that long hair in her hollow pate. or she's really bald to stick that wig on. hahaha. anyway good she found the new direction and tryna show the cut. byeonara…
Gantunu

Wow,lovely beautiful smile, keep up RiRi.! you are on..tho you're joined by many Artists, You are da most talented so far, fire it up.!! Thank you so much for incredible job, GOOD LUCK <3
OnlyGirlInTheWorld

Hi Rih, you look fantastic in that picture. . Like the shoes and ya got a haircut – luv it. . Sorta looks like mine. . mujah, whatsmyname? ps wanna meet?
http://twitter.com/RihannaAnnahir @RihannaAnnahir

omgg i love the long hair .. :'( but ok this is nice too but i miss other
TK-75523

YAY!!! Short hair again! :) Super cute
wildchild

Looks more like a wig to me. Anyway the color & the style I hate it
alison

I think Riri looks super cute with short black hair. Long or short the girl is just Beautiful and very talented.
Roxanne

Rihanna sucks ! She is sooooo UGLY. Holy crap. I can't believe she still has fans. You guys would waste your money on this sociopath? SO sad. Y'all need guidance.

xoxox

Roxanne Rainville
Neval

Roxanne u need attention I wil give u some u haters who can't deal with massive success need to shut to fxqk up……..
Rose691

It seems Roxanne rainville keeps looking in the mirror. We can only feel her pain and who is the REAl Sociciopath here hmmm? She obviously made the comment to get attention so enjoy your 5 minutes ROX. Obviously a very lonely, sad person.