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Metro
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Inside Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's relationship as she confirms third pregnancy
After previously being dubbed 'the queen of the Met Gala', Rihanna used fashion's night of nights to reveal she was pregnant with her third child. Overnight, the 37-year-old singer hit the red carpet in a Marc Jacobs outfit which showed off what appeared to be a baby bump. Soon after her partner A$AP Rocky (real name Rakim Mayers), 36, who served as one of the co-chairs of this year's event, confirmed the news on the red carpet. Speaking to reporters, he shared: 'It feels amazing, you know. It's time that we show the people what we was cooking up. And I'm glad everybody's happy for us 'cause we definitely happy, you know.' He went on to tell AP: 'Honestly, it's a blessing nonetheless. Because you know how like some people in other situations at times can be envious of other people. But we've been seeing love for the most part. And we real receptive to that and appreciate that, you know what I mean? That's love. Love is love.' Rihanna and A$AP have been together for five years after meeting in 2012 when they collaborated on a remix of one of her songs. They then went on to welcome their first child, son Rakim Athelaston Mayers in 2022 before she gave birth to a second son, Riot Rose, the following year. As the lovebirds celebrate their latest baby news, here's a look at where their love story began…. The pair have been friends since at least 2012 when they worked on the remix of her song Cockiness, but it wasn't until January 2020 that sources revealed their friendship had turned romantic. They performed Cockiness during the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, revealing electric chemistry that had people wondering if there was something between them. Then, in March 2013, A$AP opened for Rihanna in North America on her Diamonds World Tour, before the singer starred in his Fashion Killa music video later that same year. Things quietened down for a few years before romance rumours began to swirl again in 2018 when the pair wore coordinating black-and-white outfits at the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2018 show during Paris Fashion Week. Headlines exploded with news of their possible romance in 2019 as they walked the red carpet together for the British Fashion Awards, with A$AP wearing a Fenty tuxedo designed by RiRi. From there, A$AP and Rihanna were spotted together on various occasions throughout 2020, with the singer even enlisting the Goldie rapper for promo shots for her Fenty Skin range in August 2020. Their romance appeared to grow serious at the end of 2020, as the rumoured couple were snapped together on Christmas Eve in Barbados, with insiders claiming that A$AP spent the holiday with Rihanna and her family in her hometown. However, they finally went public with their romance in November 2020 before A$AP spoke out about their relationship for the first time. In an interview with GQ, the rapper described Rihanna as 'the one' and 'the love of my life. My lady,' confirming what we all wanted to know. He added: 'It's so much better when you got the one. She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She's the one.' As for whether he saw children in their future, A$AP teased: 'If that's in my destiny, absolutely. I think I'd be an incredible, remarkably, overall amazing dad. I would have a very fly child. Very.' In September 2021, the couple went red carpet official when they rocked up to the Met Gala red carpet together wearing equally cosy duvets. Since then, it's been an absolute whirlwind for the power couple with Rihanna giving birth to their first son in May 2022 and their second son in 2023. After giving birth to their first child, it was a year before the pair confirmed they had named their first son Rza after the Wu-Tang Clan rapper of the same name, one of Rihanna and A$AP's favourite groups. In February 2023, Rihanna surprised the world when she revealed she was pregnant with her and A$AP's second baby while headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. Less than a year after giving birth to Rza, she was not only adjusting to being pregnant again but also had to rehearse for the biggest performance of her career so far. Their second baby boy was born on August 3, 2023 and TMZ quickly confirmed the couple chose another 'R' name. It was later revealed that they had named their youngest Riot Rose, just months after A$AP released a song called Riot featuring Pharrell Williams. Motherhood has looked beautiful on Rihanna, who opened up on the joys of being a first-time mum in 2023. Speaking to Vogue in 2023, she said of motherhood: 'Oh, my God, it's legendary. It's everything. You really don't remember life before, that's the craziest thing ever. You literally try to remember it – and there are photos of my life before – but the feeling, the desires, the things that you enjoy, everything, you just don't identify with it because you don't even allow yourself mentally to get that far, because…Because it doesn't matter.' A$AP Rocky has continued to gush about his partner over the years, telling Billboard in August 2024: 'I don't think there's a more perfect person.' He said of their relationship and growing family: 'It's all understanding and compatibility.' Just like his parents, you can bet little Rza is one heck of a stylish baby, as proven in the family's first photo shoot for Vogue. Sharing an insight into her son's enviable wardrobe, Rihanna said: 'You know, I always thought doing kid stuff would be cliche and the obvious thing to do when you have a baby. It's, like, the obvious next step. 'But when I went shopping, that's when I realised like, OK, maybe I need to start making the stuff that I want my kids to wear because it's hard! I got my own idea.' In another interview about being a parent, Rihanna revealed A$AP doesn't mind getting his hands dirty. More Trending The superstar told Interview Mag of her partner's adjustment to fatherhood: 'Rocky has never shied away from it. He does the shirt up over the nose with a stinky diaper. He gets through it. It's kind of funny.' As for the way her life has changed since having children, Rihanna reveals that her outlook has shifted in a major way. 'I'm actually afraid of s***. The well-being of your kids, you worry about that constantly,' she said. 'Nobody warns you that having kids means you're going to worry every second of your life.' A version of this article was first published August 22, 2023. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Kim Kardashian shoots security guard fiery glare as he steps on her Met Gala dress MORE: Former Baywatch bombshell Pamela Anderson barely recognisable after drastic Met Gala transformation MORE: Pro-Palestine demonstrators clash with police outside Met Gala 2025
Hindustan Times
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
World's biggest concert by female musician saw a bomb threat, 2.5 million fans; 25X Taylor Swift, Rihanna's biggest gigs
The Copacabana Beach in Brazil is not what one thinks of when they say music concerts. Yet, for over three decades, the sprawling beach has hosted the world's largest musical gigs. From The Rolling Stones playing to 1.5 million screaming fans in 2006 to Madonna cramming in 1.6 million there during her 2024 Celebrations Tour, the beach has been home to the world's most-attended concerts. This weekend, it was at Copacabana that the record for most attended concert with a female performer broke. On Saturday, May 3, Lady Gaga performed at the Copacabana Beach. Part of the singer's ongoing tour to promote her album, Mayhem, the concert was titled Mayhem at the Beach. To top it all, it was a free concert with no passes and tickets. Naturally, fans flocked to the iconic beach to catch a glimpse of the singer. Billboard reported that an estimated 2.5 million fans attended the concert, which not only broke the record for the biggest concert by a woman performer, but also set a new record for the most-attended free concert ever. There have only been three bigger concerts. Rod Stewart drew 3.5 million fans at Copacabana on New Year's Eve 1994, while Jorge Ben had played to 3 million a year before at the same venue. In 1997, Jean-Michel Jarre performed to 3.5 million fans in Moscow State University as part of the city's 850th anniversary. All these concerts were ticketed to some extent. 2.5 million fans in front of one stage is a phenomenal number. Lady Gaga's concert dwarfs even the biggest musical superstars of the generation. The attendance here is 25 times the highest attendance of any gig performed by Taylor Swift or Rihanna. For comparison, Rihanna's two-night concert stand at Twickenham Stadium in London during her European leg of the Diamonds World Tour in 2013 was her biggest, with 95,971 attendees. Similarly, Taylor Swift's biggest concert, in terms of crowd size, was her performance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during her Eras Tour in Australia in 2024, where she played to an estimated 96,000 fans. Brazilian police said Sunday that they intercepted a plot to set off explosives at a free Lady Gaga concert that drew more than 2 million people to Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach this weekend. Police said they arrested two people in connection with the alleged scheme, which included detonating homemade explosives and Molotov cocktails with the aim of 'gaining notoriety on social media,' according to a news release from Rio de Janeiro's state police. The alleged leader of the group — which promoted violent online content and hate speech against the LGBTQ community — was arrested on illegal weapons possession charges in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, and a teenager was booked on child pornography charges in Rio, authorities said. The singer, however, stayed oblivious to this drama, reports added. 'Tonight, we're making history,' Gaga, the 'Mother Monster,' told the tightly packed crowd. 'Thank you for making history with me,' she told fans from the stage. (With Bloomberg inputs)
