In a TikTok video posted late Dec. 16, 2022, Rihanna gives a glimpse of their tyke for the first time. In a video she captioned “hacked,” she tells her son, “You tryna get Mommy’s phone?” The couple welcomed their first child, a baby boy, on May 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, TMZ reported at the time. The baby’s name still has not been revealed publicly. Rihanna revealed her pregnancy in late January 2022 while strolling around New York with her bare belly was on full display as she sported a long pink jacket and ripped jeans. Gotham/GC Images The “Diamonds” singer has opened up in the past about motherhood being a dream of hers. “A lot of woman get very defensive because it’s personal. It’s our bodies, and of course it’s our time, and it’s not necessarily everyone’s dream to be a mom, but it is mine,” she told Extra in 2019. Earlier that year, in a sitdown for Interview, Rihanna admitted to her Ocean’s 8 co-star Sarah Paulson that she wanted to be a mother “more than anything in life.” Meanwhile, A$AP Rocky has previously said that he’d be an “amazing dad.” When asked by GQ in 2021 if he was ready to be a father, he replied, “If that’s in my destiny, absolutely." The performer added, “I think I’d be an incredible, remarkably, overall amazing dad. I would have a very fly child. Very.” A source confirmed to PEOPLE in November 2020 that the longtime friends were dating. A$AP Rocky gushed over Rihanna in his 2021 GQ interview, calling the designer “the love of my life” and gushing that things are “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.” And now baby makes three! Keep reading to find out all about Rihanna’s relationship with A$AP Rocky as they start a family together.
Is Rihanna married?
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are not married, although Us Weekly reported in August 2021 that an engagement “may” happen soon. “These two are so madly in love, and it’s true there’s a lot of buzz in their circle about an engagement being in the works,” a source told the magazine. “Going by the hints Rocky’s been dropping, [it] may well happen soon, but there’s no pressure and what matters most to both of them is to keep building on this truly beautiful thing they’ve got going.”
How did Rihanna meet A$AP Rocky?
The lovebirds were creative collaborators years before revealing that they are expecting their first child. The rapper was featured on a remix of Rihanna’s “Cockiness (Love It)” in 2012, and the duo performed the song on stage at the 2012 MTV’s Video Music Awards, during which A$AP Rocky grabbed Riri’s derriere. A$AP Rocky later joined Rihanna on her Diamonds World Tour in 2013, serving as the opening act during the North American leg of the trek, per PEOPLE. A source told Entertainment Tonight in 2020 that the two have “known each other for so long as friends and in a work setting, which makes it so easy for them to get along, travel together and be involved in each other’s lives to the full extent. They always have such a good time together and definitely seem in love.”
When did Rihanna start dating A$AP Rocky?
The Sun reported in January 2020 that Rihanna was dating the rapper following her split from Hassan Jameel. However, a source told E! News that the “Love on the Brain” singer was “hanging out” with A$AP Rocky, “not dating him.” The insider said, “They have a long history and she’s just having fun.” Months later in November, a source informed PEOPLE that the longtime friends were dating. Next, All About Guardians of the Galaxy Star Chris Pratt’s Kids
