Rihanna was not in a rush to settle down. She wasn't too busy to date or have fun, but the "Diamonds" singer always had a full plate, whether she was recording eight platinum-selling albums, winning awards, touring, being a style icon, designing clothes or launching her instantly revered Fenty Beauty brand. None of that has changed.
Rihanna, who's turning 37 on Feb. 20, is still as in demand as ever (and any time would be a good time to drop album No. 9 )—but after going 'round and around with guys who weren't the one, she wanted A$AP Rocky to stay.
(And she has been standing by him ever since .) "We've known each other for a long time," the Unapologetic artist—who shares sons RZA Athelston , 2, and Riot Rose , 18 months, with the rapper—told stylist Mel Ottenberg for Interview last spring. "I've seen him in relationships.
He's seen me in relationships. We've seen each other outside of relationships. We knew what we're capable of, and the trouble that we could bring to each other's lives.
We can make or break each other's hearts. And so, we started dating with a lot of caution." But once they got together, they had a hit on their hands.
"I just let whatever was supposed to happen, happen," Rihanna continued. "It was just, 'This is a flower. It's either going to die or blossom.
But I'm going to let it decide itself.'" Starting out in the friend zone for the better part of a decade, the artist born Rakim Mayers confirmed one of the more shabbily-kept secrets among the cel.
