Dylan Bettencourt
As expected, the news that pop singer and fashion icon Rihanna and her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky, are expecting their first child has taken social media by storm.
The images of the 33-year-old singer flaunting her pregnancy bump on the streets of New York while walking with her boyfriend were shared by well-known American photographer Miles Diggs. He shared the images with the teasing caption: “SHE IS!”
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky enjoyed a short fling nearly a decade ago but rumours of a reconciliation sprung up in January 2020. In December of that year they confirmed they were a couple.
The couple had fuelled pregnancy rumours in the past with both Rihanna and Rocky commenting on their desire to someday be parents.
The “Diamonds” singer told British Vogue in March 2020 that she was realising that life was really short, mentioning how she had adapted to a new approach to living her life.
She said she saw herself with three of four children in the next 10 years, regardless of whether or not she had a partner.
“I feel like society makes me want to feel like, ‘Oh, you got it wrong’. They diminish you as a mother if there’s not a dad in your kids’ lives,” said Rihanna.
However, that may not be the case for Rihanna as Rocky said in an interview with GQ that he found the love of his life in the Barbadian singer.
The rapper said his life was much better now that he had found “the one.”
“It is so much better when you’ve got the one. She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know,” he said.
Diggs, who shared the pregnancy announcement, has seen his Instagram post stacking up nearly 500,000 likes since he shared the post on Monday afternoon.
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