Rihanna ‘secretly gives birth to baby boy’ as she and boyfriend A$AP Rocky welcome their second child
RIHANNA has reportedly given birth to her second child with boyfriend, A$AP Rocky.
The pop singer announced that she was expecting in February during her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance.
Rihanna, 35, and A$AP, 34, reportedly welcomed a baby boy on August 3 in Los Angeles, California, sources told .
Insiders told the news outlet that the child's name "starts with the letter R."
RIHANNA'S OTHER LITTLE ONE
Last year, the couple welcomed a son named RZA on May 13.
Months earlier, on January 31, 2022, Rihanna let the world know that she and Rocky were expecting when she was photographed flaunting her baby bump during an outing in New York City.
BREAKING THE INTERNET
Leading up to her Super Bowl 2023 Halftime show, Rihanna dropped a surprising number of hints that she was expecting but no one caught them until her rep confirmed her pregnancy following the show.
Rihanna was said to have broken X, formerly known as Twitter, with her reveal, according to many netizens who experienced delays with the app after her performance.
"Is Rihanna pregnant" was trending on the app and Google after the performer wore a red bomber-style jacket that seemed to both hide, and also accentuate, her baby bump.
Regarding her first pregnancy, the GRAMMY Award winner told : "I wouldn’t say [we were] planning [to start a family] but certainly not planning against it.
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"I don’t know when I ovulate or any of that type of s**t. We just had fun and then it was just there on the test."
She also explained motherhood's effect on her sense of fashion and shared: "My body is doing incredible things right now and I’m not going to be ashamed of that.
"This time should feel celebratory, why should you be hiding your pregnancy?"
RI-LLY?
While putting on a show-stopping Halftime performance at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, fans believed that the cameraman "ruined" Rihanna's pregnancy confirmation.
The singer began her medley of hits by singing her track B***h Better Have My Money as she stood high above the field on a platform.
The camera focused on a close-up of her face and only her shoulders could be seen.
As it panned out, Rihanna pushed her bright red boiler suit slightly to the side as she rubbed her baby bump – but it was a blink-and-you-'ll-miss-it moment as the camera zoomed out quickly.
Some fans were left disappointed and immediately took to X.
"Honestly though, the cameraman ruined Rihanna’s announcement," one person wrote.
"Rihanna rubbed her belly to announce she was pregnant and the cameraman cut away,"; another fan said.
And a third person tweeted: "Rihanna is pregnant. In the very beginning, she opened her jacket and rubbed her belly as the announcement. The cameraman just didn’t get that shot right."
RIHANNA AND A$AP'S RELATIONSHIP
On December 2, 2019, whispers of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's relationship began making the rounds.
The two hitmakers attended the British Fashion Awards together and Rocky wore a FENTY tuxedo designed by her.
The pair were later seen together on a number of occasions but did not speak on the romance rumors.
On May 19, 2021, the latter confirmed that he was dating the FENTY Beauty mogul.
The DMB rapper described Rihanna as "the love of his life" to .
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"She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones.
"I think when you know, you know. She’s the one."
