One Twitter user, who created a fabricated thread of Rihanna apparently „embracing her Jamaican heritage,“ even claimed he had a photo of Rihanna’s birth certificate from Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Jamaica. Rihanna has finally responded to claims that she’s actually from Jamaica /iCh1FoByy4 Rihanna is from Barbados Avenue, Kingston Jamaica. I knew I had to leave to further my career - but it will always be home.“Īnd yet, the Fenty Beauty founder has legions of fans from Jamaica who are actively trying to change this narrative. I have the best memories of spending long days at the beach with my two younger brothers.
„I only realize now just how lucky I was to grow up in Barbados,“ she told Condé Nast Traveller. Read more: The fabulous life of Rihanna, from her Barbados roots to 33 Grammy noms, and Fenty Beauty’s game-changing role in makeup Rihanna was even appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for her home country in 2018. She has a personal relationship with the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, who was recently honored at Rihanna’s fifth annual Diamond Ball. For her Fenty designer line, she created t-shirts adorned with vintage postcards and tourist brochures from Barbados hotels. She grew up on Westbury Road, which has since been officially renamed Rihanna Drive. The Bajans are mad, but I don’t blame them.Īs the tweet acknowledges, Rihanna is famously from the eastern Caribbean island Barbados. „Let’s kidnap Rihanna’s nationality, y’all.“ „Jamaicans, you know, if we pretend like Rihanna is Jamaican, the world will believe us, and there is nothing Bajans can do about it,“ reads one tweet, which currently has more than 20,000 likes. Rihanna is decidedly not from Jamaica - but that hasn’t stopped some of her Jamaican fans from trying to convince the world otherwise. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories.„Jamaicans, you know, if we pretend like Rihanna is Jamaican, the world will believe us, and there is nothing Bajans can do about it,“ reads one tweet, which currently has more than 20,000 likes.But some of the singer’s fans are trying to „kidnap her nationality“ and convince the world that she’s actually from Jamaica.
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