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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, one of the biggest celebrity couples, have been together for over a decade. Rihanna is known for her music and Fenty Beauty, while A$AP Rocky has hits including Praise The Lord and F*ckin' Problems.
They first interacted at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. In an April 2024 interview with Interview Magazine, Rihanna shared that their romance rumors started when A$AP Rocky touched her during their performance, and she didn’t react.
"My team was worried that I wanted to have his head on a mantle, But I was like, 'Ah, nah.' That's why everybody was like, 'Oh my god. She likes him,'" recalled the singer.
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Despite the two interacting quite regularly after the first meeting, they didn't start dating until 2019. According to Rihanna, they were very cautious about not breaking each other's hearts and smoothly transitioning from friends to lovers.
"I just let whatever was supposed to happen, happen. It was just, 'This is a flower. It's either going to die or blossom. But I'm going to let it decide itself,'" inferred the singer.
Timeline of Rihanna's relationship with A$AP Rocky explored
September 2012: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky meet for the first time
The first time the two met and performed onstage was during the MTV VMAs in 2012 when A$AP Rocky featured on a remix of the singer's song Cockiness (Love It).
During the performance, Rocky grabbed Rihanna's backside and kissed her cheeks. It was later revealed that the move wasn't a part of their rehearsals. In a 2022 interview with Vogue, she said:
"My manager was like, 'Oh, God, she must like this guy a little bit. She never lets this shit slide.'"
April 10, 2013: "We're just cool" — A$AP Rocky denies dating Rihanna
In April 2013, Rocky clarified that he was not dating Rihanna during the shooting of A$AP Ferg's Work remix video in an interview with MTV.
"Yeah, I expected people to say that me and Rihanna were sleeping around. We're just cool. Man, dudes be tryin' to front like they tappin' Rihanna's [anatomy] and all that, but they don't be hittin' it. I aint hittin' it either. I'm just cool with her. I don't even look at her like that. She's sexy, but I'm good," commented Rocky.
However, he also pointed out the good things RiRi did to him. According to the rapper, Rihanna was extremely supportive and brought out the best in him. He also recalled that RiRi had come to cheer for him during his Coachella performance a year back.
September 2013: Rihanna stars in Rocky's Fashion Killa music video
In September 2013, RiRi acted as Rocky's love interest in the Fashion Killa music video of his debut studio album Long. Live. A$AP.
In a September 24, 2013 interview with 106 & Park, the rapper explained the reason for selecting Rihanna for the particular role. According to him, Rihanna's 'jigginess' and 'fashion sense' made her a 'fashion killa' and perfectly suited for the role.
"The chemistry was just organic. We were cool, we were chilling, it was whatever. We were faded. We were having fun," opined the rapper.
May 27, 2015: Rocky talks about breakup with Chanel Iman and dating rumors with Rihanna
A$AP Rocky addressed dating rumors with RiRi in an interview with Hot 97. According to him, 'it never happened' and he explained that it would've happened if it were to happen organically. However, he didn't dismiss the prospect of dating her in the future.
"You never know. That's not what I'm looking forward to. I'm looking forward to the friendship that I already have with all these females because life is so complicated," explained Rocky.
He also talked about his recent breakup with Chanel Iman after almost two years of being in a relationship.
"I was so in love. To this day, it's all good. I think for me, we're young and it was something that was so real that it was so serious. I would say perfect girl, wrong time. I'm not OK with losing her, but that's the way of the world. It's not meant to work right now," he explained.
Summer 2020: "He became my family in that time,"— Rihanna and A$AP Rocky share a cross-country road trip
During the summer of 2020, the two went on a cross-country trip together from Los Angeles to New York in a tour bus. Rihanna later opened up in a 2022 interview with Vogue and confirmed that the trip was the cupid that helped Rocky get out of the friend zone. They started dating at the beginning of the COVID pandemic.
"He became my family in that time," she explained.
She continued:
"I love the simple things but also the grand adventures. There's no pretentious my-brand-your-brand bullsh*t, it's just us living. I just feel like I can do any part of life by his side."
August 26, 2020: A$AP Rocky interviews Rihanna
In a filmed interview between Rihanna and A$AP Rocky by Vogue, the former answered 15 questions asked by the rapper and the two couldn't stop giggling throughout the interaction.
The questions were mainly based on skincare and fashion and RiRi even complimented Rocky by saying that he had 'pretty skin' during the interview. When asked about the hardest part of her Fenty Skin campaign, she explained that it was focussing on work and not 'goofing off and laughing' with him.
"Like, this shit is comedy. That's the hardest part. You know, people be so cool it's hard not to, not to laugh. That's all. But it was fun. The hardest part is not having too much fun. You just forget that it's still, you know, work at the end of the day," explained A$AP Rocky.
May 19, 2021: Rocky finally confirms his relationship with Rihanna
A$AP Rocky finally confirmed his relationship with Rihanna after more than eight years of knowing each other in an interview with GQ. The rapper called RiRi the love of his life and referred to her as 'the one.'
"So much better when you got 'the one.' She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She's the one."
In fact, he also shared that RiRi inspired his music to a great extent and the fact that he was ready to father children with the Diamonds singer.
"I think I'd be an incredible, remarkably, overall amazing dad. I would have a very fly child. Very," he commented.
January 31, 2022: RiRi and A$AP Rocky reveal that they are pregnant with their first child
In January 2022, Rihanna and Rocky were clicked while walking in Harlem and RiRi was wearing an unbuttoned coat to reveal her baby bump. In fact, the Diamonds singer shared that the two were not planning on having a baby but it was a pleasant surprise.
In an interview with Vogue during her third trimester, she said,
"I don't know when I ovulate or any of that type of shit. We just had fun. And then it was just there on the test. I didn't waste any time. I called him inside and showed him. Then I was in the doctor's office the next morning and our journey began."
The two welcomed their son on May 13, 2022, but the news didn't get to the tabloids before a week of his birth.
February 12, 2023: RiRI reveals her second pregnancy during Super Bowl Halftime performance
RiRi revealed her baby bump during her performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Similar to her first pregnancy reveal, she wore a red jumpsuit, strategically unzipped in the middle to reveal her baby bump.
On August 21, 2023, it was reported by TMZ that the couple had had their second child. However, the details about the exact date of the childbirth are not known.
February 15, 2023: The family gets featured on the British Vogue magazine cover
RiRi opened up about motherhood, relationships, family, love, and more in her interview for the cover of the British Vogue magazine in February 2023. The Diamonds singer explained the paradigm shift that motherhood had brought in her life. According to the singer, she didn't even remember life before it.
"It's everything. You really don't remember life before, that's the craziest thing ever. You literally try to remember it — and there are photos of my life before — but the feeling, the desires, the things that you enjoy, everything, you just don't identify with it because you don't even allow yourself mentally to get that far, because... Because it doesn't matter."
RiRi also revealed that her child had brought herself and Rocky closer as a couple.
