Current:Home > FinanceRihanna and A$AP Rocky's Newborn Baby's Name and Sex Revealed-VaTradeCoin
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's Newborn Baby's Name and Sex Revealed
View Date:2025-01-08 16:46:39
Oh na na, what's the name of Rihanna's newborn baby?
The "Umbrella" singer and partner A$AP Rocky welcomed their second son together—Riot Rose Mayers, according to a birth certificate obtained by The Blast.
Baby Riot arrived on Aug. 1, joining the couple's 15-month-old son RZA Athelston Mayers in the family.
Rihanna cheekily announced her second pregnancy during her Super Bowl halftime performance in February, wearing a red jumpsuit that showed off her baby bump. Despite her initial nerves about the headlining gig, Rihanna—born Robyn Rihanna Fenty—said becoming a mom encouraged her to perform.
"As scary as that was, because I haven't been on stage in seven years, there's something exhilarating about the challenge of it all and it's important for me to do this this year," she said at the Apple Music Halftime Show press conference days before the big concert, It's important for representation. It's important for my son to see that."
As for what else has changed in Rihanna's life since starting a family? A much closer bond with Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers.
"We're best friends with a baby," she said in a February profile with British Vogue. "We have to be on the same page, but we've always kind of had that in our relationship. Everything changes when you have a baby, but I wouldn't say it's done anything but made us closer."
Rihanna and Rocky had been longtime friends and collaborators before sparking romance rumors in late 2020. After being spotted on numerous dates in early 2021, Rocky confirmed their relationship in May, calling Rihanna "the love of my life" and "my lady" in an interview with GQ.
"She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones," Rocky said. "I think when you know, you know. She's the one."
In September 2021, the pair stepped out in matching outfits at the Met Gala—a style move which would become a staple of their romance. A few months later, Rihanna announced she was pregnant with a sweet photoshoot in taken in New York City.
However, keeping her pregnancy news under wraps posed a big challenge for the singer.
"It was harder for me to keep it from my posse, because they're around me, they know my habits," she told E! News in February 2022. "They're like, 'You don't want something to drink? You're not smoking?' And I'm eating all the things I'm not used to eating. They know I hate sweets and I'm all of a sudden asking for cookies and donuts. But finally, I just had to let it all out, and they were all shocked, of course, as the world was shocked as well."
And upon becoming a dad for the first time, Rocky felt a big shift in how he approached his artistic endeavors, crediting his son for opening up a whole new point of view.
"Being outside and working and being creative, it drives more energy for you to think and soak things up like a sponge now that I'm a dad, because I have a whole other perspective," he said in a January interview with Apple Music 1. "But it honestly helps you get home to your family and get home to your baby. And I can't even explain it, man. You come home to heaven every day."
To see the cutest pics of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's son RZA, keep scrolling!
Rihanna shared this Instagram photo of her partner and their son during a family vacation to Barbados in July 2023.
Rihanna and A$AP celebrate their first child's first birthday in May 2023.
A$AP plays with RZA.
A$AP and RZA have fun together.
A$AP enjoys time outside with RZA.
The fam poses for a group pic.
A$AP shaves while holding his son.
A$AP appears with baby RZA.
A$AP appears with the couple's son.
"My son when he found out his sibling is going to the Oscars and not him," Rihanna captioned this March 2023 Instagram photo, which she shared a month after she revealed during her performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show that she is pregnant with her second child.
Rihanna shared this video of her son on Instagram in April 2023, writing, "Look who don't want mommy to workout."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (26677)
Related
- New York races to revive Manhattan tolls intended to fight traffic before Trump can block them
- Scientists to deliver a warning about nuclear war with Doomsday Clock 2024 announcement
- Friends scripts that were thrown in the garbage decades ago in London now up for auction
- He says he's not campaigning, so what is Joe Manchin doing in New Hampshire?
- See Megan Fox, Machine Gun Kelly, Brian Austin Green and Sharna Burgess' Blended Family Photos
- NFL playoff winners, losers: Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins put in deep freeze by Chiefs
- Prada reconnects with the seasons for its 2024-25 fall-winter menswear collection
- Taiwan president-elect Lai Ching-te has steered the island toward democracy and away from China
- Smithfield agrees to pay $2 million to resolve child labor allegations at Minnesota meat plant
- Maldives leader demands removal of Indian military from the archipelago by mid-March amid spat
Ranking
- Bodyless head washes ashore on a South Florida beach
- Are banks, post offices, FedEx, UPS open on MLK Day 2024? Is mail delivered? What to know
- Would you buy this AI? See the newest technology advancing beauty, medicine, and more
- The ruling-party candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan’s presidential election
- He failed as a service dog. But that didn't stop him from joining the police force
- Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Hold Hands as They Exit Chiefs Game After Playoffs Win
- Crypto's Nazi problem: With few rules to stop them, white supremacists fundraise for hate
- Citigroup to cut 20,000 jobs by 2026 following latest financial losses
Recommendation
-
Some women are stockpiling Plan B and abortion pills. Here's what experts have to say.
-
What we know so far about Kalen DeBoer's deal with Alabama
-
How long does a hangover last? Here's what you need to know.
-
Ranking the 6 worst youth sports parents. Misbehaving is commonplace on these sidelines
-
Whoopi Goldberg Shares Very Relatable Reason She's Remained on The View
-
4 Ukrainian citizens were among those captured when a helicopter went down in Somalia this week
-
Genocide case against Israel: Where does the rest of the world stand on the momentous allegations?
-
Convicted former Russian mayor cuts jail time short by agreeing to fight in Ukraine