In terms of loving Rihanna, A$AP Rocky will not be new to this, he’s true to this.
The 36-year-old rapper opened up about his life as a father of two, his type, and, in fact, his associate Rihanna, as Vogue’s newest cowl star in a profile that dropped on Tuesday. In a video accompanying the profile, he additionally bought actual about when he knew the 37-year-old singer was his “boo.”
The yr was 2013, and Rocky had a music video to shoot. The track was “Style Killah” from his debut album, and he realized he knew the proper particular person to name for assist.
“I simply hit up the flyest chick I do know,” the rapper stated of approaching Rihanna to star within the video. “I used to be like, ‘Yo RiRi, what’s good? You wanna do that video with me? I bought the proper track, it’s known as ‘Style Killa.’ I’m mainly speaking about you—I drop your identify in it.’ I ain’t even should say all that. She was like, ‘Gang, I bought you.’”
Then Rocky added, “She knew she was my boo again then, too. I’ma come clear.”
Although Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have identified one another for greater than a decade, the 2 musicians didn’t formally start relationship till 2019. The “Diamonds” singer confirmed their relationship in 2020, and the “Reward the Lord” rapper later additionally confirmed his love for her in 2021 in GQ. A yr later, the 2 welcomed their first youngster collectively, RZA, adopted by one other child boy, Riot, in 2023. All of the whereas, the 2 have but to verify or formally deny their nuptial standing.
Rocky’s newest feedback arrive amid a brand new Savage X Fenty bridal lingerie marketing campaign that includes the Unhealthy Gal, which has renewed hypothesis about whether or not the couple is both secretly already married or planning to tie the knot. Wearing a blush pink set, Rihanna very curiously poses with a marriage cake. Though New York Bridal Style Week simply wrapped up and peak marriage ceremony season in June is simply across the nook.
Hypothesis stirred up when the 2 bought married in a music video for the rapper’s track “D.M.B.” and once more when Rihanna curiously wore a dramatic white robe by Valentino, swathed in sculptural flowers to the 2023 Met Gala. Earlier this yr, he additionally referred to the “Love on the Mind” singer as his “spouse” and his “every part.”
Through the Vogue interview, Rocky visits together with his paternal grandmother, who shares Barbadian heritage together with his sweetheart, and notes that she’s comfortable he’s “settled down” with the pop star.
“I’m glad that he settled down, and I’m pleased with who he settled down with,” stated his grandmother, Cathy. “[Rihanna’s] a down-to-earth particular person.”
Rocky’s interview additionally arrives weeks earlier than the 2025 Met Gala, which Rocky will co-chair alongside Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, and Pharrell Williams — all of whom are additionally gracing totally different Vogue covers of their very own for Might. This yr’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Model,” celebrates the evolution of Black menswear from the 18th century by at present, and particularly “dandyism.”
“I’m wanting ahead to seeing everyone have a good time Black excellence,” Rocky stated, noting that typically when individuals have a good time a special tradition or race there will be “ulterior motives.” Nevertheless, the Met Gala’s try and him feels “real.”
He added that there are “So many [words] I wish to say [about the Met Gala’s theme], however I’m simply going to say, vital.”
