Rihanna is pregnant and expecting her first child with rapper ASAP Rocky, new photos reveal.
In pictures published by the Daily Mail, the 33-year-old Fenty designer is wearing a bright pink coat unbuttoned above her stomach, showing off a baby bump. She’s holding hands with the rapper, also 33 and real name Rakim Mayers, as they share a kiss and pose for photos.
The photographer who took the photos, Miles Diggs, later shared them on his Instagram with the caption, “SHE IS! 📸: @diggzy”
The pair have been linked since way back in 2013, when Rihanna starred in ASAP’s music video for ‘Fashion Killa’, but he denied it was any more than friends at the time. “I don’t even look at her like that. She’s sexy, but I’m good,” he told Distractify.
Over six years later in 2020, reports begin to surface claiming that Rihanna and ASAP Rocky were dating, following Rih’s split from Hassan Jameel, who she’d been in a relationship with for almost three years.
By May 2021, ASAP confirmed they were in love in a gushing interview with GQ, calling the singer “the love of my life” when asked about their relationship. He then also called her “my lady.”
When asked why he prefers a monogamous relationship to dating, ASAP continued, “[It’s] so much better. 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.”
The interviewer added that the rapper “starts beaming like a teenager whose crush just accepted his prom invite” when they brought Rihanna up. He also touched on whether he’d like to be a father, adding, “If that’s in my destiny, absolutely. Nah, but like, I think I’d be an incredible, remarkably, overall amazing dad.
“I would have a very fly child. Very,” he said, and wow, we couldn’t have put it better ourselves.
So far, neither Rihanna or ASAP have spoken out about the pregnancy, but we’re super happy for them.