Rihanna is speaking candidly about aging and motherhood in a new interview.
The “Umbrella” hitmaker, who celebrated her 37th birthday on Feb 20., opened up in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar, admitting that “getting old is s–t, but it’s also a blessing.”
The mom-of-two — who is dating A$AP Rocky — says she now feels wiser, less materialistic and more mindful of being in the moment.
“My legacy is right now,” she declared. “That’s all I have the most control over. There’s things I have no control over. My legacy is what I do with my time at this moment. How am I present with the people around me? How am I grateful? How am I making this a happy moment? How am I making a memory?”
“I’m even in the space of not even spending my money on things, but I’ll spend my money on an experience,” the “Bitch Better Have My Money” crooner — who is worth $1.4 billion — said. “That’s something no one can take from me. Somebody could rob me right now of everything I have, [but] they will never take a memory, an experience, a feeling, a scent that reminded me of that moment. There’s just things that mean more when you grow up.”
Rihanna also spoke out about raising her two young sons, RZA, 2, and Riot, 1.
“RZA is just an empath,” she cooed. “He’s so magical. He loves music. He loves melody. He loves books. He loves water. Bath time, swimming, pool, beach, anything.”
The superstar also dished on her younger’s personality.
“Riot, he’s just hilarious. When he wakes up, he starts to squeal, scream. Not in a crying way. He just wants to sing. And I’m like, ‘Okay, here we go!’ she said humorously.
“‘He’s my alarm in the morning! He’s not taking no for an answer from anyone. I don’t know where he came from, dude.”
Rihanna was by her beau’s side earlier this week as he was found not guilty on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm following a nearly four-week trial in Los Angeles.
Rocky, aka Rakim Mayers, was charged in 2022 following a 2021 fight with his former friend A$AP Relli, who testified that Rocky confronted him outside a Hollywood parking garage and shot him during the confrontation.
Rocky faced up to 24 years in prison if convicted. He denied all the prosecutors’ allegations.
Following the verdict, Rocky’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, revealed that the rapper and Rihanna want to name their next baby after him if they have oe.
“Rihanna and Rocky said to me in the courtroom yesterday, they grabbed me and they said, ‘Listen, our next baby is A$AP Joe,’” Tacopina, 58, told Billy Bush in an interview with Extra.
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