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During the holiday weekend, Rihanna shared a series of photos on Instagram to honor her late cousin Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne, who was murdered in Barbados four years ago. “Miss you and dat smile cuz. #Tavon,” the singer and business mogul captioned the postincluded, which included several image of her and her cousin together over the years, as well as […]

Rihanna has been formally declared a National Hero of Barbados. The honor, per CBS News, was detailed during a ceremony on Tuesday that marked Barbados’ move to cut ties with the Queen and become a republic. When addressing ceremony attendees, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley praised Rihanna for “commanding the imagination of the world” through […]

Though they’ve yet to confirm their relationship status, it seems pretty clear that Rihanna and ASAP Rocky are more than just friends. As pointed out by several outlets, the rumored couple was spotted holding hands this week in RiRi’s home country of Barbados. Rocky reportedly landed on the island Wednesday, and spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Rihanna […]

Few artists can say they wear their influences on their sleeves the way Bajan singer-songwriter RoRo does. She quite literally has the faces of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Erykah Badu and Amy Winehouse tattooed on her arms and the influence of Caribbean sounds like calypso and soca are worn even more proudly, although less literally, in her […]

Barbados has given the world a number of things to be grateful for: rum, the bad gyal herself, Rihanna (and all Fenty and Fenty Beauty-related products), and then there’s the delectable variety of indulgent cuisine, such as coucou, flying fish and macaroni pie (not to be confused with mac-n-cheese or baked macaroni). In addition to […]