Following the “Diamonds” hitmaker’s confession that he was “in love” with the the 28-year-old Rihanna at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at Madison Square Garden in NY on Sunday (28.08.16) a source has revealed that the pair are in fact a couple.
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If you were paying attention, we’re sure you heard Yeezy talk about his Famous music video and name drop Amber Heard and even Ray J saying, “I mean, I put Ray J in there, bro!”
As for individual moments, Beyoncé’s completion of her Lemonade medley rose above Kanye West’s new video for Fade, Rihanna’s acceptance of the Vanguard Award, Kanye’s speech, and Rihanna’s second performance, in that order. “We love the music, which can change styles from album to album”, the 29-year-old started.
The billboard, seen in Los Angeles, reads, “Congratulations to Rihanna from Drake and Everyone at Ovo”, and features his record label Ovo’s signature owl symbol.
The R&B superstar was chosen as the recipient of this year’s (16) Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, and her frequent collaborator and rumoured beau Drake was on hand to present her with the prestigious golden Moonman trophy at Sunday’s (28Aug16) ceremony.
“So I was speaking at the Art Institute previous year, and one kid came up to me and he said ‘three of my friends died and i don’t know if I’m going to be the next.’ You have to think, when you’re a senior and it’s the last week and you just don’t feel like doing any more work, if you’re seeing people dying next to you, you might feel like, ‘What’s the point?’ Life could start to feel worthless, in a way”. All my adult life, I’ve looked up to her even though she’s younger than me. It’s my family’s, it’s my fans’, it’s my country’s, the Caribbean as a whole, it’s women, it’s black women.
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But it was Beyonce who proved once again she is the contemporary rock star, and she used the VMA stage to showcase her skills, outshining both Spears and Rihanna. Not only did she lip sync, in typical fashion, but she did so badly. In an era of celebrity clothing lines where an observation like: “Ryan Seacrest is wearing himself on the red carpet” actually makes sense, and barely nine days before her fall Fenty by Rihanna collaboration with Puma is set to hit retail, the singer didn’t use the 2016 VMAs as a platform for clothing-brand-building synergy. I’m standing in front of my wife, Kim Kardashian West, I’m standing in front of Future, Chance the Rapper.
