“Love The Way You Lie” was the first diamond Hip-Hop single.
Eminem released ‘Love The Way You Lie’, the single off his seventh studio album Recovery on June 18, 2010. The song was written by Skylar Grey and featured Rihanna.
The single went No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first diamond Hip-Hop single ever. “Love The Way You Lie” became the first diamond Hip-Hop single on May 9, 2013.
Watch the music video for “Love The Way You Lie” below.
Congrats to ASAP Rocky and Rihanna on their soon-to-be newborn child
ASAP Rocky and Rihanna are officially going to be parents. The couple showed off the baby bump, which can be seen in photos from DIGGZY, PEOPLE reports.
The speculation has bloomed for months, but now it’s confirmed.
Rocky, 33, and Rihanna, the same age, have been in the industry for over a decade, now. The two starred in Rocky’s 2013 video for “Fashion Killa.” Fans of both artists are awaiting new music, but, that may be put further on hold.
Rihanna recently revealed that her next album will be “completely different”
It’s been around five years since Rihanna blessed the world with a full project but there is hope that the thirst will soon be quenched. A clip recently surfaced on social media showing RiRi alighting a taxi before paparazzi asks her, “any new music? Anything?” Rihanna then replied, “soon soon.”
Rihanna responds to paparazzi asking if she has any new music coming:
The last time the multi-award-winning singer released a full body of work was in 2016 with her album, Anti. Even though she hasn’t been very active musically speaking over the years, Rihanna has been tapping into major business ventures that have earned her a $1.7 billion fortune.
While speaking with Associated Press in her Savage X Fenty show in September this year, the Barbados-born icon shed light on her upcoming album. “You’re not gonna expect what you hear, just put that in your mind,” RiRi declared. “Whatever you know of Rihanna’s not gonna be what you hear.”
She added, “I’m really experimenting, and music is like fashion, you should be able to play,” she continued. “I should be able to wear whatever I want and I treat music the same way. So, I’m having fun, and it’s going to be completely different.”
The reported video shoot is presumably for ASAP Rocky’s next album
As fans anticipate for Asap Rocky’s next album, the rollout might be about to begin. On Sunday (July 11), the Harlem rapper and his lover Rihanna were allegedly seen shooting a music video in the Bronx. Several sources have reported, including TMZ.
The video shoot allegations come along with the PDAs the couple has been seen participating in. Footage from the scenes have been surfacing, showing the two love birds rocking colorful outfits.
Although it’s yet to be confirmed, it’s presumed that the video shoot is for Rocky’s upcoming single. This is likely as Rocky revealed in a May GQ interview that his next album, All Smiles, was 90% done. He also shared that the forthcoming project is heavily inspired by his relationship with RiRi.
Drake‘s second Top 5 hit “Find Your Love” was originally written for Rihanna and she even recorded her own cut.
Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, and his mentor, No I.D, produced Find Your Love with Rihanna in mind.
During a 2010 interview with Complex, No I.D revealed how Drake took the song.
“Drake heard Rihanna’s version and was like, ‘I really want to use this record,’ and I was like, ‘Man, ask her!’… So he ended up with the beat and then when he recorded it he was singing, and I was like ‘Word? Singing. You’re really rolling with this, huh?’ Drake took it and made his own magic record.”
Kanye is credited as a co-writer and co-producer on the song and No I.D claims they made the song in just one hour.
According to Find Your Love‘s co-producer, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West came up with the melody for the track:
“[Rihanna] actually cut it, it was just another writing day in the studio. I think No I.D. had that drum beat and that’s the classic, ‘Jeff jump on the piano,’ and Kanye started humming in my ear. We started coming up with a melody, I started crafting the music and we wrote that relatively quickly, within an hour. When you think about it [sings, ‘I’m more than just an option, hey, hey, hey,’] that’s right up Kanye’s alley, that’s his style, that’s all Kanye.”
PARTYNEXTDOOR, one of the first signees to Drake‘s record label ‘Octobers Very Own’ aka OVO has told his fans via Twitter that his new album, titled ‘PARTYMOBILE’ would come in February.
As we near the end of February, the buzz and discussion for ‘PARTYMOBILE’ has been centered around a snippet from a track PARTYNEXTDOOR himself played on his snapchat almost a year ago. The snippet appeared to have featured vocals from Rihanna herself.
This would not be the first time PARTYNEXTDOOR and Rihanna have collabed. PARTYNEXTDOOR helped write Popular Rihanna tracks and verses to Work, Wild Thoughts, and Sex With Me.
This Friday is the last Friday in February so hopefully PARTY keeps his promise to his fans and drops. This would be the first time we heard a Rihanna feature since 2017, and the first time since that same year that PARTYNEXTDOOR’s last project dropped. Will we finally be getting PARTY and RiRi to sing on the same track? We will just have to wait and see.
To learn more about about PARTYNEXTDOOR and Rihanna’s past music collaborations and the snippet of their alleged track together, click here.
Today, Rihanna notified fans via Instagram, that they can purchase a “Visual Autobiography” releasing October 24. The book has more than 1,000 photos packed in 504 total pages. Rihanna wrote, ” I am so excited to share this collection of incredible images. I am very grateful to the talented photographers and artists who contributed.We’ve been working on the book for over five years and I’m really happy to be able to finally share it with everybody.”
Rihanna will include three limited edition versions of the book: the Fenty x Phaidon edition This Shit Is Heavy, the Luxury Supreme edition, and the Ultra Luxury Supreme edition. (The Ultra Luxury Supreme edition already sold out!)
While we have yet to hear of her highly anticipated album, Rihanna stated that she’s, “still got an album to finish”. She gave the hint last month when asked if she would perform for the Super Bowl halftime show.
Rihanna’s new album is reportedly set for release in December 2019. After over a year and a half of speculations, Rihanna’s highly anticipated album may finally have a release date. According to tweets from French music executives yesterday from Universal Music France, the star will release her album December of this year.
Rihanna’s ANTI did tremendously on the Billboard 100 charts. The streets are ready for Fenty Music!
