Music icons Rihanna and A$AP Rocky recently announced the happy news that they were expecting their first child together.
The news follows years of relationship rumours, with the couple going ‘official’ in 2020 and making their red carpet debut in 2021.
However before they were one of Hollywood’s hottest couples, the two were close friends and regularly supported each other at events and onstage as musicians.
They also had high profile relationships with other huge celebrities, before their sweet friendship blossomed into romance.
To celebrate Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s happy news, Daily Star takes a look at their relationship history.
Relationship rumours
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have regularly collaborated with one another throughout the past decade and performed alongside one another at events such as the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
During the 2012 event, the two singers looked like they were having fun together as they performed a medley of their biggest hits including We Found Love and Cockiness.
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A$AP Rocky later supported Rihanna on her 2013 Diamonds tour and made appearances in each other’s music videos, but their close friendship and chemistry did not go unnoticed.
Their chemistry fuelled rumours of a romance between the two, but A$AP Rocky denied the rumours, telling Distractify at the time: ‘I don’t even look at her like that. She’s sexy, but I’m good.’
Close friendship
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The couple have always had a close friendship, often being spotted out and about with one another at Hollywood events.
This includes laughing and joking with one another at the Louis Vuitton menswear runway show during Paris Fashion Week and attending Rihanna’s Diamond Charity Ball in 2019.
Throughout their close friendship, the two had high profile relationships with other Hollywood stars.
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A$AP Rocky dated model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner, while Rihanna dated businessman Hassan Jameel for over three years.
However despite not dating each other at the time, A$AP Rocky supported Rihanna at some of the biggest moments of her life, including walking the red carpet with her at the British Fashion Council Awards, where her Fenty label was one of the winners.
Romance
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Early in 2020, romance rumours between the two stars began to circulate, but both Rihanna and A$AP Rocky denied that they were a couple.
However, People magazine later confirmed the romance in December 2020, with a source telling the magazine: “They are crazy about each other,” adding: “this romance evolved since they were friends first. They already knew and respected each other and it has just grown from there.”
As well as being pictured on dates and spending time together on holiday in Barbados, they have since become staples of the red carpet too.
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In 2021, the couple made their Met Gala debut in stylish and striking outfits, with Rihanna wearing a black Balenciaga gown, while A$AP Rocky wore a multicoloured blanket, which opened up to reveal a tuxedo.
They have also gushed about one another in the media, with Rihanna featuring her boyfriend in a Fenty Beauty Campaign and describing him as “handsome” to Vogue Magazine.
In an interview GQ magazine, A$AP Rocky also declared that Rihanna was “the love of [his] life” and called her “my lady.”
He added: “‘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.”
Baby news
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A$AP Rocky had previously told GQ magazine that he would love to become a father, saying “If that’s in my destiny, absolutely.
“I think I’d be an incredible, remarkably, overall amazing dad. I would have a very fly child. Very.”
His dreams were soon answered, as he and Rihanna confirmed on January 31 2022 that they were expecting their first child together.
The couple announced their news on social media with a series of new photos, where Rihanna could be seen strolling down Harlem in a bright pink £8,000 Chanel coat, with the coat buttoned halfway to reveal her baby bump.
A$AP Rocky was also pictured with his arm around Rihanna and kissing her on the forehead whilst she posed for the photographs, announcing the happy news from the couple.
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