Robyn Rihanna Fenty is in a class all by herself. That is because the self-made billionaire refuses to play by anyone’s rules and will not allow people to place her in any box that limits what she can achieve or how it is to be done.She can be brash and unapologetic when she wants to be. Rihanna’s sharp comebacks on Twitter where she has more than 107.9 million followers are infamous, and she has a history of “taking down” some of the biggest personalities who sadly “came for her” on social media. British media personality cum broadcaster Piers Morgan and American talk-show host Wendy Williams have felt the sting of the local star’s rebuke.Then there is the other side of Rihanna – the humanitarian and philanthropist, who has used much of her wealth and access to support causes that are important to her. These include more than BDS $30 million to support education for girls and women, her fight against poverty in the developing world, and her support of cancer research and treatment locally and abroad. We also recall her interventions to source critical medical equipment such as ventilators for Barbados during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.We tend to refer to Rihanna’s meteoric rise to fame from her teen years when she auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers, who invited the young talent to the United States where she was signed by Jay Z’s Def Jam record label in 2005.
