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Birth Name:
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Birth Place:
Saint Michael, Barbados
Date of Birth:
February 20, 1988
Race or Ethnicity:
Afro-Bajan, Irish and Afro-Guyanese descent.
The Barbadian singer was born to Ronald Fenty, a Barbadian man of African and Irish descent. Her mother, Monica Fenty is of Afro-Guyanese descent. This was stated in an article on the Los Angeles Sentinel, an African American owned newspaper.
However, as there is a large number of Black, East Indian and to a lesser extent Native people in Guyana it is quite possible that Monica Fenty is a mix of these backgrounds.
In an article for Allure magazine, Rihanna revealed that she was bullied in school and called ‘white’ by the other kids while growing up in Barbados.
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rIRI IS HOT
damn yal gota stop judgin ppl cos of their race anyway Rihanna’s stil ma mentor my rolemodel i still look up to her. i dont care what ppl say all i know is that i love her the way she is. shes beautiful i like the way she dresses it suits her anyway now that im behind u all the way Riri LOVE U LOTS
wow i never even heard of Afro-Bajan or Afro-Guyanese thats really neat
Yeah there’s been a recent (well i guess not that recent lol) wave of guyanese immigrants to barbados
I Don’t Care WHAT Chris Brown Think But You And Matt Look TOO Good To Hook Up And I Hope YouRihanna Accept His Ring-God Bless Y’ALL!!!
Well it’s my opinion that we all should not be saying whether Rihannai is black or white or biracial. I mean, come on. It’s her life; it’s her family; etc. I think we’re all mixed somewhere in our bloodlines one way or another but I understand there is a difference between what’s genetically in your blood and what someone like Rihanna socially and culturally grew up with so she might lean more to or feel more comfortable embracing so and so. Yes, she’s biologically more than one race but i respect it if she chooses to see herself as just an african/black american woman. Sure, there are biracial people who say they belong to both sides of their family and embrace all of that so I don’t think ppl should give them crap for that, either. At the end of the day does it really matter?
Okay you people are all gay as hell. Rihanna is beautiful the way she looks, she has beautiful brown eyes and light chocolate skin, so what?? Im white, italian and irish and i love rihanna, shes amazing, what does it matter if shes mixed? I hateeee rasict people and you people should just go die! Learn to live with different races or im tellin you right now.. Youll get yourself shot. Btw rihanna is my idol <3 so fuchkk yall
Yeah, She IS Fine AND She’s The Same Sign As ME!
She’s a babe.
Ooooooooo so is she black???
She’s Mixed! her mom is guyanese and her grandma on her dads side is 100% irish. Her dad = Bajan +Irish
just to note: – im a different tim to the other ones…im just the last `tim` comment
We should all be proud of our ethnic backgrounds no matter what you are and realise that if we were all the same…the world wouldnt be a unique place….
DID YALL NOT SEE AFRO….Hmmmm… DONT THAT MAKE YOU THING ” OH SHE’S BLACK” GOD LEE THE IMFORMATION IS RIGHT THERE IN YA FACE, AND STILL YOU MANAGE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT………. GOSH, GET A LIFE………!
BUT ANY WAY:
THATS MY GIRL, AND THATS ONE PERSON THAT CAN ROCK ANY STYLE (SHORT OR LONG) AND STILL LOOK GOOD…. NOW THATS A BAD B****!