The last awards ceremony turned out to be not only large-scale (Britney Spears’ “return” to the award, the appearance of Beyoncé’s daughter, etc.), but also very romantic. And the main characters in this regard were Drake and, whose joint appearance on stage is discussed by all the world’s media.
That evening, the pop diva received a special award, The Video Vanguard Award, for outstanding achievements, and it was, of course, entrusted to be presented to Drake, RiRi’s old friend and longtime lover (who also congratulated the artist before anyone else). And despite the fact that the couple has not yet officially confirmed their relationship, after Drake’s speech dedicated to Rihanna, no one has any doubts that everything is serious between these two.
I've been in love with her since I was 22. She is my best friend and a true living legend in the music industry,
- the rapper began to the approving cries of the audience.
Then Drake remembered how he first met the future star - back in 2005, when RiRi was filming a video for her first single Pon de Replay from her debut album. According to the musician, over the past years the singer has not changed at all.
The coolest thing about her is not even the endless number of awards, but her human qualities. Rihanna has achieved incredible success that not everyone in our industry can achieve by simply being herself - today she is still the same girl from Barbados with the same friends. Yes, we all love videos that change our understanding of the artistic possibilities of video (either Drake was referring to Rihanna’s videos, or Beyoncé and her audiovisual album Lemonade - editor’s note), but above all we love a woman who remains true to herself
— Drake concluded emotionally.
Listening to her boyfriend, the touched Rihanna only smiled embarrassedly: the singer clearly did not expect that he would be so eloquent. The girl was also taken by surprise by the kiss that Drake tried to tear from her lips in the finale: confused, RiRi awkwardly dodged away, not wanting to be affectionate with her lover in front of thousands of people.
However, in her response speech, the singer thanked Drake for his kind words and stated that this was a special evening for her:
My success... It all started with a dream, and now my achievements no longer belong to me alone. This is a shared victory, a shared achievement - my family, my fans, my country, the Caribbean as a whole and women in general - I have to thank everyone who has supported me over the years,
— Rihanna addressed the audience.
RiRi and Drake were greeted with thunderous applause from the stage, and the stars spent the rest of the evening, of course, in each other’s company.
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Drake, 31, was a guest on an HBO talk show called The Shop, hosted by basketball player LeBron James and his partner Maverick Carter. During the conversation, the rapper spoke in detail about his version of the conflict with Kanye West, Pusha T and the G.O.O.D label, as well as about his relationship with. In August 2016, the performer admitted that he had been in love with the singer since he was 22 years old. Then they officially became a couple, kissed at concerts, went on dates and did not hide their relationship, but soon broke up.
Life sometimes turns out in such a way that sometimes it brings us very difficult lessons. For example, once upon a time everyone was talking about my incredible relationship with Rihanna, it really was wonderful. But now this fairy tale no longer exists. “Everything is destroyed,” the rapper admitted.
Drake said that he wanted to start a family with Rihanna, but his dreams were not destined to come true.
RiRi began dating Jamil Hassan at the end of 2016. And last October, Drake became a father. French adult film actress Sophie Brussaux gave birth to a son from him.
Everything I knew before was from the words of my father. But when I became a father myself, I realized that this was an absolutely incredible feeling. Now I understand my mother better, her patience and unconditional love for me,
- he said.
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In connection with the prestigious ceremony, today many of our readers are interested in the relationship between the scandalous couple and Drake. Therefore, we decided to dedicate our material to them.
Rihanna and Drake: relationship history
In connection with the nomination of Rihanna and Drake for the song “Work” (short version), fans of the star duet again began to take an active interest in the couple’s personal relationship. Therefore, we are publishing the complete history of the couple’s relationship with all the joyful and scandalous moments.
Rihanna and Drake's relationship is like a rollercoaster. They were friends, stage colleagues, lovers and bitter enemies. But first things first.
In May 2009, Rihanna and Drake met for the first time at a bowling alley in New York. Drake rapped about this in the song "Fireworks." After rumors spread about the couple's relationship, Riri said in a radio interview that they were only friends.
In a January 2010 interview with XXL magazine, Drake responded in a questionnaire that he was on an "almost date" with Rihanna. Then no one understood what this meant, but rumors about the couple’s romance began to spread at crazy speed. In June 2010, Drake said in the song "Fireworks" that the couple's relationship began while bowling.
In December 2010, Rihanna presented a video for the song "What"s My Name", where Rihanna and Drake starred. The "chemistry" between them was visible to the naked eye, but the star couple still advertised their relationship.
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In February 2011, Drake and Rihanna performed together at the Grammys. They were so relaxed in their movements, passionate that everyone was now talking about their romance.
In April 2012, the couple appeared together in a new film, which struck with the couple’s touching relationship and love text. The video turned out to be thoroughly saturated with lyrics.
In June 2012, Chris Brown showed a wound on his chin, received in a fight with another representative of this musical trend - Canadian rapper Drake. During the party, an unpleasant incident occurred. So, and all because the rappers could not share Rihanna. Drake later spoke about this in one of his interviews.
In March 2014, Drake serenaded Rihanna during a performance in London. Later, he presented the track "Days In The East", which included samples from Rihanna's song "Stay".
In August 2014, fans of the couple noticed a clear cooling in the relationship. During one of the rapper's performances in Toronto, he portrayed Riri as the devil.
But already in May 2015, Rihanna watched Drake perform backstage. And from that moment on, a very romantic (or friendly) phase began in their relationship again. They began working on a music album together again, and fans saw their favorite couple in the joint video for "Work." During this time, they were seen together not only in a music studio, but also while going to clubs and restaurants.
And today everyone is discussing the news that Drake publicly confessed his love to Rihanna during the MTV VMA 2016 and the couple pleased fans with an almost kiss (“almost” because Rihanna was embarrassed and did not show emotions in public).
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While some celebrities are opening a new chapter in their relationships (Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth got married, for example), others are rushing to finish the book, leaving The End on the last page. These include Rihanna and Drake.
These days, both Rihanna and Drake see other people with them. Although they still continue to love each other. They will always be close. Perhaps someday RiRi and Drake will be together, but definitely not now,
— said a source close to the stars.
But last August, Drake publicly confessed his love to Rihanna. Moreover, the singer and rapper got identical tattoos, and the press wrote that their relationship was heading towards marriage. But that was not the case - the young people, who had known each other for seven years and had already met before, broke up again.
According to some Western sources, Drake has been spending the evenings with Instagram star and Westbrooks reality show contestant India Love for several weeks now.
As for Rihanna, the other day a publication appeared on her social network page, addressed, apparently, to haters who blame herself for all the love failures of the Barbadian beauty (the artist’s difficult character is legendary), and her former lovers:
None of my exes ever got married and, in principle, cannot boast of a happy relationship, so I can say with all confidence that the problem was definitely not with me.
Well, we hope that RiRi’s next chosen one will be the one and only.
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A couple of days ago, the news came out like a bolt from the blue that (29)... had changed Rihanna(29) ! Who would have thought, after all, he was just a short time ago, and in general, could anyone be better than the beautiful Ri?
It turns out it can (although it’s hard to believe). At first, Western media wrote that Drake was having fun with the model Dakota Gonzalez, and now a new name has appeared in this story - India Love.
India Love - participant of the show The Westbrooks (doesn’t remind you of anything about the five sisters and their “social” life?), and her Instagram has more than 2.5 million subscribers ( among which, by the way, is Drake). They say she broke up with one of her exes because he cheated on her with Rihanna, and the other, a rapper The Game, recently stated that he slept with Kim(35) and Kourtney Kardashian(37) and Black Tea (28).
It only fuels interest in this story. A picture appeared on her Instagram with the caption: “None of my exes ever got married. Moreover, no one even has a happy relationship, so I can say with confidence: it’s definitely not about me.”
An insider close to the couple says: “Rihanna and Drake are already dating other people. They are no longer together, although they still love each other. It’s just that their schedules don’t allow them to combine relationships with work.” It's funny, because before the couple always found an opportunity to spend at least a little time together - they even had to fly to the other side of the world for this.
I wonder who this “other” Rihanna is dating? Really Chris Brown(27)? Most recently, he said that Drake is too “snotty” for Ri. Like, she likes dangerous guys (like him, says Brown), and this one can only confess his love in public.
We sincerely hope that Rihanna will not step on the same rake twice and will not return to Chris, because back in 2009 he beat the singer right the night before “ Grammy" True, many years later Chris allegedly repented: “I felt like a monster!”
And here is the edition People assures: Rihanna and Drake are still together and all these are just rumors.
Recall that the relationship between Rihanna and Drake began back in 2009 ( just after breaking up with Brown). The musicians met at a bowling alley, then went on dates and dedicated songs to each other. In February 2011, it became known that Drake got into a fight with Brown and almost knocked out his jaw - Rihanna was not divided. And in 2014, Drake serenaded Rihanna during one of his performances in London. In August of the same year, fans noticed that something was wrong - at his concert in Toronto, Drake presented a video in which Rihanna was depicted as the devil. We broke up.