Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's second child was born at the beginning of August. Now a first family photo has been published. Her youngest family member is wearing a pink jumpsuit.
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- According to US media reports, the Grammy winner gave birth to her second child at the beginning of August.
- After it was first rumored to be a girl, it is said to be a second boy for Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.
- Now there is a first family photo with the offspring.
- The child is wearing a pink suit with a matching cap.
Rihanna is notoriously sparse with information about her newborn and reveals details in slices.
Even the birth of the youngest member of the family was a secret story that only became public almost three weeks later. Until it became public that she had given birth to a boy after her son RZA Athelston Mayers, who was born in May 2022, misinformation about the gender was circulating. Certain US media outlets falsely claimed that it was a girl.
Even the first name was delivered in bits and pieces: First it was learned that the name would begin with the letter R, like that of her first son RZA Athelston Mayers.
Around a month after the birth, Rihanna (35) and A$AP Rocky (34) finally revealed his full name: Riot Rose Mayers, named after the nicknames of the famous Wu-Tang members, they say. "Riot" was also the name of the song dad A$AP Rocky produced with Pharell Williams. The parents could therefore have decided on the name quite early on.
While many parents send out birth cards with a baby photo shortly after the birth, or publish the first cute little hand photo on Instagram, the celebrity couple took their time. Until today. Because now, to the delight of their fans, there is finally a photo that also shows the little boy's face.
Photographer Miles "Diggzy" Diggs, whose profile is full of celebrities, had the honor of publishing the photo on his Instagram account. Rihanna and A$AP Rocky seem to have a special relationship with him, as Diggzy was also the one who dropped the baby bomb of the first pregnancy.
As a reminder, while many believed the announcement photo, which revealed Rihanna's bare baby bump draped in chains under a pink coat, was a spontaneous shot, they were wrong. In fact, it was a meticulously planned photo shoot - organized precisely by this gentleman. And Diggzy wasn't far behind with baby bombshell number two either, helping to spread the Super Bowl photos on social media.
Baby boy wears pink
Back to the new family photo. What is immediately noticeable: son Riot Rose Mayers is wearing a pink jumpsuit and a matching hat with a bow, which you would classically associate with a girl. But you've done the math without Rihanna. She stands for breaking established norms.
By confidently showing off her sexy pregnancy and emphasizing her baby bump wherever she could, she is now considered a revolutionary in maternity fashion. The superstar couldn't do much with boring maternity wear. She also seems to want to normalize public breastfeeding and posted a photo of herself breastfeeding her first son while she was pregnant with her second.
Has she taken gender-neutral children's fashion to heart, or is the media being led around by the nose?
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