Rihanna replaces ‘matching Drake tattoo’ with new ink as she enjoys date night with boyfriend A$AP Rocky

Rihanna’s eagle-eyed fans managed to see past her loved-up display with boyfriend A$AP Rocky to notice that she has covered her ‘matching Drake tattoo’. 

Love was in the air for Rihanna, 33, and A$AP, 32, as they headed on a date night in New York City on Wednesday evening. 

Strutting along in a chic pink minidress, Rihanna wore a pair of snakeskin-print sandals that left the tattoo across her left ankle visible. However, it looks a lot different than before with the formerly camouflaged shark now replaced by a crown. 

Rihanna got the shark tattoo around September 2016 and weeks later, Drake was seen with a similar design on his right arm. 

According to Vanity Fair, the ink was inspired by a stuffed toy shark that Drake gave Rihanna while they were dating. 

Keith McCurdy aka Bang Bang, the tattoo artist who worked on Rihanna’s design, told the publication at the time: ‘The significance is personal. That’s really all I can say. 

‘I’ve seen many people guessing the meaning online, but it’s not my place to share publicly. I will say, I’ve made many tattoos for Rihanna and this one was my favourite!’ 

He added: ‘The description she gave me was a camouflage shark. So I designed three different versions while on the flight down and she ended up liking one.’ 

Reacting to Rihanna replacing the shark, one fan tweeted: ‘Y’all Rihanna covered Drake’s shark tattoo and i am simply not okay.’ 

‘Rihanna covered up the matching tattoo she had with drake lmao don’t nobody feel my pain i promise,’ another commented. 

Another weighed in: ‘Whao. Rihanna covered her shark tattoo with Drake. She def moves on.’ 

‘Rihanna covered up the tattoo her and Drake share lol. She’s gone with Rocky. She still had it when she was with the billionaire,’ one fan noted. 

The Work hitmaker was first linked to A$AP in early 2020 following her split from billionaire businessman Hassan Jameel, who she dated for three years. 

It wasn’t until his spread with GQ in April that A$AP confirmed he and Rihanna were in a relationship. 

‘[Relationships are] so much better when you got the One. She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones,’ he told the magazine. 

‘I think when you know, you know. She’s the One,’ he added. 

Rihanna and Drake were rumoured to be romantically involved for years but they’re now on friendly terms.

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