Inside Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s whirlwind relationship as couple welcome second baby-Alicia Adejobi-Entertainment – Metro

Rihanna and A$AP are set to become parents (Picture: AFP, Getty Images)

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have just announced the exciting news that they are expecting a baby after two years of keeping us on the edge of our seats with their romance. 

The couple shared the joyful news with an aptly stylish photo shoot of pregnant Rihanna, 33, showing her baby bump as A$AP, 32, cuddled up next to her. 

As the lovebirds prepare to welcome their first child, here’s a look at where their love story began…. 

The pair have been friends since at least 2012 when they worked on the remix of her song Cockiness, but it wasn’t until January 2020 that sources revealed their friendship had turned romantic. 

From there, A$AP and Rihanna were spotted together on various occasions throughout that year, with the singer even enlisting the Goldie rapper for promo shots for her Fenty Skin range in August 2020. Rumours were only fuelled when they posed on the red carpet at the British Fashion Awards the month prior. 

Their romance appeared to grow serious at the end of 2020, as the rumoured couple were snapped together on Christmas Eve in Barbados, with insiders claiming that A$AP spent the holiday with Rihanna and her family in her hometown.

The couple have been dating since 2020 (Picture: Gotham/GC Images)

RiRi and A$AP will no doubt have the most stylish baby on the block (Picture: Backgrid)

The couple went red carpet official in September at he Met Gala (Picture: Getty Images)

However, they finally went public with their romance in November 2020 before A$AP spoke out about their relationship for the first time.

In an interview with GQ, the rapper described Rihanna as ‘the one’ and ‘the love of my life. My lady’, confirming what we all wanted to know. 

He added: ‘It’s so much better when you got the one. She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She’s the one.’ 

As for whether he saw children in their future, A$AP teased: ‘If that’s in my destiny, absolutely. I think I’d be an incredible, remarkably, overall amazing dad. I would have a very fly child. Very.’

In September 2021, the couple went red carpet official when they rocked up to the Met Gala red carpet together wearing equally cosy duvets.

Since then, it’s been an absolute whirlwind for the power couple with Rihanna giving birth to their first baby in May 2022. It was a year before the pair confirmed they had named their first son Rza after the Wu-Tang Clan rapper of the same name, one of Rihanna and A$AP’s favourite groups.

Motherhood has looked beautiful on Rihanna, who recently opened up on the joys of being a first-time mum.

Rihanna and A$AP looking every inch the power couple at the Met Gala in May 2023 (Picture: GC Images)

And here he is! Welcome to the world, Rza (Picture: SplashNews.com)

Rihanna said one of the joys of motherhood is seeing baby Rza wake up in the mornings (Picture: A$AP ROCKY / Instagram)

Rihanna flaunted some incredible fashion looks while pregnant with baby number two (Picture: SplashNews.com)

A$AP has taken to fatherhood like a duck to water (Pictures: Instagram / Rihanna / Fenty Beauty)

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, she said: ‘Oh my god, the mornings, like, seeing his morning face. Seeing a baby with, like, little bags and waking up and they’re just, like, startled.

‘They’re trying to figure out where they’re at. It’s the cutest, it’s my favourite part of the day.’

Just like his parents, you can bet little Rza is one heck of a stylish baby, proven in the family’s first photo shoot for Vogue.

Sharing an insight into her son’s enviable wardrobe, Rihanna said: ‘You know, I always thought doing kid stuff would be cliche and the obvious thing to do when you have a baby. It’s, like, the obvious next step.

‘But when I went shopping, that’s when I realised like, OK, maybe I need to start making the stuff that I want my kids to wear because it’s hard! I got my own idea.’

In February 2023, Rihanna surprised the world when she revealed she was pregnant with her and A$AP’s second baby while headlining the Super Bowl halftime show.

Less than a year after giving birth to Rza, she was not only adjusting to being pregnant again but having to rehearse for the biggest performance of her career so far.

Their second baby boy was born on August 3 and TMZ confirmed they have chosen another ‘R’ name, although exactly what that is remains to be seen.

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