A$AP Rocky Says Rihanna ‘Changed a Lot’ After Becoming a Mom, But ‘This Woman Has Always Been Magic’
Plus, Mariah Carey and SZA shared praise for the pop star and beauty mogul.
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As Rihanna‘s longtime partner and father of her three children, A$AP Rocky knows better than anyone how the Fenty mogul has changed over the years — and how she hasn’t.
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In Ri’s new W Magazine cover issue published Tuesday (April 21), the rapper — along with several other famous names — shared his favorite tidbits about the singer and fashion mogul. Noting that he and Rih love watching documentaries and films together, sharing a particular passion for the 2007 Héctor Lavoe biopic El Cantante, Rocky said that “she has changed a lot” in the years since they first met, “because she became a mother in that time span.”
“That certainly changes you,” Rocky continued. “But this woman has always been magic. Philosophically, the way she operates is on another level. She is the most charming and genuine person on Earth. Her energy is unmatched —one of a kind. I just adore her.”
Ri and Rocky had been friends since the early 2010s, before their relationship turned romantic around 2020. In 2022, they became parents, welcoming baby boy RZA, followed by son Riot Rose the next year. Last September, the couple expanded into a family of five with the arrival of daughter Rocki, who adorably posed with her mom on the cover of W.
Other notable figures who contributed to the Rihanna love fest were Mariah Carey and SZA, both of whom also go way back with the Barbadian superstar. Mimi gushed that Ri, whom she met through “mutual friend Jay-Z,” is a “real girl’s girl” and looked back on the viral moment in 2024 when the “Umbrella” singer asked Carey to autograph her chest at a concert. “Mariah Carey is signing my t-t y’all,” Ri cheered at the time. “This s–t is f–king epic!”
“She brings such great energy!” the vocalist said of Rihanna. “The chest-signing moment was a li’l out of the ordinary, but I thought it was hilarious!”
One person who’d definitely agree that Ri is a “girl’s girl” is SZA, who shared one of her favorite memories of the icon. “We were about to perform at the Brit Awards in 2016,” the R&B hitmaker recalled. “I had no experience and definitely didn’t know where the hell I was or what this meant. It was suggested that I basically wear a curtain and disappear, and when I told her, she immediately said, ‘Hell, no! We need you to look hot!’ She made sure I got to pick whatever I wanted and looked cute.”
See Rihanna and Rocki on the cover of W below.
