The nation’s new Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, bestowed the latest honor upon the “Diamonds” songstress in an early morning ceremony in Bridgetown before a jubilant crowd including such dignitaries as Prince Charles, Sky News reports. She was previously appointed an honorary Ambassador for Culture and Youth of Barbados in 2018. With her vast collection of Grammys, AMAs, VMAs, platinum records and an estimated $1.7 billion in the bank, superstar singer and lingerie/makeup mogul Rihanna was already a champion to anyone with ears and eyes, but her native Barbados made it official Tuesday, giving her the title of “national hero.”Īt midnight, the island officially fired Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, ending 55 years of her reign there-and four centuries of British rule-becoming the world’s newest republic, where Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in 1988 and raised in Bridgetown.
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