Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are a Family of 4 — Meet RZA and Riot
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"It's not necessarily everyone's dream to be a mom but it's mine," Rihanna told Extra in October 2019. Three years later, Rihanna's dream came true when she gave birth to her first child, a baby boy named RZA, with boyfriend A$AP Rocky in May 2022. Then in August 2023, the couple's second baby arrived, another boy named Riot.
In the year-plus since RZA was born, Rihanna and Rocky have shared a couple of adorable glimpses of him, from social media to their family's spread in British Vogue. Rocky even featured the tiny tot in his ad for Beats by Dre that dropped on July 20. And now, just a few months after welcoming Riot, Rihanna and Rocky have shared the first photos of him, per People.
Rihanna and Rocky first connected during the early 2010s. After the rapper hopped on a remix of Rihanna's song "Cockiness (Love It)" in 2011, the rapper joined her on her "Diamonds" world tour in 2013. Over the next few years, the pair attended several public events together and even did a joint photo shoot for Fenty Skin at one point. They sparked dating rumors time and time again, but it wasn't until November 2020 that they officially became a couple. Fast-forward to today, they're proud parents of two!
Despite being some of the biggest musicians in the world, Rihanna and Rocky have successfully managed to keep details about their kids under wraps. Ahead, find out everything we do know about the pair's adorable family — and see the cutest snaps they've shared.
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's Son, RZA
Rihanna gave birth to her first child with A$AP Rocky in Los Angeles in May 2022. On May 19, 2022, TMZ broke the news that the couple had welcomed a baby boy, which was confirmed by Entertainment Tonight shortly after. Rihanna and Rocky remained mum about their son for the first few months of parenthood; they didn't immediately share photos or videos of him and waited to reveal his name. In a November 2022 interview with the Associated Press, Rihanna explained why they initially chose not to share their baby's name publicly. "We just didn't get around to it yet, really. We've just been living," she said. "But I guess there's a certain freedom that comes with kind of just like getting it out there."
Since then, Rihanna and Rocky have gradually opened up about their experience raising their son. The "Love on the Brain" singer told ET in November 2022 that her mornings have completely changed since becoming a mother. "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 favorite part of the day," she said. "He's amazing, he's a happy baby."
In December 2022, Rihanna gave the world a first glimpse at her son on TikTok. The clip showed the infant giggling while sitting in a car seat. Rihanna could also be heard in the background laughing as she asks her son, "You tryna get Mommy's phone?" The baby then reaches out his hand and grabs the phone from his mother. "Hacked," Rihanna captioned her TikTok.
Rocky told Zane Lowe in a Jan. 18 interview that becoming a father has given him a new "perspective" on life. "It honestly helps you get home to your family and get home to your baby. And I can't even explain it, man. You come home to heaven every day. I'm so thankful. God is good, man," he said.
On their son's first birthday, the couple officially revealed his name: RZA. Since then, he's starred in ads for his mom's Savage X Fenty brand, as well as one with his dad for Beats by Dre. During the commercial, Rihanna can be heard asking Rocky off camera, "Babe, can you go to the store? We ran out of diapers." The rapper then races to a bodega and grabs a package of diapers, which just so happens to have baby RZA's face printed on it.
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's Son, Riot Rose
On Aug. 21, Entertainment Tonight confirmed that Rihanna and Rocky welcomed their second child together, though no other details about the little one were revealed at the time. A source told ET, "Rihanna and ASAP will spend the early days of parenthood out of the public eye and won't make any immediate plans to debut the new baby."
Those plans changed on Sept. 19 when People published photos of the two posed with their newborn son.