Woman Armed With Rifle Fires Gunshots Into Rihanna’s House While Singer Is Home – The Hook news

For Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, the shooting came at a stage of life in which her public image has shifted far beyond that of a recording artist alone. The Barbados-born star, now 38, has spent the past decade balancing a music career that made her one of the biggest pop figures of the 21st century with an increasingly expansive business empire and a growing family. Encyclopaedia Britannica identifies her as founder of Fenty Beauty, while Forbes has continued to rank her among America’s richest self-made women. Her business standing has frequently overshadowed the long-running public anticipation over her next studio album.

Rihanna’s last studio album, Anti, was released in 2016. Reuters reported in 2022 that “Lift Me Up”, written for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, was her first new song since Anti, a fact that has helped define the narrative around her musical absence in the years since. Even without regular album releases, her profile has remained unusually strong, sustained by fashion, cosmetics, public appearances and a catalogue of songs that have continued to circulate globally.