She has attained fourteen Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far and is the second Barbadian artist to win a Grammy Award. She is also a cultural ambassador for Barbados. In 2021 Rihanna was named a "National Hero" in her home country, earning her the title "The Right Excellent."
Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor, and Monica Fenty, an accountant. Her mother, a native of Guyana, is Afro-Guyanese and her father is Bajan and Irish. She is the oldest of three siblings; two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. She began singing at around the age of seven. Her childhood was deeply affected by her father's addiction to crack cocaine and parent's rocky marriage, which ended when she was fourteen years old. Rihanna attended Charles F. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen. In 2004 she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant. She was an army cadet in a sub-military programme that trained with the military of Barbados and Shontelle was her drill sergeant.
At the age of 15, she formed a girl group with two of her classmates. In 2003, friends introduced Rihanna and her two bandmates to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. The group auditioned for Rogers, who said that "the minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." While auditioning for Rogers, Rihanna sang Destiny's Child's cover of "Emotion". Over the next year, Rihanna and her mom shuttled back and forth to Rogers home in Stamford, Connecticut. Then, shortly after turning 16, she relocated in the United States and moved in with Rogers and his wife. Carl Sturken helped Rihanna record a four-song demo, which included the ballad "The Last Time," a cover of Whitney Houston’s hit "For the Love of You" and what would become her first hit, "Pon de Replay" to send to various recording companies. It took a year to record the demos, because she was going to school and would only record during summer and Christmas school breaks. Rihanna's demo made its way to Def Jam, which invited her to audition for the label's then-president, Jay-Z, who quickly signed her.
Rihanna broke into the recording industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album Music of the Sun, which features the number 2 hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released album artist=Rihanna]A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one single, "SOS, which sampled the popular 80s track "Tainted Love". "Unfaithful" was also released and was fairly successful.
Rihanna released her third album Good Girl Gone Bad in June 2007. Prior to the release of the album, she spent the week of the Grammys writing songs for the album with Ne-Yo. She adopted a more sexual image while recording the album, eventually dying her hair black and cutting it short. Rihanna worked with Timbaland and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, as well as previous musical collaborators such as Stargate, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers to re-imagine her album compositions with uptempo dance tracks. Rihanna commented, "I want to keep people dancing but still be soulful at the same time. You feel different every album, and [at] this stage I feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo [songs]."
The album topped the charts in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Russia and Ireland, and peaked at number two in the United States and Australia. Unlike previous work, the album featured a more dance-pop sound instead of the dancehall, reggae and ballad styles. The album received positive reviews by critics, becoming her most critically acclaimed album at that time compared to her previous efforts.
It yielded eight hit singles - "Umbrella" "Shut Up and Drive", "Don't Stop The Music" "Hate That I Love You" "Rehab" "Disturbia" "Take A Bow" "If I Never See Your Face Again" - all singles reaching the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 — including the worldwide number-one hit "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z.
In addition to reaching number one in various countries, "Umbrella" was the number one single in the United Kingdom for ten consecutive weeks, making it the longest-running number-one single since Wet Wet Wet's single "Love Is All Around" spent fifteen weeks at the top in 1994. The song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007 published by Rolling Stone magazine. In 2008, "Umbrella" earned Rihanna and Jay-Z a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It managed to stay at number one in the United Kingdom for 10 weeks, the longest time spent by a female and in the 21st century, on this chart.
"Umbrella" has also been recognised in various forms of accolades by the music press. The song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007, published by the music magazine Rolling Stone. Time magazine also listed the song number three on their Top 10 Songs of 2007. The song is listed number one on Entertainment Weekly magazine's list of the 10 Best Singles of 2007, while topping the magazine's poll for the best single of 2007. Blender magazine awarded the song Song of the Year in their Readers' Poll 2007. The music press has considered "Umbrella" as 2007's Song of the Summer, while The New York Times writer Kelefa Sanneh regarded it as "arguably 2007's signature slow jam".
In August 2009, Rihanna collaborated with Jay-Z and Kanye West on "Run This Town." The song peaked at number two on Billboard Hot 100 and also reached the top ten in five other countries. She appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia for the September 2009 Issue. The shoot was influenced by Rihanna's hair, which she had cut for the shoot into a mohawk-like style. The style of the shoot was Extreme Couture and very dark, and in one shot she appeared semi-nude. Rihanna performed "Run This Town" along with Jay-Z and West for the "Answer the Call" concert at Madison Square Garden in September 2009, making it her first musical performance since the altercation with Brown. The trio also performed "Run This Town," on the premiere of The Jay Leno Show on September 14, 2009.
In November of 2009, Rated R was released in the wake of a physical altercation with romantic interest Chris Brown, who pled guilty to felony assault. The album's lead single, "Russian Roulette" -- written with Ne-Yo - was one of the year's most controversial singles. The album also includes collaborations with Tricky, The-Dream, Stargate, and SRP.
One year later, Rihanna released her fifth studio album called Loud. It's lead single, "Only Girl (In the World)", reached number one in more than ten countries. The song also won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
Talk That Talk was released one year after Loud. With the song "We Found Love", Rihanna became the fastest solo artist in the chart's history to achieve twenty Hot 100 top-ten singles, breaking the previous record set by Madonna. The song later became her eleventh number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. "You Da One" became the second single from the album but was not as successful as "We Found Love". The third single from the album, "Talk That Talk" featuring Jay-Z, was announced on Rihanna's Twitter. The fourth single, "Where Have You Been", peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.
On February 20, 2012, Rihanna and Chris Brown released 2 remixes, one featuring the "Talk That Talk" album track "Birthday Cake" and the other featuring Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music"
In April 2012, the singer appeared in the movie "Battleship", which is based on the game of the same name.
Rihanna's seventh album Unapologetic was released on November 19, 2012; it was preceded by the lead single Diamonds, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Rihanna's twelfth number one single on the chart and tying her with Madonna and The Supremes for the fourth-most number ones in the chart's history.
On January 28, 2016, Rihanna released her eighth studio album ANTI exclusively through streaming service Tidal. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming Rihanna's second number one and eighth top ten album on the chart. The album was supported by the release of four singles including the lead single "Work" featuring Drake, which topped the Billboard Hot 100. Further platinum singles "Needed Me" and "Love on the Brain" both peaked inside the top ten of the Hot 100. In 2016, Rihanna was featured on several singles. The first collaboration was Calvin Harris' "This Is What You Came For," which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the United Kingdom. Rihanna was also featured on Drake's "Too Good" from his album Views and Mike Will Made It's single, "Nothing Is Promised". On June 27, 2016, Rihanna released "Sledgehammer", the lead single from the Star Trek Beyond soundtrack. On August 28, Rihanna was honored with the MTV Video Vanguard Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Rihanna was elected artist of the decade of 2010 by Pitchfork, Insider, Lofficiel among other major music magazines.
In October 2022, Rihanna released "Lift Me Up" from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, marking her first solo single since 2016's "Love On The Brain". It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 in the UK. The song was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award, making it Rihanna's first nomination in both awards. On February 12, 2023, she performed at the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, marking her first performance since the 2018 Grammy Awards. Her Halftime show became the second most watched Halftime show of all time with 118.7 million viewers, just after Lady Gaga’s (117.5 million), but behind Katy Perry’s (121 million).
Fresh Off The Runway
Rihanna Lyrics
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I hear you boy
I see you walk
Love it, then come and get it
I know that ya fuckin' wid it
Ya see me, ya like it, huh?
Heels Givenchy, huh?
Plus where da fourty at?
I'm fucking ya cheap thrill on top of my fifty mill
He eating-the-cake-killa
He on it, but don't kill her
My jewelers are diamond rollers
My rock, chinchilla
Some more raw fun, I'm rolling like rock stars
I got fifty muthafuckers in my watch with my Benz down
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so Fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
Venus I'm outta coast, my bitches don't know
Fuck wit' her, my designer drip to the fucking flo'
Be out in that, they like 'em in all them honey stuffs
Monas are rolling loudies, and my bitches so Bvalgari
Bodies of Dulcattis'll do what the fuck you want
I bet you niggas gon' be like bitch dis my fucking song
How could you be so hood, but you so fucking pop?
How could you be so fun, and sound like you selling rocks?
What's in the chain dollars?
What's on my chain dollars?
All of the bank dollars got change for small dollars
Everything plain dollars
I was in the back line, I'm standing in the bank line
You throwin' up the gang signs
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so Fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
I bet you wanna know what my crew about
You really wanna know how we get down
Walk up in this bitch like we own this ho
Own this ho, like we own this ho
I bet you wanna know what I'm all about
You really wanna know how I get down
Walk up in this bitch like I own the ho
I own the ho
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
The song Fresh Off The Runway by Rihanna is a boastful and confident track that glorifies wealth, fame and status. The opening lines set the tone of the song as Rihanna sees a man walking and acknowledges his presence. The chorus celebrates being fresh and current, while the lyrics in the verses flaunt luxuries such as expensive designer brands and jewelry, a high net worth, and the ability to stand in bank lines without worry. The overall mood of the song is provocative and bold, emphasizing Rihanna's ability to bask in her success and show off her wealth to the world.
One particularly interesting aspect of this song is the prominent use of the phrase "fresh off the runway," which conjures up images of a stylish and expensive lifestyle. Other notable features include the use of strong rhymes, repetition, and metaphors to convey Rihanna’s success and confidence. Additionally, the use of the word "ho" can be seen as problematic or controversial, particularly in relation to its usage in hip-hop culture. Nevertheless, the song remains a popular party anthem and a fan favorite in the Rihanna discography.
Line by Line Meaning
I see you walk
I am aware of your presence
I hear you boy
I am acknowledging you
I see you walk
I am aware of your presence
Love it, then come and get it
If you like what you see, then pursue me
I know that ya fuckin' wid it
I am aware that you find me attractive
Ya see me, ya like it, huh?
You are looking at me and enjoying what you see
Heels Givenchy, huh?
I am dressed in Givenchy heels
Love it, then play it back
If you enjoy what you see, continue pursuing me
Plus where da forty at?
Where are the forty ounces of alcohol?
I'm fucking ya cheap thrill on top of my fifty mill
I am having a casual fling on top of my $50 million net worth
He eating-the-cake-killa
He is devouring me
He on it, but don't kill her
He is actively pursuing me, but not to the point of harming me
My jewelers are diamond rollers
The people who make my jewelry are experts in diamonds
My rock, chinchilla
My diamond is set in a chinchilla fur bracelet
Some more raw fun, I'm rolling like rock stars
I am having fun like a rock star with no script
I got fifty muthafuckers in my watch with my Benz down
I have a watch with fifty diamonds and my Benz car is parked nearby
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
I am fresh and new like newly-off-the-runway fashion
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
My group and I are all fresh and new
Venus I'm outta coast, my bitches don't know
I am traveling on the coast of Venus and my friends are unaware
Fuck wit' her, my designer drip to the fucking flo'
If you mess with me, I will cause a scene with my designer clothing
Monas are rolling loudies, and my bitches so Bvalgari
I am smoking marijuana and my friends are wearing Bvlgari jewelry
Bodies of Dulcattis'll do what the fuck you want
I have a willing and able body that can do anything you want
I bet you niggas gon' be like bitch dis my fucking song
People will most likely claim that this song belongs to them
How could you be so hood, but you so fucking pop?
How can I embrace my humble beginnings and still be mainstream?
How could you be so fun, and sound like you selling rocks?
How can I have fun and still maintain an appearance that suggests I am a drug dealer?
What's in the chain dollars?
What is the monetary value of my chain?
What's on my chain dollars?
What is the design of my chain?
All of the bank dollars got change for small dollars
I have plenty of large bills, but can give change for small bills
Everything plain dollars
All of my possessions are worth a lot of money
I was in the back line, I'm standing in the bank line
I used to be in line for poverty, now I am in line for wealth
You throwin' up the gang signs
You are gesturing with gang symbols
I bet you wanna know what my crew about
You are curious about my group of friends
You really wanna know how we get down
You are genuinely interested in what we do and how we do it
Walk up in this bitch like we own this ho
We confidently walk into this establishment as if we are the owners
Own this ho, like we own this ho
We exert our ownership over this establishment
I bet you wanna know what I'm all about
You are curious about me and what makes me tick
Walk up in this bitch like I own the ho
I confidently walk into this establishment as if I am the owner
I own the ho
I assert my ownership and control over this establishment
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Robyn Fenty, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Terius Nash
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@haticewaldorf8991
I see you walk
I hear you boy
I see you walk
Love it, then come and get it
I know that ya fuckin' wid it
Ya see me, ya like it, huh?
Heels Givenchy, huh?
Love it, then play it back
Plus where da fourty at?
I'm fucking ya cheap thrill on top of my fifty mill
He eating-the-cake-killa
He on it, but don't kill her
My jewelers are diamond rollers
My rock, chinchilla
Some more raw fun, I'm rolling like rock stars
I got fifty muthafuckers in my watch with my Benz down
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so Fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
Venus I'm outta coast, my bitches don't know
Fuck wit' her, my designer drip to the fucking flo'
Be out in that, they like 'em in all them honey stuffs
Monas are rolling loudies, and my bitches so Bvalgari
Bodies of Dulcattis'll do what the fuck you want
I bet you niggas gon' be like bitch dis my fucking song
How could you be so hood, but you so fucking pop?
How could you be so fun, and sound like you selling rocks?
What's in the chain dollars?
What's on my chain dollars?
All of the bank dollars got change for small dollars
Everything plain dollars
I was in the back line, I'm standing in the bank line
You throwin' up the gang signs
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so Fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
I bet you wanna know what my crew about
You really wanna know how we get down
Walk up in this bitch like we own this ho
Own this ho, like we own this ho
I bet you wanna know what I'm all about
You really wanna know how I get down
Walk up in this bitch like I own the ho
I own the ho
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
@vincenzolococo2786
Traduzione italiana
Ti vedo camminare
Ti sento ragazzo
Ti vedo camminare
Lo amo, allora vieni e prendilo
So che stai facendo s**so con esso
Mi vedi, ti piaccio, huh?
Tacco Givenchy, huh?
Ti piace? Allora riproducilo
Più di dove si trova il 40
Ti sto s**pando un brivido conveniente sopra il mio 50 mil
Stiamo mangiando la torta di killa, proprietario di esso, ma non uccidetela
I miei gioielli sono un rullo di diamante
Il mio rock un cincillà
Ancora un po' di crudo divertimento, sto rollando come le rock star
Ho 50 figli di p**tana nel mio orologio con il mio bandz
Fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco aspetta
Da Phoenix alla costa
Le mie p**tane non lo sanno
F**tere con loro, il mio design gocciola sul f**tuto pavimento
Essere fuori da ciò, a loro piacciono le cose sdolcinate
Rotolando così grasse d'amante e le mie p**tane vedono Bugatti
Corpi e Ducatti faranno quel c**zo che vuoi
Scommetto che voi nere direte p**tana questa è la mia canzone
Come fai ad essere così urbano, ma sei così f**tutamente pop
Come hai potuto essere così divertente e sembrare che tu stia vendendo delle pietre
Cosa c'è nella collana, dollari?
Cosa c'è sulla mia collana, dollari?
Tutti i dollari delle banche sono stati cambiati per dollari in piccolo taglio
Tutto, semplici dollari
Ero sulla linea di fondo, sto sulla linea di fondo, alzano i loro segni di gang
Fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco aspetta
Ti vedo camminare,
Ti sento ragazzo
Vedo i tuoi passi
Scommetto che vuoi sapere com'è il mio staff
Vuoi sapere davvero come ci buttiamo giù
Entriamo in questo c**zo di posto, come se noi avessimo una p**tana
Avessi una p**tana, come noi avessimo una p**tana
Scommetto che vorresti sapere come sono fatta
Vuoi sapere come ci buttiamo giù
Entro in questo ca**o di posto, come se io avessi una p**tana
Avessi una p**tana
Uh-huh
Fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco aspetta
Ti vedo camminare,
Ti sento ragazzo
Vedo i tuoi passi
Fresco, fresco di passerella
Fresco, fresco di passerella
@mevludeackgoz2030
I see you walk
I hear you boy
I see you walk
Love it, then come and get it
I know that ya fuckin' wid it
Ya see me, ya like it, huh?
Heels Givenchy, huh?
Love it, then play it back
Plus where da fourty at?
I'm fucking ya cheap thrill on top of my fifty mill
He eating-the-cake-killa
He on it, but don't kill her
My jewelers are diamond rollers
My rock, chinchilla
Some more raw fun, I'm rolling like rock stars
I got fifty muthafuckers in my watch with my Benz down
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so Fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
Venus I'm outta coast, my bitches don't know
Fuck wit' her, my designer drip to the fucking flo'
Be out in that, they like 'em in all them honey stuffs
Monas are rolling loudies, and my bitches so Bvalgari
Bodies of Dulcattis'll do what the fuck you want
I bet you niggas gon' be like bitch dis my fucking song
How could you be so hood, but you so fucking pop?
How could you be so fun, and sound like you selling rocks?
What's in the chain dollars?
What's on my chain dollars?
All of the bank dollars got change for small dollars
Everything plain dollars
I was in the back line, I'm standing in the bank line
You throwin' up the gang signs
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so Fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
I bet you wanna know what my crew about
You really wanna know how we get down
Walk up in this bitch like we own this ho
Own this ho, like we own this ho
I bet you wanna know what I'm all about
You really wanna know how I get down
Walk up in this bitch like I own the ho
I own the ho
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off hold up
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
Fresh off the runway, fresh off the runway
We so fresh off the runway, we so fresh off the runway
@TheAngel81191
2023 and it still hits!
@salma5124
Victoria's secret brought me here
@lailacreations4883
+Salma Kha Same Here
@GeminiChon
lol I seen those vids
@josiemallari158
Salma Kha same
@soyel_97
Salma Kha me too
@pia7853
Salma Kha same
@emanuelemarzio
THIS BEAT!!! NOBODY FEELS IT LIKE I DO
@JR-oe6dw
I have to disagree. This song gets no love but when I first heard it when it came out, it was instantly my favorite and still show out when it comes on !!!!!!! It is the absolute best :)
@hoonbinn1750
Still into her catwalk🔥🔥🔥