Rihanna’s passport photo from when she was younger has gone viral online, racking up more than 10 million views.
A fan of the Barbados-born singer posted a thread of photos to X, formerly , tracking Rihanna’s career. The first is of a smiling Rihanna as a youngster complete with plaited pigtails and a passport stamp over it.
“Rihanna’s success journey from discovery to fame,” @sevuhxo the post.
Other photos in the thread including an image of Rihanna’s childhood home and another of the singer as a toddler posing with her mom in a church.
Music fans loved the informative thread and marveled over the throwback photos.
“Beautiful thread. Rihanna’s journey is really my favorite rags to riches success story 🥹❤️,” replied @ladidaix.
“the definition of a self made billionaire, from nothing to everything, I’m so endlessly proud of her,” added @ALLUPINY0URMIND.
And @_KeLLs_Daniel wrote: “My most loved and most admired female musician of all time.”
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It’s not the first time the superstar has gone viral this week. Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky, celebrated their son RZA’s second birthday on May 11 in New York City. A video appeared online of Rihanna holding RZA upside down at the event, swaying him side to side as people sing him “Happy Birthday.”
People were divided about how she was holding her son, with many defending the singer, but others saying she was holding him incorrectly.
“Hopefully it’s going viral for being cute because I don’t see a problem here?” @mouthy_mom_ wrote on X.
The couple also have a younger son, Riot, who was born on August 1, 2023. Rihanna opened up on becoming a mom and her growing brood.
“I hoped that I could have kids one day, and I hoped I could have them in love, and I hoped that I can be a part of a family that you know, breaks generational curses and just like, moves forward and does new things, and raises our kids better than we’ve been raised, and all the beautiful things, and it’s happening, and I can’t believe it,” she told Access Hollywood in December.
She also spoke about what it was like to parent with A$AP Rocky, who is also in the music industry.
“I loved him differently as a dad. This is major, major, like—it’s a turn-on, she said. “What a leader, what a great, patient, loving… and my kids are obsessed with him. I’m just a background, like, I’m an extra.”