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From Friends to Parents! See Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s Relationship Timeline From 2012 to Today

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Aug 21, 2023 5:00 pm·

By Elisabeth McGowan

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She wants him to stay! Rihanna and A$AP Rocky formed a strong bond as friends first then lovers later and now, parents! As fellow music artists, the pair worked together before they started dating. From performing as the opening act a few times throughout Rihanna’s 2013 Diamonds tour to his successful “Fashion Killa” music video, A$AP Rocky was there for the “Stay” singer since the start of their bond. They’re now inseparable, having sparked engagement and marriage rumors throughout their time together.

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Scroll through the gallery to see A$AP Rocky and Rihanna’s relationship timeline.

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2012

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky performed a remix of Rihanna’s “Cockiness (I Love It)” at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.

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2013

A$AP Rocky performed as the opening act for Rihanna’s Diamonds world tour from March to May and again in October and November.

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2013

Rihanna appeared in the rapper’s “Fashion Killa” music video, which even includes the lyric, “Her attitude Rihanna, she get it from her mama.”

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A$AP Rocky in concert, ComplexCon 2021 at the Long Beach Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA 07 Nov 2021

2015

A$AP Rocky shut down relationship rumors. “It never happened,” he said in May regarding his and Rihanna’s rumored romance in an interview with the New York City radio station Hot 97.

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2018

The duo were sitting in the front row of the late Virgil Abloh’s debut Louis Vuitton show in June.

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2019

The couple appeared on the red carpet together for the first time at the Fashion Awards in December.

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2020

After Us Weekly confirmed Rihanna’s split from Hassan Jameel, she was spotted with A$AP Rocky at a concert in January.

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2020

A$AP appeared alongside Lil’ Nax X in Rihanna’s 2020 Fenty Skin campaign.

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2020

The two celebrated Christmas together on a yacht in Barbados.

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2021

A$AP referred to Rihanna as “The One” in a May interview with GQ. “She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones,” he said. “I think when you know, you know.”

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Rihanna and Boyfriend ASAP Rocky Pack On the PDA During Fun-Filled Date Night at Barcade in NYC

2021

The couple enjoyed a date night at New York City’s Barcade in June.

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2021

Rihanna and A$AP attended the Met Gala together in September. The “Disturbia” artist wore an all-black ensemble, complimented with a matching cap, while her boyfriend wore a colorful cover over his simple black tuxedo.

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2022

On January 31, 2022, news broke that Rihanna is pregnant and expecting the pair’s first child together.

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Rihanna & A$AP Rocky's Relationship Timeline

April 2022

On April 14, 2022, rumors began swirling that the couple had called it quits amid allegations that the “Wave Gods” rapper had cheated with Fenty shoe designer Amina Muaddi. Though Amina quickly denied the “malicious” rumors and fashion influencer Louis Pisano apologized for spreading the rumor, the “Disturbia” singer and her beau have remained silent.

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April 2022

On April 16, 2022, the couple was spotted landing in the “Umbrella” singer’s home country, Barbados, clearly unfazed by the cheating rumors. Their visit to the Caribbean island comes just days after Rihanna told Vogue that she’d like to raise their child at “home.”

“Rocky asked me recently if I had a dream place, where would it be? I told him home, Barbados,” she said. “I always imagined it being that way.”

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Rihanna ASAP Rocky Relationship Timeline

April 2022

On April 20, 2022, upon arriving back in Los Angeles from their Barbados getaway, Rocky was arrested at LAX in connection with a November 2021 shooting, the LAPD confirmed via a press release. The rapper and his pregnant girlfriend were arriving via private plane when he was taken into custody.

Rocky was released on a $550,000 bond later that afternoon, In Touch confirmed at the time.

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May 2022

A source confirmed to Life & Style that Rihanna welcomed her and A$AP’s first child together in May 2022. The “Diamonds” singer gave birth to a baby boy in Los Angeles.

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From Friends to Parents! See Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s Relationship Timeline From 2012 to Today

October 2022

Parents’ night out! The couple matched for a rare red carpet appearance while attending the Wakanda Forever film premiere.

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November 2022

The performer gushed about her feelings for Rocky, telling Access Hollywood, “It’s amazing to have a friendship be the center of our entire family, I really love it.”
She continued about motherhood, “[It’s] not a chapter, it’s like a new book. Life starts over when you become a parent. It’s life that you’ve never known before,” adding about their son, “When he looks at me in my eyes, my whole soul … I can’t tell if it’s cold or hot.”
The performer also gushed about her partner, telling the outlet, “It’s amazing to have a friendship be the center of our entire family, I really love it,”

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Rihanna A$AP Rocky Relationship Timeline

January 2023

The look of love! The rapper adoringly gazed at his talented girlfriend as they attended the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

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February 2023

A$AP looked on lovingly as Rihanna performed at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show. While on stage, the couple confirmed that they were expecting baby No. 2 together.

Later that same month, the “Diamonds” singer gushed over being “best friends” with the rapper in the couple’s British Vogue interview.

“We have to be on the same page, but we’ve always kind of had that in our relationship,” she added. “Everything changes when you have a baby but I wouldn’t say it’s done anything but made us closer.”

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May 2023

Rihanna and A$AP looked incredible when they hit the Met Gala red carpet, even though they were *so* late.

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June 2023

Wait, what!? A$AP called Rihanna his wife during the 2023 Cannes Lions Festival. “I’d like to dedicate this song to my beautiful wife in the motherf–king building!” he told the crowd, before he and Rihanna reunited in the VIP section with friends after the show.

Reps for A$AP and Rihanna did not immediately respond to Life & Style‘s request for comment.

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August 2023

Rihanna gave birth to their second child in August 2023, Life & Style can confirm. “They only shared the news with close friends and family,” a source revealed. “They just want to focus all their attention on their beautiful baby right now.”