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Rihanna Named Harvard’s Humanitarian Of The Year
Rihanna has been named the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year. The Grammy Award-winning singer will receive the Harvard Foundation‘s Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at a ceremony scheduled for Feb. 28. Rihanna is being honored for several philanthropic efforts. She built a state-of-the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat breast cancer in her home nation of Barbados. She created the Clara and Lionel Foundation Scholarship Program — named for her grandparents — for students attending college in the U.S. from Caribbean countries. She also supports the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen Project to provide children with access to education in more than…
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RIHANNA & DRAKE HAVE BEEN ‘SECRETLY DATING’
Rihanna and Drake are reunited and it feels so good. At least that’s what PEOPLE is reporting. On Thursday (May 5), the magazine revealed that the “Work” duo has been “secretly dating for months,” according to an anonymous source. If their relationship is back on, it marks a reunion for the “Take Care” and “What’s My Name?” collaborators, who have been fueling romantic rumors for some time now. In 2010, Rihanna told Angie Martinez that there was chemistry between the two superstars. “I definitely was attracted to Drake, but I think it is what it is, like it was what it was,” she said at the time (via CNN). “We…
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Desiigner’s “Panda” Hits No. 1 On Billboard
Desiigner has just netted his first number one hit on Billboard with his first single ever, “Panda.” 18-year old rapper Desiigner just pulled off something that neither Future or Drake has yet to do, have a single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. What a time to be alive. The song bumped Rihanna‘s single “Work” from the top of the Billboard 100 chart. According to Billboard, Desiigner and his single are making history too. It’s the first song by an American artist to top the chart in 41 weeks. The 18-year old is also the youngest artist to top the chart since Chris Brown did it back in…
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Rihanna First Artist in RIAA History to Earn 100 Million Song Awards
Bad gal Rihanna sure has a lot to celebrate this month. Still buzzing after her latest album went certified platinum a week ago, the ANTI singer was ecstatic upon learning she is the first artist to ever earn 100 million song awards yesterday afternoon. “Thank you to my kill team, NAVY we’re the 1ST & ONLY in history to be @RIAA_awards certified with 100M song awards and…..#ANTI is PLATINUM! Thank u for the love! Glory be to God!!!,” she wrote on Instagram after the news was announced. Rihanna also thanked her Navy of fans for their unconditional support, which can be viewed above along with tweets from RIAA and Roc Nation.…
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Australia to Ban Chris Brown?
Chris Brown’s criminal conviction for assaulting Rihanna in 2009 could possibly end his upcoming tour stops in Australia and New Zealand, as authorities are contemplating declining his pending visa application. Michaelia Cash, the country’s Minister for Women, says that the 26-year-old entertainer is “not of the character that we expect in Australia.” Cash held a press conference to discuss a new national domestic violence prevention program and she told the audience, “People need to understand, if you are going to commit domestic violence and you want to travel around the world, there are going to be countries that say to you, ‘You cannot come in.” This comes just after Floyd…
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