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Rihanna poses topless in Italian Vogue
Rihanna poses topless in Italian Vogue

Let us be clear, BU wishes Rihanna well in her chosen career. She has done well if we measure success by the penetration she has made in the world of pop. The BU household has watched her progression with admiration and interest. The recognition which Rihanna has brought to Barbados was rewarded by the government of Barbados last year. After the material possessions were received,  she was given the official papers to be Ambassador for Youth and Culture.

In light of her recent indiscretions and now her topless pose in Vogue Magazine, the question asked by BU and others remains. Should the government of Barbados ask Rihanna to quietly relinquish the post of Ambassador for Youth and Culture? Perhaps given her schooling at the Waterford University she should have the awareness to not wait to be asked.

Since the Chris Brown incident it seems Rihanna has been on a hunt for publicity by any means necessary. We understand these PR stunts all do wonder for her career but what does it do for her image in the eyes of young Barbadians who currently worship her? Rihanna finds herself in a position where she can trod the worn trail or she could use a hoe to chop a new path. She now has the popularity which equips he to  make a positive difference. It seems she is allowing the American pop culture to quickly reel her in.

It is interesting even as we talk of Rihanna’s meteoric rise in the world of pop tongues are wagging about the dizzying spiral which Michael Jackson the King of Pop suffered. He operated in the world of glitz and glamour which is attached to the unavoidable dark side of drugs and stupidity.  Does anyone really think that Michael Jackson died from a few recent injections of benzodiazepines and a reduced dose of propofol? Or was his death secondary to long term use of drugs?

How much of the full or true pathology reported has been released? We have heard about toxicology? Was his heart and kidneys and liver functioning properly in the light of decades of drug abuse? What if…..?

There is a lot Rihanna can learn from how the King of Pop died. Many of us still remember the innocent looking little boy from the Jackson 5 fame. Over the years as he was reeled into the culture of pop his innocence faded and he became what?

Rihanna we wished you well but we urge you to consider relinquishing the title of Ambassador of Youth and Culture.


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275 responses to “The Rise And Fall Of A Star”


  1. Bonny, what u did n’t say was how a normal, young, red-blooded, Bajee lad (as I wish I still wus) should then say to Ri, if not what I suggested, in order to win her hand!! I thought I was being quite romantic but obviously, u doan agree! or, d girls uh dese days doan want nuh romance – which?!! What shoud I say!!

  2. Rodrigo del Caribe Avatar
    Rodrigo del Caribe

    About topless Rihanna : I am a male nudist from Guadeloupe, French Caribbean. Of course, I have b no problen with partial or total nakedness !
    But when someone accepts public position, there are things he (she) may not do. Being Ambassador of Youth and Culture is quite uncompatible with
    doing pictures like this one in question.


  3. Dave, where’d u get the idea that Ri’s ‘fallen’?!! My god, the girl has n’t even reached her pinnacle, yet! My god, wunna people pessimistic, eh?!!


  4. I really don’t care about Rihanna but that is the behavior that is demanded of these female pop stars .I see exposed breasts in Barbados on the streets and in offices everyday.
    ……………………………………………………..
    Couldn’t agree wid u more Fairplay. Barbadian lasses are exposing breasts morning, noon and night with those suffocating bras. Soon from now Government might bring “Breast Laws” for all those ladies committing murder on their breasts. Lol!

    Why the fuss regarding Rihanna? Ain’t she an adult with brains? Come on Guys and Gals, Rihanna is an outstanding star with nuff fame and still rising, forget the Ambassadorial talk, forget Beyonce, forget Halle Berry and the vintage singers like Aretha and Dionne and deal with the facts. Barbados will benefit more from Rihanna instead of Rihanna benefiting from Barbados. Even Bimbro knows good stuff, however I prefer to remain a senior citizen instead of lusting over an international pop wiz that is marketing Barbados ‘fuh free’ Hail Ri Ri, step up to the plate and do yuh ting.

    BP, ain’t you a poor looser!


  5. Hoe-Rihanna


  6. About topless Rihanna : I am a male nudist from Guadeloupe,
    ………………………………………………………
    Buddy or Budda. Two different issues my friend. She still has on clothes, how about you? Topless and Nudity can’t be the same.


  7. Tell me why.
    Seems like I ain’t de only po loser here buddy. You seem ta be losing it too so go an look for a poe ta dribble in.
    By de way, I luv de “Breast Law” ting. Ya bad. Ya had ma crying.
    De nudist from Guadaloupe declare his hand, P-hole. He is a NUDIST. Rihanna is a SUPPOSED singer. Wha one got ta do wid de otha. U cud help me? I confuse. Alison call she a ‘hoe’ so she’s a loser too. Crab-lice shtye. stupsee.

    Rodrigo del Caribe,
    Welcome to BU my friend. A warm welcome. I would like to get access to some of your pics. I’m all for it—–nude camps, that is.

    Bimbro,
    De gurls doan want dah long sermon dat you comin wid man. Get ta de point an fast too. Time you dun wid dah long talk anudda fella grabble she n gone man. Here’s a few lines you could try nex time:
    Hi babes, I lost my numba, can I have yours please.
    Hi babes, I’m lost, can you take me home.
    Anyting so Bim, not dah long sermon man, Sus Crois. Git?
    You is borous cane or wah?
    An ya gotta show a lil ‘roughness’ too, not dis soffy, soffy approach neitha. Git?


  8. IF YOU GOT IT FLAUNT I YOU’RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE LUV YA GAL.


  9. Bimbro, not only are you one of those mad Bajan Brits, but you sure don’t have any notions of finesse either.What kind of woman you expect to get with those kind of chea0p tired lines.Man Bonny won’t look at you a second time with that crap. You got to come good in this day and age Bimbro, you have been in England too long, you need some Bajan sunshine to put some fire in your belly again.


  10. In “local culture” it is perfectly OK for people to get nearly naked on the Spring Garden Highway, gyrate their genitals, perform vertically in the street what most people do horizontally in bed, bump, grind, wuk-up, and get their children started in this behavior at early age in Kiddie Kadooment, and you think a woman exposing her breasts in a far away Italian magazine is going to ruin the morals of Barbados? What are you thinking??????


  11. Lor, Bonny, tanks for dah man! Had me laughing enuf!! But, if duh gun fall fuh dah nonsense-talk den I doan tink I cud bodda wid dem man! I lost my no.!!

    Laaaaaaaadddddddddddddddd!!

    Anyway, thanks fuh telling me, Bon! Now I know an gun mek sure I keep well away from dem, boa!!

    Any other chat-up lines r most welcome from anybody!!

    Yeah, Johhie, it’s easy fuh u to talk but u in give me nuh lines! At lease Bonny give me sum lines I can be working wid!! Put yuh money way yuh mout is an give me sum lines, otherwise it’s jus empty talk!!

    Steupse!!

    Anyway, I still got a sneaking feeling dat my Ri’s more sophisticated dan dat!! I caan believe she would fall fuh dah nonsense, man!!


  12. Look, when I see that hot young thing , I get to thinking as an old lion with his teeth grind down and the old paws none to sharp, what a pity I was not 30 years younger, she would have been eaten before breakfast and by ten o’clock I looking for something else. What is wrong with you old men?

  13. Eddie:BimbroBonny Peppa Avatar
    Eddie:BimbroBonny Peppa

    Bimbro/Bonny Peppa,

    Yes, Madonna is a serious bisexual; and this is an open secret.

    When she first hit international stardom in the early 80’s, she used to flaunt it. (As well as , Grace Jones).
    Madonna even published a soft porn book (I think it was called “SEX”) with colourful photographs of simulated lesbianism (of course, she was included in the photos)

    Through the years, she has tried to soften her image by dating men; marrying, on a couple of occassions, and getting a child.

    I can remember reading an article where she said she didn’t want to leave an embarrassing legacy (my emphasis) for her children. I suspect that is why she has tried to reposition her sexual preferences


  14. Eddie seriously, what is wrong with repositioning one’s sexual preferences over time?
    Surely, it is her life and she is entitled to do as she pleases. You have the right not to purchase her records, watch her on television or any other medium she employes.
    That surely is what freedom within a democracy is all about. Let us not follow the self style cultural, political and racial stalinite that is Adrian. After all look what happen to the house that Stalin built.


  15. Thanks for that Eddie, assuming it’s all accurate. I knew about the book but, if everything else u say is true then, it’s a bit worrying given the fact that she’s raising children!! Anyhow, I leave that to the authorities, boa! I’ve enough of my own to worry about!! Pity, ’cause she’s such a fine singer and performer!!

    Hopefully, the same fate won’t befall our darling, Ri!! Does anybody know how her parents r coping with all the fame and publicity. I’ve only seen a couple of not very clear pics of her Mum, who looked a darling and, of course, her Daddy who lives in Bim! They must be very proud of their famous girl!! I would be!!


  16. Bimbro,

    I don’t want to appear to be knocking Rihanna, for she has her own life to live; but it appears to me that she is walking the same road.

    That’s apparently the problem with “fame and fortune” – Hollywood style!

    Johnny Too Bad
    ——————-
    “…..what is wrong with positioning one’s sexual preferences over time?”

    I can answer this question, if you can tell me what’s right with it?


  17. Bajans are the world’s biggest hyppocrites! With 70% of our population born out of wedlock (yes! MORE than two thirds!) that means that our mothers have been spreading their “nets” far and wide to catch an income, sorry, a man, to give them support!

    It means we have to be watchful in our next generations’ relationships else we find brothers marrying sisters. We all know this to be true! It happens more frequently than we care to admit.

    It means we foop around but talk nasty about everyone else, especially females. We are the world’s greatest moralists…as long as we aren’t forced to do as we say! Yes, sad but true, we are the world’s greatest hyppocrites! A bunch of sanctimonious, two faced, lecherous, unfaithful, gold-digging, like-you for-your-money, disease-spreading losers! (Truth hurts, doesn’t it?) This truth is manifested by us having the highest AIDS and HIV infection rates in this part of the world, after Brazil. (WHO statistics) I.e.,if we weren’t so brashly fooping around we would have a much much lower infection rate.

    And instead of us breaking the cycle, keeping one partner, learning to parent our kids not in the old, hypocritical way, educating our young men and women about fidelity, sexual awareness, responsibility and humanity we continue the cycle and our kids, who learn their behavior and sexual mores from the adults in turn continue the cycle. Then we have the gall to call the Rihannas of our world a slut! We are but a bunch of sad jokers and losers, aren’t we?

    Rihana looks like a Grace Jones, if you must have some familiar reference point, but even better. Grace was revered by the music and art world for her avant garde style and attitude.

    Anyone familiar with Italian art publications and culture will immediately understand the point of reference of her photo shoot. It is tasteful, arty and very well photographed. You cannot see the aureolae of her breasts (tits or nipples for the ignorant) and so it left for the viewer’s imagination. (We are so parochial in our small-minded thinking). If this leans toward smut then that is how the magazine cover will be perceived. If one sees it as art, then art it is and so on. It is Vogue Magazine, for heaven’s sake! Probably the most prestigious fashion publication in the world. And a Barbadian/Guyanese is on it. I am so proud! Aren’t you?

    Who can prove she’s not smart enough to manage her own finances? Just because someone blogs that she’s unable to doesn’t make this the truth. And who can say with certainty that she was an innocent girl going into her career. Naive maybe, until she learned how the industry works, but gullible? Not Robyn Fenty, I assure you. Jackie and her husband Evan Rogers (why do some of you have to mention that he’s white? What’s his color to do with his management ability or his character? Why do Bajans have to bring a human’s color into any debate at all?) have got her back.

    They won’t allow Rihanna to be robbed for the simple reason that their livelihoods depend on their reputations as impeccably honest artiste managers. It’s as simple as that but the nasty-minded provincials here fail to understand that that is how the world works. We do dishonest things, get fired, NEVER get prosecuted and go on to the next job because we have the “Cuh Dear” mentality. “Gi she/he a chance” is the norm and…we end up “tiefing” again. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INDUSTRY. Artiste managers CANNOT afford to lose their good reputations.

    Rihanna, poor soul, gets more nasty grief from her own in her little hometown than from anywhere else in the entire world. And we are so proud as Bajans to tear her down, aren’t we?


  18. Richie if I knew you I would shake your hand . Finally we have a realist on the blog and not a hypocrite . Talk ya talk Richie


  19. I am not surprise at all the negative comments from my people. I do not see anything wrong with with Rihanna Vogue pics. THERE ARE TASTEFULLY DONE. Stop being nieve. She is beautiful enough to do it and she has talent. Wake up my people.

    It is a job in the modeling arena. There is nothing wrong. She is not nude. This is ignorance from my people. Leave the lady alone. If you have nothing good or intelligent to say…say nothing.

    Michael Jackson was put down for various things hey he was my #1 artist and the world was unkind to him. I was so shock when I see how people reacted to his death. Some playing his music that never knew his music as they drive by. What a pity. While he was alive you caused him anxiety with all the nonsense that was said no wonder he was strung out on medication in order to live in this cruel world. Let brotherly love continue.

    We go to Trinidad carnival and Caribanna in Canada and admire the half naked women.

    I go to cropover and most of the girls are almost exposed wucking up and doing dixie RIGHT??? Nobody complain. You can see it right in our offices and on the street. Rihanna is doing great for herself. I hope she continues to do well and as a bajan I will continue to be proud of her. You go girl…So haters love yaselves and stop the madness and crulty to other human beings. Get a reality check. Peace and Love


  20. We keep attacking her every chance we get. There are some sick freaks in Barbadian society advocating this new gay christian culture and no one attacking them. The best thing we can do is accept victimization with a smile , stand up for nothing, and kiss the asses of our exploiters . We are not specialize in morals or ethics so leave Rihanna alone


  21. ?????? what is the —$$#@^%$ debate here ????


  22. Wuhloss,wuhloss, wuhloss, wuhloss.
    It’s a good thing we’re all entitled to OUR opinion. Some for, some against.

    Johnnie,
    I know how you feel not to be 30 yrs younger. I can feel de needddddddddd.


  23. Tammie
    “Michael Jackson was put down for various things……and the world was unkind to him”

    Get your facts straight, Tammie; MJ was unkind to himself.


  24. @Richie:

    Now that you have gotten that off your chest, go have a scotch – straight up!


  25. Pat
    Richie contribution remind me a PDC whun, so I in read much boe. 2 long. At dis age, I lose focus very quick, soul. Ya got ta be concise or Bonny is lose concentrashun.

    Eddie,
    Ya good, as usual. You is a brite fella.


  26. Richie wrote on // September 3, 2009 at 4:25 PM…”Bajans are the world’s biggest hyppocrites! With 70% of our population born out of wedlock … that means that our mothers have been spreading their “nets” far and wide to catch an income, sorry, a man, to give them support…It means we foop around”

    Dear Richie:

    You may understand about international artistes management, but you don’t understand a thing about sociology/anthropology. Having a child out of wedlock does not mean that a woman “foops around” If you will take the time to observe your own society (instead of parroting the views of those who do not know us) you will find that many a woman who has a child out of wedlock, subsequently marries the father of her first child, and those marriages last just as long as any others ; my own mother had 2 children before marriage, but subsequently married her children’s father and remained married to him for more than 60 years, would you accuse my honored mother of being a foopster? Also many a woman who has her first child out of wedlock subsequently marries or lives faithfully with her second child’s father.

    It is absolute nonsense to accuse a woman who has had one man (or two) in a lifetime of “fooping-around”


  27. Have we become a people where we measure success solely in monetary units?

    Is there no room to discuss what is moral or immoral?

    What kind of morals do Barbados wish to promote?


  28. Rihanna’s lyrics are announcing an imminent change that might terrify or enrage some people (”hear the screams from everywhere“). The torches hint to a new spiritual and philosophical era where Lucifer is king. She is “addicted to the thrill” of being on the dark side and she knows that dealing with it is a “dangerous love affair“. But regardless of all of this, it all comes down to control, hence “Only thing that’s on my mind is who gon run this town tonight“.


  29. She says that the game of life is corrupted but she still succeeds because she “breaks the rules”. In other words, she ignores the boundaries between good and evil to achieve her goals. This might remind you of the saying “Do What Thou Wilt” of the Ordo Templi Orientis described above. Those lines refer to her as a person and also to the Order as a whole, who is prepared to commit the most horrible acts to reach its goals. “Victory’s within the mile” means that the realization of the New World Order is at its final stages and that the Illuminati-sponsored revolution is about to happen.


  30. I reiterate; Rihanna does n’t need to mimic Grace Jones or anybody else but stick to ‘just being Rihanna’!! Ri is a giant of the industry, in her own write!!

    Ri probably has as many supporters here as detractors, if not more! And, I’ve no reason to assume that Bajan women r any more promiscuous than most other women. Is n’t the institution of marriage in decline, anyway?!!


  31. So, Bonny, if I used those lines on u, how far would I get!! Would The Roxy b ok for u and, who would u like to c? What would u like for dinner and what would we do for afters!! I got tuh know yuh likes an dislikes if I’m tuh seduce yuh!!

    Laaaaaddddddddddddddd!!


  32. Bimbro,
    I from de ol school so ya wood got ta woo me wid a slowwwwwwwww hand. As long as we’re togetha, anything/place wood do. Everyting else wood fall inta place gracefully.
    How a sound? Dah good fa yu?
    Gotta leave ya now, got a train to ketch.


  33. Thanks Bonny, yeah, that’ll do nicely!! Yardbroom, seems dat some uh d chicks still like d ‘slow-lane’ style uh courting!!

    Laaaaadddddddddddddddd!!

    There may b hope fuh me, yet, eh?!!

    Bonny, I taught u live in Bim an, as far as I know, duh ent nuh trains in Bim!! Wha u doing ketching a train!!

    Lord!!!

    Bonny, when I come to tink about it, dah firse line uh yours song very erotic, indeed!! U sure u behaving yuhself?!!?

    Laaaaaaaaddddddddddddddd!!


  34. The photos were done for ITALIAN VOUGE, not some 2nd class ghetto magazine. Many mags are using singers and actress instead of models in some there photoshoots. Whats the big deal. GO Rhi, Rhi. Just keep your head on.


  35. She is back and more exposed than ever. Continued success in the entertainment world apparently leads to more flashing of the flesh, particularly if you do not have any unique natural talents.

    However, if this is what the image culture wants, you have it, and they are willing to pay for it, more power to you girl.

    You can measure the longevity of today’s entertainers by their facial and body appearance and their willingness to take off their clothing bit by bit over a period of years.

    Their music apparently has little staying power beyond 6 months. Pubic hairs, butt, and nipples next.

    Done in stages this should cover the next 9-10 years, of her career.


  36. Tammie Im with you on this one. As soon as you dont conform to others beliefs you are considered a slut a hoe and everything else in between. Rihanna pose for vogue not playboy, I dont see anything wrong with her photo shoot. Barbadians as so damn judgemental. (Yep Im Barbadian too)This is 2009 not 1969, how many bajan women do you see on a daily basis with shorts up to their burning bush??? please most of yall are such hypocrits. Rihanna has accomplish what a lot of other entertainers in the music industry has not, shes a grammy award winner..meaning shes at the top of her damn game.


  37. LOL…Brimbo and Bonnie get a room…


  38. David let me as you whats moral and immoral…There are priest, pastors and ministers who are more immoral than the average person…how many times have I turned on the tv and see a supposely man of the cloth in handcuffs..please, thread lightly with the word moral.


  39. Adrian, surely, if they did n’t have any talent then anybody could do it, which patently they can’t – thus ends that misconception!!


  40. Sherri // September 4, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    LOL…Brimbo and Bonnie get a room

    *****************

    Sherri, behave yuhself, gal!!

    Lord!! 🙂


  41. Lol Brimbo Im trying but yall making it difficult…lol..lol..lol


  42. Sheri, do u c anything wrong with the way I chatted-up Ri?!! I thought I was quite a gentleman but Bon tells me that’s not what’s required!! Is dat true!!


  43. I saw the way you did..Bon just jealous ah your style…she said you got to wooo her I dont know what dat mean!!!! I still trying to figure this woo thing sound like something ya kill flies wit…lol…lol…lol…lol


  44. @Sherri // September 4, 2009 at 12:49 PM

    So are you trying to say that Bonny trying to spray Bimbro with something to out his light? He musse related to a cockroach!


  45. lmao lmao lmao Robin Hood omg thats tooo damn funny. She talking about this woo mess…girl bye….. either you like him or you dont


  46. Sheri, I’m confused. I was referring to Bonny’s assessment of my courting Rihanna at the top of the page! I thought my efforts were quite admirable but Bonny was n’t impressed. I wonder whether ur any more impressed or, is Bonny right that the young Bajan girls, these days, are n’t looking for romantic words but just getting straight to the point!! For instance, which approach would u prefer, yourself and, how would my patter to Rihanna have gone down with u?!!


  47. I think Bonny’s made her ‘feelings’ pretty clear!!

    Laaaaaaaddddddddddddddd!!

    i.e. highly sexual!!


  48. First of all some of these girls now too damn fast fah me. I have a 17 yr old son and I see how fast and aggressive they are. Bonny might be right in saying the approach is all wrong…these women dont want you if aint got nothing to offer. I’ve been with the same man for 25 yrs so I havent been down that road. What I will tell you is that I have standards and I wont lower them for anyone. So for me you that wont have gone well at all….You woulda have to use your intellect with me. Sorry B


  49. this new haircut was for this video too


  50. Sheri, maybe I should try one of my old tactics from years ago, when I was a randy (sex-mad), young thing! If I saw a chick I fancied and wanted a quick answer from her, yes or no, there’s one question which used always to do the trick!! After checking-out (admiring) her figure, I’d look at her straight and ask her if she was married!! This usually produced instant laughter on her part and, when she’d recovered, would ask me, ‘why do u ask’? ‘do u want to marry me?’ I would instantly reply ‘yes’ or ‘no’, depending on how I was feeling dat day!! Anyhow, dis would no doubt produce more laughter but, if she said the answer was ‘no, she was n’t married’, then I ‘could c the way clear ahead’!! 🙂 Is that the approach which u think I should continue to take in Bim of today?!! Your advice would be much appreciated!! Anyhow, I finish giving advice to d young men pun hay on how tuh chat-up d women, bo! Too many uh dem have been too nasty to me in d past fuh me to help now!!

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