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Rihanna, Barbadian Hero

The news that Rakim Mayers was arrested last Wednesday in Los Angeles after vacationing in Barbados with his girlfriend Rihanna breathed life into a simmering concern many Barbadians have to her being named a national hero of Barbados last year. Rakim Mayers aka A$AP Rocky – an American rapper – is charged with assault with…

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The news that Rakim Mayers was arrested last Wednesday in Los Angeles after vacationing in Barbados with his girlfriend Rihanna breathed life into a simmering concern many Barbadians have to her being named a national hero of Barbados last year.

Rakim Mayers aka A$AP Rocky – an American rapper – is charged with assault with a deadly weapon in a non fatal shooting. He was released on a $550,000 bond – see report A$AP Rocky Arrested at LAX. There is the saying all PR is good PR, the blogmaster is unsure local government officials will agree given the recent event.

Although it is the boyfriend of national hero Rihanna who has generated the PR for Barbados, Barbadians who disagreed with Prime Minister Mia Mottley declaring Rihanna a national hero are unsurprised at the report this week out of Los Angeles. Rihanna achieved billionaire status because she operates in a space that is characterized as a commercial culture. Therefore her deportment in public and social circle will display characteristics that clash with traditional expectations of what a national hero should represent. The conflict for many Barbadians does not mean Rihanna has not achieved phenomenal success, it boils down to how a conservative Barbados perceives what are the characteristics a national hero should possess. 

The blogmaster is ambivalent to Rihanna given national hero status. She has demonstrated extraordinary business acumen and talent as an entertainer in a ultra-competitive business. She has also done her part as a philanthropist. All the more incredible, she has achieved phenomenal success coming from a 2×3 island. She deserves the title of Phenon. That said many voicing disapproval of her appointment sees a conflict between behaviour required to support her business objectives and the valueset that should define a Barbadian boy and girl. 

It must be repeated the majority of Barbadians are proud of what Robyn Rihanna Fenty has achieved. Too often the concern many Barbadians have at her elevation to national hero status is conflated with irrelevant positions coloured by political and narrow interest.

201 responses to “Rihanna, Barbadian Hero”

  1. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Yes I have supported Rihanna but current events demands a speaking of the truth whether all likes it or not
    The past couple years have shown that the heroes of the past like NELSON and others larger than life large figures names came in harsh criticism
    Needles to say those who had held these heroes in high esteem facing with a truth had to face facts
    And so it is with Rhianna
    Need I say more

  2. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    “Before Rhianna became the Barbados National hero. Her day to day ongoing gave little of concern.”
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Before becoming a National Hero, Rihanna was appointed Youth Ambassador by the previous administration.

    Are you ‘saying’ “her day to day ongoing gave little of concern” during the time she was Ambassador?

  3. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Heather
    I don’t waste my time with faux intellects talking shiiite. Everyone is entitled to their opinion NOT their own facts. Get up good.

  4. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    A$AP Rocky pleads NOT guilty your honour. He is an upstanding citizen who pays his taxes.
    Rappers are NOT gangstas or thugs they are poets, artists, prophets, actors, performers, business people and ghetto news reporters like a Black CNN.

    #Snot #ASAPRocky #Doja
    $NOT & A$AP Rocky – Doja

    Doja / A$AP Rocky
    Niggas got me fucked up
    No cap (Dee B got that heat)

    Why these niggas talkin’ fuckin’ shit?
    I-I-I told ’em pipe down, I don’t need no little bitch (huh?)
    I’ll fuck that bitch named Doja Cat, pull up in a Scat Pack
    Windows tinted all black (go, go), bulletproof and all that (go)

    Fuck that, fuck you
    Fuck that, fuck you, fuck that

    Bro, I’m posted like a bandit, choppa take your fucking candy (huh?)
    Fuck your ho, I’ll leave her stranded, come and get her, she just landed
    I got stamina, I be that soldier, that boy damage ya (huh?)
    Four-five just let it go, push a nigga that want smoke (boom)
    He want smoke? Let me know, I got smoke like Bobby Hill (boom, boom)
    Jack and Jill, rocket pills, Perky make him fuckin’ choke (yeah)

    I be spazzed out, passed out, talk your shit, change, bruh (go)
    Meet your fate, extendo clip, .38 to your face (oof)
    It’s okay, choppa spray, it’s gon’ fuck your bitch today (roof)
    I’m a demon, I be dancin’, got more fashion, that bitch braggin’ (yeah)
    Stop that cappin’ with no action, I be laughin’, ain’t no stressin’
    Smith & Wesson when I’m steppin’, try to black out them sticks (go)
    You a funny, you get blitzed, walk around, I’m like a lick (go)
    Lollipop, you get shot, pick your body up and drop

    Man, them niggas got me (Dee B got that heat)
    Them niggas got me, them niggas got me fucked up

    Why these niggas talkin’ fuckin’ shit?
    I-I-I told ’em pipe down, I don’t need no little bitch (huh?)
    I’ll fuck that bitch named Doja Cat, pull up in a Scat Pack
    Windows tinted all black (go, go), bulletproof and all that (go)

    Fuck that, fuck you
    Fuck that, fuck you, fuck that

    Army boots, army bomber jacket like what’s happening, cunt? (Huh?)
    Lay your hand upon my fabric, then we scrappin’, cunt (uh)
    Broad day wave a automatic, like, what’s happenin’? (Fuck that)
    My pistol rick and rafing, your bitch matching with my fashion (uh)

    Uh, silly cunt
    Down town, up town, really where we from? (Woadie)
    Call my slatt, call my slag, fuck you jackin’
    Call the lads, tell them order foreign gas, now we battlin’
    Tried to tell you it’s more than rap, hold the mic with my right
    Throw a jab, autograph, throw a dab with my left
    And all of that (all of that, all of that), yeah

    Watch them sprint like they white (white)
    Like my windows with that tint, invite your widow to my tent
    I fucked my first milf at like ten, don’t want no fishbowl in that bitch
    I need my windows five percent

    Man, them niggas got me (Dee B got that heat)
    Them niggas got me, them niggas got me fucked up

    Why these niggas talkin’ fuckin’ shit?
    I-I-I told ’em pipe down, I don’t need no little bitch (huh?)
    I’ll fuck that bitch named Doja Cat, pull up in a Scat Pack
    Windows tinted all black (go, go), bulletproof and all that (go)

    Fuck that, fuck you
    Fuck that, fuck you, fuck that
    Fuck that, fuck that, fuck that, fuck that
    Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you

  5. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    I refused to be cross examined on a current issue that speaks to facts
    Her being Ambassador even though a thought of concern did not rise to this level of distasteful discourse in international media
    Hence her image remainded as one connected to her business
    In this current situation the status of being hero being pregnant and scantily dressed with head shaking exposures along with her boyfriend recent run in with the law has many to asked what kind of hero does she represent to the image of Barbados
    A forceful and straightforward
    question which needs to be answered by govt and Rihanna supporters

  6. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    #FENTYFACE 🍑
    A Good Girl Gone Bad.
    A Global Citizen.

    Rihanna represents a New Barbados.
    It’s a New Day a New Way.

    A New Page.
    A New Chapter.
    A New Book.

    The Making Of The Rihanna Book

    Consideration (Dance Remixes)

  7. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    Heather
    I don’t waste my time with faux intellects talking shiiite. Everyone is entitled to their opinion NOT their own facts. Get up good.

    @Artax since in your opinion,I am a faux intellect, Why waste your time responding to what I write. Don’t you have better things to do.? Life is too short to waste time.

  8. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    @Theo You said that Rihanna cannot be held responsible for the actions of others. That is not necessarily true.
    There was a case in Barbados a while ago on which the newspaper reported. The man and presumabl her boyfriend caused a young woman physical injury. There was a court case.. Cable and Wireless said it was damaging to their reputation that this was carried in the news and she was fired. She did nothing wrong but sought justice. I doubt she was responsible for the physical injury that was caused. Reputational damage is a serious thing and it should not be treated lightly.

  9. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    “Her being Ambassador even though a thought of concern did not rise to this level of distasteful discourse in international media.”

    UTTER NONSENSE!!!!!

    Wasn’t Rihanna involved in a relationship with Chris Brown, which the media described as “notoriously turbulent?”

    What does ‘A$AP Rocky’ being arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon have to do with Rihanna and how does it reflect negatively on her?

    You are essentially ‘raking the bottom of the barrel’ looking for some nonsense to justify your criticisms.

  10. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    Heather April 22, 2022 4:00 PM #: “@Artax since in your opinion,I am a faux intellect, Why waste your time responding to what I write. Don’t you have better things to do.? Life is too short to waste time.”

    @ Heather

    You should have REFERRED your above comments TO Enuff…..

    ………. NOT Artaxerxes!!!

    LEAVE ME OUT uh wunnuh t’ing.

  11. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    @ Heather

    Enuff April 22, 2022 2:49 PM

    Heather
    I don’t waste my time with faux intellects talking shiiite. Everyone is entitled to their opinion NOT their own facts. Get up good.

  12. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Hahaaaaaaaa! Heather de Ponzi specialist head so hot, she confused.

  13. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    The noose gets tighter

    as Rihanna gears up for birth
    A$AP Rocky is reportedly under threat of going to prison for ‘up to 14 years’ in connection to a 2021 assault case with an acquaintance.

    HollywoodLife insiders brought this news to light only recently.

    According to their findings, the rapper has been charged with an assault felony according to reports by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and is currently out on a bail worth $550,000.

    Rocky’s attorney Yeretsian, explained the potential danger of Rocky being convicted and explained that in such a case he may be forced to appear for the charges, and may even be locked away for some time.

    According to sources, all this directly coincides with the upcoming birth of his unborn child with Rihanna.

    Due to this, Rocky may even miss out on the first few months of his child’s life, if convicted.

    For those unversed, the minimum charge is six months while assault with a deadly weapon usually carries a four-year sentence, on its own.

    At the same time, however, the DA’s office may file an enhancement alleging ‘personal use of a firearm’, which may bump the sentence to an additional 3 or even 10 years.

  14. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    The blogmaster is ambivalent to Rihanna given national hero status. She has demonstrated extraordinary business acumen and talent as an entertainer in a ultra-competitive business. She has also done her part as a philanthropist. All the more incredible, she has achieved phenomenal success coming from a 2×3 island

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    RIHANNA OWES ALL HER SUCCESS TO AMERICA URBAN CITY CULTURE AND BLACK AMERICANS SUCH AS JAY Z AND BEYONCE OF ROCK NATION.

    THERE ARE QUITE A FEW RIHANNAS IN USA WHO OPERATE WITHIN USA SUB CULTURE AND ARE SUCCESSFUL BOTH AS SINGERS AND MOVIE ACTORS.

    ANYONE REMEBER TUPAC, BIGGIE IRIE, AND MANY OTHERS MALE OR FEMALE RAPPERS/SINGERS..

    WHO IS SHE GOING TO BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER THAN THUGS AND CRIMINAL CHRIS BROWN ETC AND SEVERAL OTHERS OF THE BAD BOY CULTURE.

    NATIONAL AWARD YES BUT NOT NATIONAL HERO.

    JOKE TO ANY RIGHT THINKING INDIVIDUAL.

    YOU CAN’T LAY DOWN WITH DOGS AND NOT EXPECT TO GET FLEAS AT SOME POINT.

    AGAIN A REFLECTION OF SOME OF THE BACKWARD THINKING ON THE 2 x 3 ISLAND.

  15. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Yet the worst is not over I made mention when her pregnancy pictures made headlines
    I stated awaiting for the next shoe to drop
    For all of Rhianna supporters the white establishment having part ownership in the Fenty brand would not sit back and allow their partnership interest be dragged into trashy media headlines these people are quick to find an exit to support their better side
    Rhianna came our of Barbados guided by a moral code
    She broke the code and she will pay a heavy price

  16. John2 Avatar
    John2

    What is that moral code she broke ?

  17. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    Sorry Artax!

  18. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    John2April 22, 2022 5:56 PM

    What is that moral code she broke
    Xccc
    Are u Rhianna lawyer well in that case I plead the fifth

  19. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    Small minded Enuff. Brain the size of a pea. No wonder nothing sensible comes out.

  20. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Been watching the Fenty stock trading
    Today showing it drop a few points in minus territory

  21. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    @Heather
    I am no lawyer, but if the case is as you described and if there is justice in Barbados, then I will take this case.

  22. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Putting 1+1 together and making six.
    Do not take financial advice from AC.

    Stock prices tend to go up and down

    (Louis Vuitton)
    The Fenty brand, founded in 2017 (France), from 2095 sister brands and 4608 competing brands. Fenty is owned by LVMH, listed on the stock exchange of Paris

    In 2021 with a valuation of $329 billion, LVMH became the most valuable company in Europe. LVMH controls around 60 subsidiaries that each manage a small number of prestigious brands, 75 in total. These include Christian Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Loewe, Loro Piana, Kenzo, Celine, Fenty, Princess Yachts, TAG Heuer and Bulgari.

  23. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    March 18, 2022
    Rihanna lingerie brand is not yet on the market.

    .”Savage X Fenty stock is not yet available to purchase on any exchange. But it’s expected to go public soon. Here’s what we know — and how to buy stocks when it launches.

    What we know about the Savage X Fenty IPO
    There’s speculation that Savage X Fenty is planning an IPO. We’re unable to confirm that news, and Savage X Fenty has not yet filed a viewable Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. We’ll update this page with information as it becomes available.

  24. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    “On 12 May 2019 the fashion house Fenty, styled as FEИTY, created by singer Rihanna was launched by LVMH in Paris. It is the first new fashion house by LVMH in 32 years and she is the first woman of colour to head a brand under LVMH.”

    The Fenty brand is just a small part of Luis Vuitton.

  25. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Bottom line
    The Fenty brand is just a small part of Luis Vuitton and the change in the stock price of LVMH may have absolutely nothing to do with what happen to R Fenty . Or her lover.

  26. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Heather
    I could set up a meeting turn tho! The dunciest people on this blog tend to always describe others as peabrained. Submitting a letter riddled with feelings and lacking in facts to BU and BT does not make you smart. And it ain’t only me that noticed you’re a clown. Look how Shanna Wentzel destroyed you the other day.🤣
    Heather Cole – “Shanna Wentzel You are incorrect niche does not mean getting a smaller share of the market. It means that the product is more specialized. Heritage tourism for Barbados could be huge if it were focused on the Barbadian Earlier Diaspora that settled in the America South e.g marketed to the populations of North Carolina and South Carolina and the other Caribbean islands, both planter class, and the enslaved. Then there is the middle period of persons who went to England after the war and never returned. There is also the more recent period of persons who migrated to the US and Canada who would also be possibly interested in searching for their roots in Barbados.”

    Shanna Wentzel – “Heather Cole So what do you think a more specialized product is? It’s niche. 🤣🤣🤣 and something specialized is very specific and does not appeal to the entire market. I don’t need you to tell me about heritage tourism I didn’t even address that topic.”

  27. John Avatar
    John

    https://imgur.com/dbAgAMm

  28. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    John is that object a family member of yours
    Hope u not laughing cause not much of difference between his and Rhianna
    Which makes for the asking what is he carrying in that huge tank

  29. John2 Avatar
    John2

    So if he can show off his why can she show off hers ?

  30. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @David “The news that Rakim Mayers was arrested last Wednesday in Los Angeles.”

    We all know that American policemen too love arresting young black men.

  31. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @David “a conservative Barbados”

    But David. Barbados does not meet anybody’s definition of a conservative society.

    Pragmatic? Yes. [Me too]

    Hypocritical? Yes [Me too]

    But conservative? No, no, no.

  32. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @Critical Analyzer April 22, 2022 7:19 AM “National Hero status is a lifetime achievement award and should never be awarded before age 60,only after a lifetime of achievement.”

    This doesn’t make sense. Rihanna has achieved more in her 34 years than most of us plodders [some of whom were “still living home at ma at 34”] have achieved in a lifetime

    @Critical Analyzer April 22, 2022 7:19 AM “National Heroes should also automatically have an autobiography written as part of the award.”

    It should not be an autobiography. It should be a well researched critical biography. Neither the hero nor the government should do this though. But academics should.

  33. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @angela cox April 22, 2022 7:27 AM “Yes criticism of her present pregancy attire is warranted her being in the public eye and she has not hide.”

    No. The criticism is NOT warranted. People like you really need to mind your own business.

    In 2022 you really expect a pregnant woman to hide? What for?

    She had sex. Every 34 year old that we ALL know has had sex by age 34 or long before. IAnd this includes us, our parents, spouses, siblings, children [and the pastors too]. And almost none of us were married at the time either.

  34. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @angela cox April 22, 2022 7:27 AM “Not expecting her to be a Mither Theresa.”

    What do we really know about Mother Theresa?

    And who told us what we know? And what was the motivation of the story teller?

  35. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @angela cox April 22, 2022 7:27 AM “Her boyfriend handcuffed before the world is also another attachment to her name.”

    No it is NOT.

    The man has not been tried nor convicted, but even if he had been how are his actions are Rihanna’s responsibility?

    Isn’t it time that we stop blaming women for the actions or alleged actions of MEN.

    All over the world tens of millions of MEN, but significantly fewer women are arrested, and many millions are tried and convicted, but no reasonable jury attempts to punish women for the actions of their boyfriends.

    What madness are you suggesting?

    ALL ADULTS are responsible for their own actions.

  36. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @angela cox April 22, 2022 8:19 AM “Names mentioned having similar atrocities are not attached to individuals who are considered heroes.”

    What atrocities are you talking about.

    Has somebody committed war crimes or genocide?

  37. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    Sargeant April 22, 2022 8:01 AM “BTW I believe the chap’s name is Mayers.”

    A Mayers from St. John too. One of our own grandboys.

  38. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    Some old people have been washing their mouths on young people since at least the time of Plato, that’s about 2,500 years ago. It is what some old people do best.

    ““Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.”

  39. David Avatar
    David

    @enuff

    You expressed similar concerns about Heather’s submissions in her earlier postings?

  40. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @William Skinner April 22, 2022 8:43 AM “Rihanna should have waited until she was 60 to selflessly promote Barbados; until she was 60 to give school children tablets during the peak of COVID; until she was 60 to put a wing on the hospital.”

    Please note that I have not criticized Rihanna.

    Some hypocritical Bajans would have wanted her to wait until she is 60 and fully mature before she had any children.

    Idiots.

    Lol!

    P.S, The elderly primigravida is defined as a woman who goes into pregnancy for the first time at the age of 35 years or older.

  41. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @TheOGazerts April 22, 2022 9:12 AM “I doubt a member of the billionaire’s club would be risking his reputation in a $12M dollar scam.”

    Ya killin’ me Theo.

    Lol!

  42. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @Heather April 22, 2022 4:11 PM ” The man and presumabl her boyfriend caused a young woman physical injury. There was a court case.. Cable and Wireless said it was damaging to their reputation that this was carried in the news and she was fired.”

    If I understand you correctly a woman was assaulted by her boyfriend. The company where she worked read a newspaper report of the incident and fired the female employee because they felt that the public report of the incident damaged their reputation.

    And you quote this as something salutary?

    If what you say is true it seems to me as a reasonable person that a gross injustice was done to the female employee by her boyfriend AND by her employer.

    We should be careful NOT to follow bad examples.

  43. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @angela cox April 22, 2022 5:44 PM “For all of Rhianna supporters the white establishment having part ownership in the Fenty brand would not sit back and allow their partnership interest be dragged into trashy media headlines these people are quick to find an exit to support their better side.”

    What better side?

    Lol!

  44. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    John April 22, 2022 7:38 PM

    A self portrait of John at 7:38 PM

  45. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    Reactionary NOT conservative.

  46. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    Up and On Ri-Ri.

    I admit too being a fake Cawmerian

  47. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    David
    You as the blogmaster know my position very well, but I don’t ask for your backing when the cabal blue blister me–sometimes in the vilest way. What concerns did they express about my previous postings? Wuh bout Heather? Have you ever asked either? So why ask me?
    If you gonna call me peabrained, at least able to set up a meeting turn.
    You can’t complain about voter apathy, but support disinformation and misinformation.

  48. David Avatar
    David

    @Enuff

    The blogmaster is aware of your political perspective. One you stoutly defend as is your right.

  49. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    “Putting 1+1 together and making six.
    Do not take financial advice from AC.”
    TheO, this has been known for years. But she did discover what debt was post 2018.

  50. John Avatar
    John

    Cuhdear BajanApril 23, 2022 12:46 AM

    John April 22, 2022 7:38 PM

    A self portrait of John at 7:38 PM

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    I am alot clearer, every gloriously fantastic square inch of my naked body.

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