- Rihanna is pregnant with her third child.
- She is expecting the baby with her husband, rapper A$AP Rocky.
- The announcement was made on May 5th, 2025, during her appearance at the Met Gala.
Global music icon Rihanna is pregnant once again, expecting her third child with husband and rapper A$AP Rocky.
The 37-year-old singer turned heads on Monday, May 5th, 2025, as she was spotted leaving her New York City hotel en route to the Met Gala, proudly displaying her baby bump.
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, who began dating in 2020, are already parents to two sons: RZA, 2, and Riot, 1. This year, Rocky also serves as one of the co-hosts of the prestigious fashion event.
The couple first revealed they were expecting in January 2022, sharing a touching photo shoot in New York. Rihanna wore a pink jacket that revealed her baby bump, while Rocky complemented her in blue. Their first son, RZA Athelston Mayers, was born in May 2022.
In a surprise moment during her Super Bowl halftime performance in February 2023, Rihanna confirmed her second pregnancy while dressed in a striking red outfit. She gave birth to their second son, Riot Rose Mayers, in August of that year.
Rihanna has often spoken about the deep impact motherhood has had on her. In a February interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she said that her children now influence every decision she makes.
“So I have a weird resentment with the things that I love. You almost feel like something is always suffering for you to show up somewhere,” she explained. “And even when you show up there, it’s not 100 percent because there’s something else on the wheel. It’s actually given me a lot more self-guilt. I don’t like letting people down, but I also know that most of that is me letting myself down, which means something has to change, but everything is on the wheel at all times.”
“I have to keep reminding myself that I asked for this, I love this,” she added of motherhood. “I try to figure out a balance so that I can feel fulfilled when I show up to something, so I can feel I don’t have any guilt.”
The “Umbrella” singer also spoke about her sons’ different personalities.
“RZA is just an empath,” she said of her eldest. “He’s so magical. He loves music. He loves melody. He loves books. He loves water. Bath time, swimming, pool, beach, anything.”
Riot, meanwhile, is “hilarious,” Rihanna said.
“When he wakes up, he starts to squeal, scream. Not in a crying way. He just wants to sing,” she added about her second child. “And I’m like, ‘Okay, here we go!’ He’s my alarm in the morning! He’s not taking no for an answer from anyone. I don’t know where he came from, dude.”
Rihanna also told Harper’s Bazaar that the “greatest thing” about Rocky “is seeing him be a dad.”
“I’m annoyed because my sons sometimes just live for him more than they live for me,” she joked. “And I’m like, ‘Did you know who cooked you? Do you know who pushed you out?’ And they love him, but when I see it, oh, it’s the best.”
