Barbados superstar Rihanna has shown keen interest in collaborating with fast-rising Nigerian vocalist, Ayra Starr.
Since bursting onto the music scene, Starr has consistently praised and admired Riri, considering the opportunity to work together as a dream come true.
“I adore Rihanna. My biggest inspiration is her. My matriarch is her. She reigns as my queen. Her “Anti” album is classic. I always listen to it. I’m understanding it more and more as I listen to it. I’m really fond of it.
“What I’ve heard from Rihanna is that I should be myself and know who I am; whatever works for me is okay, and if something doesn’t work for me, that’s okay too. I will simply be myself in every circumstance,” Aryra Starr once said in an interview with Rolling Stone.
Interestingly, it was Rihanna herself who initiated the collaboration when the two met at her recent Fenty event. The duo was captured on video engaging in a conversation on the elegant black carpet.
Rihanna revealed to Ayra Starr that her cousin from Barbados introduced her to the Nigerian star’s music, especially after Starr expressed her deep affection for the Caribbean island, considering it her favourite place in the world.
The mother of two said, “I’ve been hearing of Ayra Starr, I don’t know who but my cousin she was like, ‘Oh my God I got this [song] from Ayra Starr.’ She was obsessed with you.”
She then asked, “Do you have a song with Tems?”
Ayra Starr replied, “That’s my sister. We do have songs but we don’t have a song [out] yet. But soon..”
Rihanna added, “You got an extra verse for me? Call me.”
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