Rihanna Honoured A National Hero As Barbados Island Becomes Republic

Grammy award-winning Barbadian singer, Rihanna has received a high honour from her home country  

The 33-year-old billionaire, according to Forbes, was named a National Hero by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley in a ceremony marking the country’s split from the United Kingdom to become a republic.

The event took place in Rihanna’s hometown, the country’s capital, Bridgetown on Monday night.

In a video of the ceremony, Rihanna was called up before the crowd as she walked up to Mottley to accept her new title, wearing an orange silk dress, strappy heels and a black face mask.

The Prime Minister said to Rihana: “On behalf of a grateful nation, but an even prouder people, we, therefore, present to you, the designee, for the national hero of Barbados, Ambassador Robyn Rihanna Fenty.”

“May you continue to shine like a diamond and continue to bring honour to your nation by your words, by your actions, and to do credit wherever you shall go,” Mottley added, referring to Rihanna’s 2012 chart-topping single “Diamonds”.

The honour has only been given to 11 people, and the “Umbrella” singer is the second woman to receive it.

She was previously named Ambassador to Barbados in 2018.