Some people mark another trip around the sun with a slice of cake. Others opt for a night out with friends. But when you’re Rihanna, birthdays are treated as the full production they deserve — and when your partner is A$AP Rocky, expect diamonds to be involved.
The Fenty Beauty founder turned 38 on Feb. 20, and Rocky wasted no time making the occasion feel as grand as the woman at the center of it. The couple celebrated with a private dinner at Giorgio Baldi, their go-to Italian haunt tucked into Santa Monica Canyon in Los Angeles. Rocky had arranged for the restaurant to be adorned with silver balloons spelling out “Happy Birthday” — a personal touch that set the tone for what was still to come.
But the real surprise came later that evening. After dinner, the couple checked into a luxury hotel, where Rocky had arranged for their presidential suite to be filled with diamonds, according to a source close to the pair. It was the kind of romantic gesture that sounds almost too cinematic to be real — and yet, for this particular couple, it feels perfectly on brand.
Rihanna and Rocky: A Love Story Years in the Making
The two have been publicly linked since 2020, but their connection runs far deeper than a relationship timeline suggests. Long before romance entered the picture, Rihanna and Rocky shared a close friendship that spanned years — one that, according to Rocky, laid the foundation for everything that followed.
In a candid conversation on Popcast, Rocky recalled that his mother had seen the potential in their bond long before he did. She had consistently encouraged him to pursue Rihanna, even when Rocky brushed it off as wishful thinking. He eventually came around to her point of view, reflecting that the timing of their romantic relationship was exactly right — that neither of them would have been ready for it any earlier. He pointed to the many parallels in their lives, including being born the same year and his father hailing from Barbados, the same country where Rihanna grew up, as signs that the connection was something more than coincidence.
A Partnership Grounded in Friendship
Rihanna has echoed that sentiment in her own words. In her Harper’s Bazaar March 2025 cover story, she spoke warmly about how Rocky often brings them back to their roots as friends — reminding her, amid the demands of careers, parenthood, and public life, of the easy, joyful bond they shared before everything else. It’s a grounding ritual that speaks to the durability of what they’ve built together.
The couple are now parents to three children: RZA, Riot, and their youngest, baby Rocki.
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Rihanna at 38: Still Rewriting the Rules
At 38, Rihanna sits at the intersection of cultural icon and hands-on mother, still commanding attention without seemingly trying. Whether she’s running a global beauty empire, raising three kids, or receiving a suite full of diamonds from her partner, she does it all with the same effortless magnetism that made the world fall for her in the first place.
And if her 38th birthday is any indication, the years ahead look nothing short of spectacular.
Source: Harper’s Bazzar
