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TWO KIDS LATER, RIHANNA IS BACK IN BUSINESS

It’s only been eight years, but Rihanna is secretly back in the recording studio working on her next album. Years ago Rihanna took a $10 million advance from Live Nation and part of the deal was that she was supposed to release a new album a few years back. Her unexpected second pregnancy changed those plans, but now she’s spending most of her time in New York at a studio in Brooklyn recording her latest album. My source explains that Rihanna didn’t want to pay back the $10 million plus interest so she forced herself to get into the studio. She’s hoping to keep the project top-secret until it’s complete, which is why she’s been seen around New York wearing a T-shirt that says I’M RETIRED.

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA Rihanna at opening of Fenty Hair in NYC

LEAVE IT TO KANYE TO COMPLICATE MATTERS

Turns out Rihanna is having super problems getting a sidekick for her Super Bowl performance. As is custom in halftime performances, the main act usually shares the stage with other performers who they’ve worked with in the past. When she first signed on, Rihanna was planning to do her song, Four Five Seconds with her originals collaborators Paul McCartney and Kanye West, but that was before Kayne went cuckoo and started praising Hitler. Producers made it clear Kayne is persona non grata, so she’s scrambling to replace him. Of course, she can console herself with the fact that her performance will be ideal to promote her Fenty clothing collection, and sales are expected to zoooom…

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