A$AP Rocky Recalls How His Mom Wanted Him to Break Up With Ex-Girlfriend to Get With Rihanna

Trending on Billboard There’s no limit to a mother’s intuition. Long before A$AP Rocky and Rihanna were partners and parents of three kids together, they were just friends - but the rapper says his mom always knew they were meant to be more. In a clip from an upcoming episode of New York Times ‘ Popcast posted Wednesday (Jan. 14), Rocky recalled how his mom, Renee, kept trying to get him and the Fenty mogul together years before they actually did. “My mother used to say s-t, like, ‘I know you like this girl that you with right now’ - I ain’t gonna say no names - ‘but I want you with RiRi,'” he shared. “It’s like, ‘Ma, why you keep saying that? That girl don’t even want me like that,'” Rocky continued of what he used to tell his mother about Ri. “‘But we cool, Mom. Like, that’s just my friend, chill.'” But his mom would insist, “I’m telling you, she’s real,” and of course, Renee ended up being right. “Mothers know best,” the hip-hop star emphasized. In the clip, Rocky also spoke about how Ri added clarity to his life and helped him realize which of his relationships weren’t beneficial. “Being with my girl took a blindfold off,” he told the hosts. “She’ll tell you, like, ‘That’s not your friend. That, that’s your friend.'” The two musicians have now been in a relationship for at least five or six years, becoming closer during the coronavirus pandemic. They now share two sons, 3-year-old RZA and 2-year-old Riot Rose, as well as a daughter named Rocki, whom they welcomed in September. And according to Ri, they might just be adding a fourth soon. In the comments of an Instagram video about wanting to get pregnant in 2026, the hitmaker wrote recently, “So I’m not crazy then? Bet!” Rocky is currently gearing up to release his long-awaited album, Don’t Be Dumb , which is due out Friday (Jan. 16). So far, fans have heard “Helicopter” and “Punk Rocky” from the LP. See the clip of Rocky talking about his mom and Ri below.

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