Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s rags-to-riches family life: the Fenty Beauty founder and rapper both had humble upbringings, but their first baby will enjoy million-dollar mansions …
- Rihanna and A$AP Rocky had tough childhoods: the rapper lived in a shelter with his mum and sold drugs for a living, while RiRi was abused by her addict dad
- The couple’s property portfolio includes houses in Los Angeles, Barbados and London, and two neighbouring mansions in Beverly Hills, but where will they settle down?
Childhood homes
Rihanna grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow in the parish of St. Michael, Barbados, and at one point A$AP stayed in a Manhattan shelter with his mother. But their child can expect a much more glamorous lifestyle.
Rihanna owns a US$22 million mansion in her home country, where she was named a National Hero in 2021 – only the second woman ever to get the Right Honourable title. Her property portfolio also includes a US$13.8 million manor in Beverly Hills, the US$10 million Tudor-style home just next door, plus a home in London.
A$AP Rocky was raised in Harlem, New York, which was also the location the couple used for their epic pregnancy announcement photo shoot. While his Barbados-born grandmother still lives there, the Back Home rapper later moved down to swanky SoHo. His main abode is a contemporary build worth US$3 million in LA’s West Hollywood neighbourhood, but the rapper also has a pad in London’s Mayfair. Every Thanksgiving, A$AP Rocky donates meals to the Regent Family Residence shelter where he once lived.
Family values
The couple’s childhoods inspired them to create a better life for their future children.
