{"id":38272,"date":"2019-06-07T08:37:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T08:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africagiant.org\/?p=38272"},"modified":"2019-06-07T08:37:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T08:37:45","slug":"rihanna-an-african-giant-becomes-worlds-richest-female-musician-overthrows-beyonce-madonna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulyne.wp-warriors.com\/?p=38272","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna, an African Giant becomes world&#8217;s richest female musician overthrows Beyonce, Madonna"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38272\" class=\"elementor elementor-38272\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd0a77b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd0a77b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67a1e6ce\" data-id=\"67a1e6ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ab8d998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"4ab8d998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAFRICAGIANT\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f1deb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f1deb8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4584f615\" data-id=\"4584f615\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-340eff80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"340eff80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Africa Giant Singer, makeup entrepreneur, lingerie designer and now the first black woman to head a top luxury fashion house \u2014 Rihanna has racked up a $600 million fortune to become the world\u2019s richest female musician, <em>Forbes<\/em>\u00a0said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rihanna grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow in Bridgetown and sold clothes with her father in a stall on the street. Her childhood was deeply affected by her father&#8217;s alcoholism and substance abuse, which contributed to her parents&#8217; strained marriage which ended up in divorce when Rihanna was only 14 years old. Rihanna had suffered severe headaches as a result but after the divorce of her parents, she saw her health improve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite all odds, Rihanna was determined to succeed. T<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">he 31-year-old \u2014 born\u00a0Robyn Rihanna Fenty\u00a0in Barbados \u2014 has amassed wealth exceeding that of Madonna ($570 million), Celine Dion ($450 million) and Beyonce ($400 million), whose husband Jay-Z was just named the world\u2019s first billionaire rap star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Rihanna\u2019s ranking puts into fresh perspective one of her signature lyrics \u2014 \u201cwork, work, work, work, work,\u201d which opened her 2016 dancehall smash \u201cWork.\u201d<ins><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Since bursting onto the scene in 2003, she has spun her triumphs in music into entrepreneurial gold, launching her makeup brand Fenty Beauty \u2014 co-owned by French luxury giant LVMH \u2014 in September 2017 online and with Sephora.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The line found success not least thanks to\u00a0Rihanna\u2019s fame both on and offline, with some $570 million in revenue last year after just 15 months of business.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>She makes the majority of her money from touring and musical releases, according to\u00a0<em>Forbes<\/em>, but also co-owns her Savage X Fenty lingerie line.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In May,\u00a0Rihanna\u00a0launched a groundbreaking partnership with LVMH to launch a luxury fashion brand based in Paris that will make ready-to-wear clothes, shoes and accessories.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A new large-scale luxury label \u2014 especially one led by a black woman \u2014 is a huge development in the fashion world, with\u00a0Rihanna\u2019s line Fenty sitting alongside legacy brands like Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Givenchy at the conglomerate headed by Bernard Arnault.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to see things from my perspective. I\u2019m a young black woman who loves and embraces all of the young people\u2019s ideas and energies \u2014 I\u2019m so about that,\u201d she told\u00a0<em>AFP<\/em>\u00a0in Paris recently.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is about turning all of that into something luxurious for this fashion house.\u201d<ins><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The singer\u2019s explosive rise to music mega-star and global fashion icon did not come without tribulations, including her father\u2019s bids to profit off her name and a highly publicized domestic violence case that saw her then-boyfriend Chris Brown charged in 2009 with assaulting her.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In addition to her venture into luxury fashion,\u00a0Rihanna\u00a0has hinted at dropping a new reggae album this year.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought I\u2019d make this much money, so a number is not going to stop me from working,\u201d she told\u00a0<em>The New York Times\u2019<\/em>\u00a0T Magazine in 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