In 2017, the island celebrated its Independence Day by officially changing the name of her childhood street Westbury New Road to Rihanna Drive in her honor. In 2008, former Barbadian prime minister David Thompson declared February 22 Rihanna Day. 'Ambassador Robyn Rihanna Fenty has given service to Barbados which has been exemplified by visionary and pioneering leadership,' Prime Minister Mottley said during the Monday night ceremony.Д«arbados has celebrated Rihanna before this ceremony. In 2008, she became commissioned as one of the country's cultural ambassadors, marketing the Barbados tourism ministry. The Fenty founder has long been a devoted supporter of her beloved country. This honor has only been given to 11 other Barbadians, and Rihanna is the second woman to receive it. As a National Hero, she can now add вЂњThe Right HonourableвЂќ before her name. May you continue to shine like a diamond and bring honor to your nation by your works, by your actions and to do credit wherever you shall go,вЂќ in reference to her 2012 hit song вЂњDiamonds.вЂќ Rihanna was born in Barbados in 1988 as Robyn Rihanna Fenty. When bestowing this honor on her, Prime Minister Mottley told the crowd, вЂњOn behalf of a grateful nation, but an even prouder people, we therefore present to you the designee for national hero of Barbados, Ambassador Robyn Rihanna Fenty. вЂњI have traveled the world and received several awards and recognitions, but nothing, nothing compares to being recognized in the soil that you grew in.вЂќ, Rihanna said. ItвЂ™s also a day that I never saw coming,вЂќ she said in a brief speech in which she encouraged the youth to continue pushing Barbados forward.

вЂњThis is a day that I will never, ever forget.

On Tuesday, the singer was honored in a separate ceremony where she received a large medal emblazoned with the outline of Barbados and blew a kiss to the cheering crowd. This is still the only place I've ever called home.вЂќ In her announcement of the honor, Prime Minister Mottley thanked Rihanna for her discipline and her вЂњextraordinary commitment to the land of her birth.' вЂњI'm gonna be a Bajan till the day I die. вЂњI'm so proud to be a Bajan,вЂќ Rihanna continued. No matter where I go, in the world I take that pride with me.вЂќ Rihanna shared her pride for the youth of Barbados and thanked Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley for the honor. вЂњWe are probably the proudest people I know. вЂњBarbadians are a proud people,вЂќ she said. вЂњNothing compares to being recognized in the soil that you grew in,' Rihanna said during her acceptance speech. Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley called the singer and businesswoman the country's 11th national hero as the country celebrated becoming a republic for the first time in history in her birthplace of Bridgetown. She was born in the Barbadian parish of Saint Michael and received the country's highest accolade on the country's 55th Independence Day.

Rihanna was honored as a national hero in her home country of Barbados on November 30. She's already a celebrity, and now she's been given a new title: the Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Rihanna is a multi-platinum recording artist, beauty mogul, actor, fashion designer, entrepreneur, and newly-minted billionaire. Wikipedia Page Draft:Rihanna, A Barbadian National Hero

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