Rihanna took a moment of reflection when she was back home in Barbados.
The 38-year-old multi-hyphenate brought her three children, RZA, Riot and Rocki back to “Rihanna Drive,” the area located on the outskirts of Bridgetown in the island country where the singer was born. Her childhood home has been transformed into a cultural landmark and before it was named after her, it was known as Westbury New Road to longtime locals.
Having her children soak in her legacy back home became a major moment for Rih Rih, as she captioned a post showcasing her two boys and daughter posing for pictures, with baby Rocki looking completely over it.
“one minute I feel like that kid from Westbury…the next minute I’m bringing my own kids back to “Rihanna Drive,” she wrote. “Trippy how life works! And the Glory STILL and WILL ALWAYS belong to the Almighty Creator!!!”
The road was renamed after Rihanna in 2017 during the country’s Independence Day celebrations.
A plaque featuring Rihanna can be spotted on the street with the quote, “My whole life was shaped on this very road.” It was from here that she dreamed of stardom, turning a teenager’s ideas into a billion-dollar empire that reshaped music, fashion and cosmetics. During the renaming ceremony, Rih expressed to onlookers about the power of believing in oneself: “I guarantee you the only thing that got me here was believing in my dream.”
Motherhood has been one of Rih’s most celebrated journeys. Since first giving birth to RZA, then to Riot and now to Rocki, she’s continued to prove that she’s a mother first and everything else comes second.
In a 2025 profile for Harper’s Bazaar, she explained why her children are top of mind, even when new projects (yes, that includes new music) come up.
“Every decision I make revolves around them, but everything that I do that I love robs me from them,” she said at the time. “So I have a weird resentment with the things that I love. You almost feel like something is always suffering for you to show up somewhere. And even when you show up there, it’s not 100 percent because there’s something else on the wheel. It’s actually given me a lot more self-guilt.”
She added, “I don’t like letting people down, but I also know that most of that is me letting myself down, which means something has to change, but everything is on the wheel at all times. I have to keep reminding myself that I asked for this, I love this. I try to figure out a balance so that I can feel fulfilled when I show up to something, so I can feel I don’t have any guilt.”
