Rihanna & Husband A$AP Rocky Reveal Their Second Baby’s Name
A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have announced the name of their second child, born earlier this summer. The couple’s baby boy has been named Riot Rose Mayers, as per the birth certificate obtained by TMZ.
The name follows the “R” trend in the family, as the couple named their first child RZA, after the Wu-Tang Clan legend. The name Riot is also the title of A$AP Rocky’s latest single, “Riot (Rowdy Pipe’n)”, which is expected to feature on his upcoming album, Don’t Be Dumb.
The birth certificate also reveals that Baby Riot was born on August 1, not August 3 as previously reported. The couple had kept their first son’s name a secret for almost a year, but his birth certificate was eventually leaked to the press, revealing his full name to be RZA Athelston Mayers. The namesake expressed his delight at the baby’s name, calling it a “great honor”.
“[It’s a] great honor to know that there’s another generation that’s not even of my own household that feels the strength and the inspiration of that name,” RZA said in an interview with CNN.
“RZA is only a name, it’s a title. So it’s an honor and I salute her and A$AP and their family. All the blessings in the world from me.”
The new baby arrived just a few months after Rihanna unveiled her baby bump during her Super Bowl halftime show in 2023.
On Monday, August 21, it was reported that Rihanna and A$AP Rocky had given birth to their second child together. TMZ broke the story first, and insiders informed Entertainment Tonight that “Rihanna and ASAP will spend the early days of parenthood out of the public eye and won’t make any immediate plans to debut the new baby.”
RiRi and her partner welcomed their first child, a son, in May 2022, so this new arrival comes exactly a year and three months after that happy moment. During her performance at the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show in February, Rihanna shocked fans by revealing that she was pregnant again by wearing a figure-hugging red dress that showcased her baby bump.
Since then, she’s been wearing her unique, stunning maternity style on red carpets, social media, and everywhere else. At the 2023 Academy Awards in March, she wore a shawl and a low-waisted skirt that showed off her baby bump as she walked the red carpet with A$AP. Pictures of the couple smiling cutely together captured the precious moment when Rocky held Ri’s growing belly.
