Keep your friends close and your competition closer.
At least that’s the mind-set Rihanna must have employed last night in London when she ran into “chart rival” Rita Ora. The pair crossed paths en route to Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s ‘Watch The Throne Tour’ at the O2 Arena, and as per the shot above ol’ RiRi couldn’t keep her hands off the ‘How We Do’ singer. They’d then go on to follow each other on Twitter.
Again, keep your friends close and your competition closer…
Since Ora burst onto the charts earlier this year, the Londoner has been touted (on mass) as Rih’s “replacement”. With good reason, too.
Aged just 22, she’s packing everything her Roc Nation sister is, plus actual vocal talent. What’s more, despite their Nation affiliation, the ladies are in reality signed to rival labels. Hence regardless of any media stirring or their own personal takes on it, they’re entirely each other’s competition – especially with Rita clearly being positioned in Fenty’s “lane” and ironically working it better than her.
Needless to say, it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.
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“Keep your friends close and your competition closer.”
Thats a stupid line… TGJ you’re the one creating competition between them, why couldnt they be just friends? It’s so stupid to say so cause that would mean, no one in the music industry has friends, cause every singer is a competitor for another. You can be in competition with someone who’s your friend…
Anyway, TGJ always needs to make up stories to be relevant, sad… just sad!
why must everything be so sinister to this site? Does it occur to you they might like and respect each other? All these conspiracy theories, and comparisons are really tired. Rihanna is in her own lane, and rita is making hers. I’m glad they are being grown women, and not petty b******. Congrats to both of them on their continued success!
Oh was the after the battleship tanked? I guess? Rihanna please leave Rita alone, you’re a snake. You are not genuine.
Um, Rihanna is not a snake. And Rita is not in Rihanna’s competition at all, not even close, Rita only gets praise from here, because they like to bash Rihanna!
benron you are a fool.
well it was just released in the US this Friday, so wait and see. the movie could very well pull over 600mill
@MB92 Yeah right!!! in your dreams… That movie would be lucky if it could get $325mil… This ship has sail or sunk..
Sam you really need to let it go. Your constant need to bash Rihanna to elevate Rita quite embarrassing. There’s room for both of them and to be honest I didn’t even know she was being touted as “the new rihanna” until I saw it on here. Get a grip, Sam you reek of desperation.
Rihanna’s hair is a tragedy tho, I swear she has a hair stylist? Smh
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_ I bet you say the same thing about Whoopie hair.
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It’s really interesting to see how naive many of the stans still are.
It doesn’t matter how friendly they appear to be when their labels and respective teams will be pushing the other to outdo the other one.
Im not like these fake ‘Beyhive’ members, I was stanning for Bey back in 97 when she first debuted so I see how this industry works. If Kelly left Columbia in 2003 and signed to Universal, Columbia would have no problem putting Beyonces album out in the same week as Kellys even if they were still best friends.
There is a difference between BUSINESS and PR. PR tells you Rita and Rihanna are cool, BUSINESS reminds us that no matter how cool they are they are two cars driving in a very small but elevated lane.
Another example I could give is with Beyonce and Rihanna, Rihanna’s career is headed by Beyonce’s husband, in fact their business relationship is so close that
it doesn’t even make sense that Jay is supporting B’s biggest rival BUT its business. Do you think Jay would be happy if Talk That Talk sold less than 4, NO! Because even though that’s good news for his wife it’s bad news for his money.
That’s why he’s laughing. Because Rita’ and Rihanna are signed to rival labels (Sony/Universal) who will push for both girls to outdo the other in very subtle ways . That means more money’s being pumped into Jays machine whoever comes out on top.
PREACH
it’s surprising to see logical comments on TGJ these days.
you tell dem h***
Truth.
Ain’t nobody touting nothing. Same grow up. This blog has become more focused on gossip. If you hate Rihanna that much then stop talking about her. This Rita girl is aight, nothing special. Besids the blonde hair theres nothing similar between the two. Replacement? No one is saying that but you. You are a real hater. You hate Rihanna but you constantly ue her to get hits for yur raggedy a** site. You are pathetic. They are two completely different artists.
excuse the errors.
@THE MAN YOU SAID A MOUTH FULL INDEED…
actually funny picture. i think they never met before and seen themselves as a lil competition. rita sure looks like was about to say “don’t touch me” and smoochie “no evil means in there” rihanna. i guess rita got a good first impression of that rihanna person now.
Rita’s twitter
Rita Ora@RitaOra
@rihanna hatin a$$ biatch!!!! Mwah!!!!!! http://pic.twitter.com/h1PbskuL
Rihanna was like, so, this is what real talent looks like! Rita was like I should go scrub my face now!!
@whyohwhy,,,,if you can’t beat em then join em…
rihanna and it’s his fans that kiss is so hypocritical and forcing her to see the face of rita rita do so before rihanna did everything to say that What rita him steal his style by becoming blonde and those of its comparison with the rita came when she rip out all the fans of rihanna we start to say it was a pale copy of what rihanna and had no potencial and nobody know it and everything and now begins rita to have a fan base is growing in popularity it court to make him a kiss to post a picture but guess what we are not fooled she is pathetic as recently as yesterday you were spirited to insult here because of his appointment billboard
” especially with Rita clearly being positioned in Fenty’s “lane” and ironically working it better than her ”
Working it better ahahahahaha if only this was true
Poor Kimberly, I know that rih is going to be the death of you and yo hate for her.
These word right her says it all World Domination That’s what rihanna has:
http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/898542-uks-rihanna-rita-ora-honoured-by-comparisons-to-hot-bajan-beauty
Still waiting to hear a good song from Rita Ora…..
I see Battleship did not do good here in the US
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-battleship-torpedoed-326833
@darren and we or all on the floor crying because it flopped, trust
yet jayz got in on the little action it did get…
http://iluluonline.com/jay-z-rihanna-team-up-for-battleship-capsule-collection/
@LAX That will flop also… Forbes stated there was to be a video game but not any more because of this tragic Bombs Away movie. All hopes has floated away… :).
Are they delaying it or something because that article was published in 2011, stating it was going to be released in February 2012?
I’m assuming it fell through.
Rita is a smart chick for sure less see born in Yugoslavia, now kosono
moved to london well schooled and besides that she graduated from
Theatre school, so she has the best of both worlds.
Rihanna has graduated from school also, the school of hard knocks, and
that is the best graduataing class there is, and shes still in school, learning
and striving to be the best she can be and that is all that really matters at the
end of the day.
PS
People will always find fault and that is if you or perfect in every way, that is just
the nature of the beast. And in this industry you just have to take the bitter with the
sweet and keep it moving just like rita and all of them or doing. Its funny how theres not a single beef in pop music other than folks trying to cook up one between these two artist, they tried that when rihanna came out between rih and bey.
definitely not a fan of rihanna but to say that rita is her “chart rival” is not true yet. i mean she more talented obviously but it will take some time to achieve rihanna’s succes…….don’t always exaggerate too much -.-
Rita has been touted (by mass) as Rihanna’s replacement. Funny!!!!
Rihanna is not going anywhere. If she could come into an industry and rival Beyonce then this Rita chick (as bad as you might want her to) does not stand a chance of replacing Rihanna. Unless you are actually saying that Rita is a greater talent than Beyonce!!!!
she is going to have success you made jay’z not going to pay the radio as he did for rihanna bring it on all the possible collaboration rihanna look like she is already nominate for his influence on his style billboard so what did even no album release
speak of success or is the film flop flop rihanna lmao you rihanna fans yet here you say what was going écrasser all in its path and the film has run well as your navy lmao
Kiss of DEATH !
BUT honestly , i don’t see any competition , maybe on a small scale “UK” , but Rita is still Unknown internationally , meanwhile rihanna ……….
sure “kiss of death”. that’s the thing i hid in the back. 😀
Yes Ri-uncle Jessie aka Rimullet you betta kiss the feature SInglez Queen Miss Ora.
Giving me mad All About Eve tease.
@KingPhonix :
what do u think of this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWMpDwmKghg&feature=player_embedded#!
What the hell was that? LMFAO
ho you will have is that it’s fans call rihanna live performance lol
The girl passes a band sings a song is so steep and peid
lol glad its them and understand them but he has used his so he can simply poor
The set was cute, even though it was giving me too much Michael (remember the time), Madonna (super bowl performance), and Bey (Glastonbury performance)…
As for “performance” i really dont know what to say. The begining vocals were scary as f***, I thought some body was about to slaughter her and make her into Curry Goat….And that “choreography” was the laziest attempt i have seen since Britney Spears’ Vma massacre…I just don’t know whats wrong with Rihanna. She needs to watch Rita Ora’s vevo diaries and performance and see that her career is in grave danger.
Did you like it babe?
not that much !
Her voice is bloody horrible. No fan can tell me nothing!
Look at how Rita is grabbing Rih’s hand like she is thinking “B****, get ur f***** lips off me, I dont know where ya mouth been” LMao! PPl do not typically grab someones hand thats on them.
As if it your crazy hype and unjustified comparisons weren’t stupid and uncalled for enough already, you actually went as far as saying that Rita is working Rihanna’s lane BETTER than Rihanna herself! But Rita is nowhere near that lane to begin with! Are you secretly trying to sabotage Rita and set her up for failure, because I have no other explanation right now. A mess!
Didnt I told the Goats that Rihanna will run to her for a collabo?
The staging of this meeting reminds me of how she was touching Nicki’s ass for publicity after the jabs she had for Nicki.
lmao you’ll see ….Goats are stupid and their fave is predictible as f***.
Rita looks really good here,fresh face and all
Cassie is in France,did a interview with WESTWOOD but TGJ wont post about it 🙄
fresh face ?! 😆
cassie ?!! 😆
So if I understand well rita may not be the competitor of rihanna but may be the competitor who is more talented beyoncé that the two met only kiakiakiakia ago rihanna fans to think like her I also noted that when rihanna came out nobody knew we had to lend him a peradventure with jay’z
competition with Beyonce for everyone talking about it, en suite jay’z give him all the best composer to make his tube after he is shaping his image change wig black, blond, red, short, long use his story to talk with chris and created a buzz in short no talent she did so she is forced to make this whole charade for sale rita is starting to know everything about everything in london or she has two number one is to not anything she will soon tackle the united state you will see, the jay’z already nominate the billboard he has not finished with it for now she goes on tour with coldplay to be better known when she’s finished management usa lol
One of Rihanna’s writers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PvvWXl-Zr8&feature=youtu.be
That’s Easter Dean ^^^^
@KAT DELUNA FAN…Yep the goats or stupid and perdictible and
that my deery is why the goats always end up on line ups and lists
that means something to the “Music World” Deery This Counts and
yo bull do not…
http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/music-bilbestartists/4/
and so is silly or dumb beyoncé classify twice solo it is a place number 4
and with his group’s child has Desty place 9
while rihanna is put in the place number 17 in the artist of the decade and more ago beyoncé received a grand prize last year with the biggest star tribute to the first lady with a stunning live performance then emerges
Ester dean won big this year and three songs was songs she wrote for rihanna
http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/05/16/ester-dean-wins-bmi-pop-songwriter-and-pop-song-of-the-year-awards/
Rihanna throws lovely shade. Work.
Either of these b****** write there own music. Wish they would both go away.
Yeah,stupid and predictible that’s why Jay is making bars over ya dumb ass.
Jay owns those 3 b****** and wtv fanbases they have behind them
Who cares, Rip king MJ!
Looks like Sam’s story backfired on him and he’s trying to keep this fake rivalry going. I would have thought Mariah taught him a lesson when she shut down that rumor she was dissing Britney and Simon that TGJ try to capitalize off of. Some people never learn.
Really Sam? U will use anything to make these stans go mad. Lemme correct u….
Rita is 21 and if u did it research you’d know that Rihanna and Rita met in London awhile back.
This whole “beef” was manufactures by BLOGGERS desperately wanting hits and Sam proves it everyday. Rihanna Navy and Ritbots don’t give these BLOGGERS what they want. Rihanna and Rita have no beef and are not Similar…music and style wise. Women can coexist together its just MEN would rather make it seem like they hate eachother or are threatened by eachother.
Anyways cute picture!!!! Girl power lol
@Sam (on a related note) —
..THE ‘RIHANNA NAVY’ SANK RIHANNA’S “BATTLESHIP”
The latest from deadline: “SATURDAY 9:30 PM, 6TH UPDATE:
These Friday, Saturday, and weekend numbers for North America from my sources are way worse than anyone expected. Every film tanked except Marvel’s The Avengers which keeps sucking all the air out of the box office for the 3rd straight weekend. Demonstrating just how disastrous the new movies opened, audiences gave Universal’s Battleship only a ‘B’ CinemaScore, Lionsgate’s What To Expect When You’re Expecting a ‘B-’, and Paramount’s The Dictator a ‘C’. And yet none of the affected studio moguls expect to lose their jobs. At Universal, Peter Berg’s military vs aliens actioner did only John Carter-low grosses (which is why the star of both pics, Taylor Kitsch, will be asking “You want fries with that?” very shortly). But Battleship already made $230M internationally, thus mitigating its $209+ budget and advance bad buzz in North America.”
deadline(dotcom)/2012/05/dictator-off-to-slow-domestic-start-international-box-office-begins-stronger/comment-page-3/#comments
“But Battleship already made $230M internationally, thus mitigating its $209+ budget” ““Battleship” appealing to middle america? LOL
If Universal was serious about that they NEVER would have put that walking train wreck Rhianna in their previews spouting memorable one liners such as “Maholla” and “boom”
Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl. I’d say the Rhianna casting and using that hideous preview cost this film about 50 million in total gross.”
> “Battleship would have made much more money if Megan Fox was the love interest, because then fools and young kids would think it’s tied to Transformers.
Also take away Rihanna and Taylor and replace them with better actors and the movie could have stood a chance to open with a 50 million gross.”
See a fool? USE THE FOOL..!!
Sam, all jokes and disdain aside, ‘Battleship’ was projected to do $47-Million U.S. opening week. This, now realized $25-Million, is nothing short of a disaster. A ‘disaster-at-sea’ that folks are now crediting Rihanna with fault. We ALL saw this coming, didn’t we? I’ve BEEN saying it all along: Rihanna, in her rush to ‘outdo’ Chris, signed up for ‘B’ship’. She saw how well ‘Takers’ had done and couldn’t stand it. ‘Battleship’ producers, and the handlers for her co-stars were only TOOOO happy to have on-board. You see, they’d calculated, and then decreed: “Rhianna is expendable,” should ‘Battleship’ encounter any rough seas: all “in-the-circle” parties would carefully, quietly coalesce, then wash, dry, starch, press and fold this ‘disaster-at-sea’ and lovingly place it in Rihanna’s lap.
Such an idiot, that Rihanna! ..Cursed, that Rihanna! First – Chris Brown; second Matt Kemp; and now Peter Berg’s “Battleship”.
X,Y,”and Z”
BOOM
MAN DOWN
remember if it was not for her chris would have been finished by now….
have several seats
lol people try way too hard!!
first i will say rita ora was asked who does she want to collaborate with and her answer was rihanna!! so rita wants to work with rihanna!! these are the words out of her mouth!!
second i will adress this once again…. @XYZ ok lets say battleship is a flop (which they managed to make back the cost of the film so its not a flop nor is it a complete success) but it is rihannas minor debut role key word minor, if you saw the movie you know she has a very little part and again she neither produced t wrote it or directed it so how is this a loss for rihanna in the first place?? and while we are on the subject what was beyonces first movie? hiphopera which was porrly recieved as well as beys acting and didnt eve make a fraction of what battleship made!! so how about we compare and contrast the two!!!
thirdly where have you been is still rising on billboard and in other countries and ttt is still selling over 25k a week nothing special but not bad seeing as how its been out for over 6 months and is aproaching the 3 million mark within the next couple of months nothing specialhut certainly outdoing alot of othrr albums!!
I agree with most of what you said but from my understanding, Battleship would have to make double what it cost to officially “break even” due to promo dollars spent, etc.”. That’s what most were saying on Deadline Hollywood. But it’s soft opening in the US has VERY LITTLE to do with Rihanna.
@”XYZ” While you make a valet point and thanks ahead of time for the
up date, still yet this opened doors for her that was otherwise sealed
and it is a good thing to see her in this movie. To you it’s a loss because
you lives in a world where everything rihanna does is a loss to you. And that is just fine, but in the case of matt kemp,,,,hes the 160 million dollar man and in the case of
chris brown?????? see “XYZ” When the navy cast their votes it will always be for the
“Caribbean” you see this is the all important list that has not been CURSED by the likes of you. Now find your fave on the list that is better than rihanna in every way to
let you tell it.
http://www.forbes.com/celebrities/#p_1_s_a0_All%20categories_
And XYZ Know that she has a net worth of 60 million plus her 29 million she made and was listed as #4 last year and again shes #4 this year, and where is yo fave what is their number. Say whay you may about the movie because it’s not over till its over and many will be waiting for them to say that rihanna sunked battleship all along, you BONIFIED CLASS A IDIOT.
@commander i don’t know how that happened anywhoo its for rihannas many
haters and that bonified idiot XYZ!!!!!
@xyz and rihannas haters to xyz all jokes & disdain aside
roll this between yo lips, lick and suck, slowly…… see if you
and others can somehow try and talk this picture and proof
down;
http://www.forbes.com/profile/rihanna/
@RIHANNA’S Countless haters know that forbes wrote that
the barbadian born singer has been earning 1 million per
night in concert, since the navy or always building her up
with faleshood to let yo hateful asses tell it……forbes says…
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45gkik/5-rihanna-29-million/#gallerycontent
And this was last year xyz and since yo ass only post about three post at max
you just droos bombs and tries to be a fire starter i am answering yo ass today
just because you think the nave is going to run because of ‘Battleship” not
performing on top at the movies, one thing that will be long remembered and that is that some one saw the goodness in rihanna and gave her a chance just like
jayz did in 2005, he and Rogers them whos working with Rita right now…shyt i am
getting tired of buying yo asses the Books XYZ AND HATERS AND YALL KEEP RIGHT ON EATING THEM SUCKERS,,,,,BOOOOOOM!!!!!
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45gkik/5-rihanna-29-million/#gallerycontent
@XYZ How can yo ass show the world that chris can make a milly a night in concert, idiot,,,,,
I keep doing the thing the wrong dam way…..sorrrrrry…
I rest my fukkkkkkin case….rihanna is a BAWSE BYTCHE AND THE WORLD
HAS SPOKEN,,,, STOP HER IF YOU DARE……
@Commander
To begin….Carmen beyonce first “acting role” was not a movie released to theaters. It was an adaptation to an opera and released on Mtv and dvd. her First movie was Goldmember and we all know how wonderful that did. One to your next point about “Rihnna’s minor role,” now that the movie is an official flop she has a minor role and the movie should not be held against her. She plastered her face all over this movie. Showing up to all the promo events, they believed that they could have gotten her “fans” to come in the watch the movie, idk what they were thinking the Navi would not spend $10 on a cd idk why they thought they would spend $15 on a ticket. The movie is a certified flop, they have recovered what it cost to make the film but they still need to recover the expenses used to promote and get the film to theater, which with a horrible opening in the US seems to going to happen.
P.S Where is that b**** @Teacher who said TTT(the album) was certified Plat in the US??? Navi please update your Wiki page, the b**** has sold 867k to date in the US and has NOT been issued s*** by RIAA, checked today and still says last certification is Gold. So take down those fake ass references links you guy have on that page. Do you guys think ppl really aren’t going to click on those links??? Wishful thinking and delusion much….LOL SMH
Funny creatures they are… make up numbers when it suits them and run away when things get shaky…. How do you call yourself a “Navy” when you continue to scatter like bugs.
Again, It was certified platinum in the US for shipments of 1Million..which is the same thing I said b4…learn to read and comprehend!
@Teacher
Doll it is clear you can’t not read or understand a damn thing. I know she hasn’t sold a mil in the US, I pointed out that she was not given ANY Plat Cert by RIAA. Now you show me in writing where the RIAA has given TTT the album the certfication , and don’t show me your photoshop picture. i need it in writing, show me where RIAA has given it. I check there site, it is still GOLD DOLL don’t get mad at me. I can READ VERY well and i READ GOLD! Stay mad lol
Rita Ora is more in Ke$ha, Katy Perry, and Jessie J’s lane if you ask me. Rihanna is venturing into dance pop while Rita is more rock-pop (Which is what Ke$ha is doing on her next album). But Katy Perry is dominating the rock-pop scene. The only one who is close to Katy in that genre is Pink and Jessie J.
And why Beyonce name is being mention here, Im not sure. She is nothing like Rita.
TGJ is so f***** stupid. Why must you try to put them against each other. Dumb f****.
Rita is obviously hitting some kinda nerve in rihanna because she danced for her f****** life in that last video lmao… and on that whyb performance. If you would have turned pass the channel you would have thought that ciara was up there lol.
ur delusional if u really think that Rihanna was dancing because of Rita Ora…. NEXT!
Ya’ll seriously need to wake up and get from underneath this TGJ spell. If they ain’t beefing, why the hell does everyone come on here and entertain this site and their bulls*it They know how to get views and start wars, say Rihanna’s name in a Reject Oral post and it’s a wrap, ya’ll do the rest. Rihanna and Rita are in two different, untalented lanes. Worrying about which flop was harder is irrelevant, We all know Rita’s singles won’t chart in the US cause they suck, Rihanna needs a break (evident in sales), and Jay needs to find new talent, period. Besides, you’re helping Sam get paid by arguing like this…is that what you want? lol
Chart Rivals my ass? When Rihannatops the charts in UK it is nothing and ur the first to say it. Bt when Rita Ora does it then U want us to give her credit for it? plz
To those who saying Rita will never beat Rihanna, I think catching up to her level will not be hard since a label makes all the difference in the world along with good marketing and PR. They have the power to make anyone a star. If it was easy to make Rihanna one with her little talent then rita will make it with even bigger talent depending on distribution. People who don’t bring a lot of substance to the table do not have longevity. And Rihanna doesn’t. She’s just a popcorn artist with good songwriters and producers on her team. And I’m not even a fan of Rita but the truth is the truth.
Sam your never going to accept the challenge to write a proper article on Jay Z Freemason, Misogynist and one Time Drug dealer are you?
The Guy who has headless bodies of white women in his videos, and says “Murder jesus” when his song’s played backwards.
The Allistai crowley “do what though wilt” satan worshipper. It’s not funny
Roc nation used and abused Rihanna, This site does the same, If you hate Rihanna that ,much don’t exploit her name to get Hits.
The infantile level of writing from, That Grape juice makes Media takeout look like The Wall Street Journal.
You can tell Rita wasn’t feeling Rihanna putting her lips on her….
Stop trying to make her happen…