Rihanna has lent her star power to a new PSA. The fashionista has teamed up with DKMS to raise awareness about the leukemia and encourage her fans to donate bone marrow to help save the lives of those affected. Check out the video below:
It’s great to see Rihanna using her fame for such a good cause. However, there is no doubt that many people have yet to forget how poorly she handled her last charitable endeavour. Still, where so many lives concerned, every donation counts.
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LMAO
SORRY BUT NOW THATWACKJUICE HAS REACHED A NEW LOW
THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE (HER 100TH POSITIV ACTIVITY) BUT YET U STILL TRY TO PUT SOMETHIGN NEGETIVE IN THERE AND TALKS S*** ABOUT HER
BUT WHATS FUNNY HOW IW ATCHED THE CIARA INTERVIEW THTA SHE DI ON THEATWACKJUICE LAST YEAR AND SHE SAID PEOPEL THAT WASTE THEIR TIME TO PICK ON SOMEBODY AND HATE ARE IN ANNEGATIVE SPACE AND S***
AND SAM SAID SOMEHTIGN IN THE BACKGROUND YES EXACLTY OR I AGREE
LOL SAM U R SO DUMB BC SZHE TALKED ABOUT YOUR WACK ASS AND TRENTIA
WHATEVA
RIHANNA KEEP BEING BEAUTIFUL TALENTED S*** HOT NICE GOREGOUS AND STAY AT THE TOP #1 WHERE U ALWAYS AT
Looks like she was reading from a teleprompter, but at least she is doing something positive. Not everybody can be as passionate about it as Alicia.
She is raising awareness for a charitable cause. Had it been Kelly Rowland, this post would have had paragraphs dedicated to her and painting her in the best possible light.
LMAO, Sam honey give it up. Why so bitter? Such a queen.
Don’t get at them for her sorry a**…as soon as I saw this post I remembered the girl she used forher own gain…and when the poor girl passed she didn’t even sent flowers, much less call the family…she seems to wanna help others when it helps herself (I don’t think she’s like that, but it looks that way look in, maybe she is selffish???)
Even when this girl does something worth talkin about that prune juice always find a way to throw shade. And watch the same haters come in here and throw shade like always. Shoutout to Rihanna for doin this.
The rihanna stans know how that s*** feels. When their fav celeb does something positive and they get shade.
@Gucci was in a Chris Brown post earlier saying mean and hateful things. Calling him everything but a child of God, but catches a damn heart attack when someone says something about Rihanna. If you going to stand up for hate stand up for ALL hate. It okay for you to say something bad about Chris, but others cant say anything about Rihanna? Your mentality is really messed up, but I still love you. I just have to pray for you thats all.
Anyways, so happy shes doing something positive. But I just hate Jasmine had to die. She was such a beautiful spirit.
@Rem My mother said the same thing. I was trying not to thing that way, but its so hard not to. I mean she didn’t do our say anything to her family after Jasmine died. i dont know…*kanye shrug*….*logging off*
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2010 TOUR DATES :
» April 16 | Antwerps Sportpaleis, Belgium
» April 17 | Arnhem, Gelredome NL
» April 19 | Zurich, Switzerland
» April 20 | Lyon, France
» April 21 | Marseille, France
» April 23 | Frankfurt Main, Festhalle
» April 25 | Oberhausen, Germany
» April 27 | Geneva, Arena Geneva
» April 28 | Paris, France
» May 07 | Birmingham, LG Arena, UK
» May 08 | Liverpool, Echo Arena, UK
» May 10/11 | London, The O2 Arena
» May 13 | Sheffield Arena, uk
» May 14 | Trent FM Arena Nottingham (National Ice Centre), Nottingham, UK
» May 16 | Manchester Evening News Arena (MEN Arena), Manchester, UK
» May 17 | Upon Tyne Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, UK
» May 19 | SECC & Clyde Auditorium (The Armadillo), Glasgow,UK
» May 20 | SECC & Clyde Auditorium (The Armadillo), Glasgow, UK
» May 22 | The O2 Arena, Dublin, Ireland,
» May 24 | Odyssey Arena,Belfast, UK
» May 26 | The O2, Dublin, Ireland
» May 30 | Tel Aviv, Israel
» June 01 | Karaiskaki Stadium,Athens (Greece)
god for her for doing this…why throw shade when shes doing something positive and helping others – thats messed up
@Trent — That link: HER “poor handling of HER, last-charitable-endeavor” was one-of-your-best, yet!! <<–Real Talk!! It STILL gives me a really-good laugh: THAT picture of her, used with THAT caption/story-line <<–PRICELESS!!!
…And what new-madness does Ms. Fenty have 'in-store' for us now? …Well, at least, she's not having-to-deny, disavow or "brush-off" any "H*****-rumors!" That said: can this b**** be, any-less, predictable? …All SHE had to do, was to send THAT little girl's mother a card, a text-message or email; how difficult could THAT have been? So now, after THAT story died down, she's back to showing the "caring-and-concerned" Rihanna! …Too late, RiRi, we done-ALREADY, found-YOU-out!
….And, has Rihanna, YET-to-visit, ANY battered woman's/domestic-violence victim shelter? ….NOPE! ..She can't, if SHE did, she'd AGAIN 'step-back-into, the Rated-R darkness'; a "darkness", she's NOW using, all-of-HER-energies, to distance-and-remove, herself from: 'futile-an-effort', as THAT will prove!
We can "file-THIS-effort" under: "too little, too late!!!"
X,Y,"and Z" — OUT!!
Didn’t need to watch the video…Good for your image Rihanna!
U KNOW WHAT…when ppl do good deeds, YOU SHOULD NOT have to do it when the camera is rollin….IT’S ALL FOR THE IMAGE FOLKS.!
@ MMHMM Honeybee
It’s on camera to gain awareness…Lol Nice try
IT’S OFFICIAL , RIHANNA JUST TOPPED UMBRELLAS RECORD!!!
RUDE BOY IS RIHANNA’S BIGGEST HIT TO DATE WITH OVER 136 MILLION AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AND THE 7TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK AS AIRPLAY GAINER
# 1 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100
# 1 ON RADIO SONGS
# 1 ON RING TONES
# 1 ON RHYTHMIC
WILL BE # 1 ON POP IN 12 DAYS
#1 ON R+B CHARTS EITHER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK
#1 ON URBAN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
THAT RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP!!!!! TE AMO HERE WE COME 🙂
1. RIHANNA – Rude Billboard Charts Boy: 136.588 (+ 1.972)
2. LADY ANTEBELLUM – Need You Now : 129.918 (+ 0.385)
3. B.O.B – Nothin’ On You f/Bruno Mars: 106.530 (+ 1.242)
4. LADY GAGA – Telephone f/Beyonce = 92.170 (+ 0.261)
5. BLACK EYED PEAS – Imma Be Billboard Charts: 87.893 (+ 0.165)
6. YOUNG MONEY – Bedrock f/Lloyd: 85.763 (- 0.914)
7. TREY SONGZ – Say Aah: 80.508 (+ 0.523)
8. TRAIN – Hey, Soul Sister: 79.260 (+ 0.666)
9. JASON DERULO – In My Head Billboard Charts: 79.141 (+ 0.736)
10. KESHA – Tik Tok = 70.183 (+ 0.252)
RUDE BOY WILL BE # 1 FOR ITS FOURTH WEEK THIS WEEK AND MOST LIKELY # 1 FOR NEXT WEEK.
iT’S TOPPED THE WORLD CHARTS FOR 3 WEEKS STRAIGHT AND MOST LIKELY FOR ANOTHER WEEK THIS WEEK!!!!!!
IT IS HUGE ON RADIO AND # 2 ON DIGITAL SALES BEHIND TRAIN
RATED R’S SALES ARE INCREASING WORLDWIDE AND TE AMO WAS JUST ANNOUNCED WHICH WILL INCREASE WORLD SALES
TE AMO # 1 BRAZIL
You can tell she’s never passed high school. smfh. Sounds illiterate and dont give a f*** attitude is annoying. Stop slouching, sit up b****.
exactly my point gucci – you are such a loser and it just proves my point about the ealier post – what in the hell does this post have to do with Kelly. I honeslty didnt even know it was you until i read the Kelly part and looked up at who actually posted the comment and low and behold its you!!!! U will take a shot at her whenever you can i see – i bet if they talked about President Obama you would some how work in how to take a shot at Kelly – u should really lay off the haterade man – way to manny calories and its very bad for u!
stfu, she did all she could for that girl, she didn’t have to do anything
While I commend Rihanna for trying to educate and raise awareness about luekemia, I cannot forget how poorly she handle the passing of Jasmine. I am not suggesting Rihanna should have made some sort of public, grieving declaration for Jasmine. But to find out from Jasmine’s mother that a young woman her daughter enjoyed being around so much did not bother to personally call or send a card of condolence. These type of actions make me seriously doubt the geniune nature of some celebrities getting involve w/ serious issues like cancer, A***, or social injustice. I wouldn’t be surprise if this PSA was arrange by Rihanna’s handlers to remedy the criticism she probably receive after Jasmine’s mom stated the only public figure to contact her after Jasmine’s death were the Obamas. The same goes for Kelly Rowland and other celebrities who took pictures and hung out with Jasmine for the cameras and so forth while a search for a bone marrow was nationally underway. Kelly knew Jasmine, but according to the mom, made no effort to contact by phone, letter, card, etc. to offer condolence. I wish celebrities understand these issues are serious are not something to play around with for the sake of popularity at the moment or image. These are human lives. This is real life.
This is great to see her doing such a good deed, however, we ALL know (even the delusional stans) that this is in response to her lack of sympathy regarding Jasmine. Not saying she doesn’t care about raising awareness but had the Jasmine situation not occurred she probably wouldn’t be doing this.
Yep, and people can say “why are you throwing shade at someone who is doing something positive” but I’m just telling the truth! Use your brains people and take off the stan glasses!
That is all.
X Y and assinine
That A** Juice
“This is great to see her doing such a good deed, however, we ALL know (even the delusional stans) that this is in response to her lack of sympathy regarding JasmineNot saying she doesn’t care about raising awareness but had the Jasmine situation not occurred she probably wouldn’t be doing this. ”
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@Team Weezy
And we all know that ignorant haters don’t know that Rihanna had a foundation for terminally ill children since 06′ and partnered with DKMS well before she even met Jasmina, and by the way, it’s Jasmina, not Jasmine. Get it right. Jasmina wasn’t even the first cancer patient that Ri ever got involved with, she was just the one that garnered the most publicity because Rihanna got People magazine to co-sponsor a bone marrow drive with her foundation, and because after Rihanna visited Jasmina, everyone from Kelly Rowland to the Obamas began showing interest. I agree that it would’ve been in better taste for Rihanna to send personal condolences to Jasmina’s family, and that it was a mistake on her part not to do so, but the fact that she didn’t doesn’t take away anything away from what Rihanna did for Jasmina when she was alive.
RIP Jasmina Anema
Props to Rihanna for her latest PSA and for brining awareness to leukemia
Props to Rihanna for being among the Daily Beast’s top ten celebrities with the most impact on charitable causes
Props to Rihanna for supporting bone marrow drives to help Jasmina Anema, Seun Adebiyi, and Lisa Flynn find marrow donor matches.
do we really have to give rihanna a pat on the back everything she does something decent?
people saying its good shes doing something positive.is rihanna the only person in this world that does positive things?
what about all these other regular ol folks who are putting their life in danger or other celebs who actually do things behind the camera to help folks in needs.
anybody with a half a brain knows this is a publicity stunt, come on now, she saw how she was getting alot of back lash from other people and decide to put some clothes on and do a psa.. good job rihanna, im so pround of u(rolling eyes)
are the stans that damn delusional that they believe every s*** that has to do with rihanna?
so what if she created a foundation, it doesnt mean she physically involved in it . any idiot can create a foundation and say they’re helping needy folks.
i have nothing against rihanna, but these delusional stans put her on a pedestal, and be crying HATERS, on anybody whos not kissing her ass..
but the same ones be on a kelly, ciara, monica, gaga.bashing them when they do something positive.
rihanna doesnt owe anybody s***, she doesnt have to donate money if she wants too. but the problem i have is if ur gonna claim ur helpin needy folks, dont just do it in front of cameras.
let the ur a b****, i hope ur boyfriend beat u, ur a hater, comments, 3,2,1……
@ rated x
b**** , arent you supposed to be sucking your husbands d*** right now ??? lmao
please do, so you no words can escape your ignorant mouth
RUMOR THAT KE$SHA AND NICKI MINAJ ARE OPENING FOR RIH ON HER US TOUR
KE$SHA = POP AUDIENCE
NICKI = URBAN AUDIENCE
http://twitter.com/LiveNationSacto
Nicki and ke$ha
you are so sad, so unhappy, so frustrated with yourself lmao, get some self-esteem Samantha, geez, you and I know that the mother of the kid said that the bloggers were being mean to Rihanna and that it wasnt true, you are so delusional
oh it was Trentisha, sorry Trentisha didnt mean to offend you by calling you Samantha, but you are still a asshole, you are so dark if I passed by you in night I would only see your teeth
RIHANNA HAS A FOUNDATION SINCE 2006 AND NO ONE KNEW THAT, SHE SUPPORTS A HIGH AMOUNT OF CHARITIES AND SHE DOENST GO TO THE CAMERAS SAYING SHE DOES IT, YOU CAN GO TO RIHANNA DAILY AND SEE WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, A MONTH AGO RIHANNA DAILY POSTED 2 VIDEOS AND SHE WAS IN 2 CHARITY EVENTS, SHE DIDNT PROMOTE THEM, SHE DIDNT SAY TO ANYONE THAT SHE WAS GOING THERE, SOMEONE FILMED WITH THEIR CELLPHONE, WHERE ARE THOSE VIDEOS YOU F******? RIGHT. IF YOU ALL WANNA HATE, HATE ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW, DONT TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DONT KNOW, GIVE ME A REASON WHERE YOU HAVE A PROOF TO HATE RIHANNA, THE MOTHER OF JASMINE POSTED ON HER TWITTER THAT IT WAS A LIE, RIHANNA AS ALWAYS BEEN NICE TO HER.
NEW BOOK COMING
TOUR
ANOTHER #1 WITH TE AMO
RATED R SELLING MORE AND MORE EVERY WEEK
THAT THIS F****** REIGN JUST WONT LET UP!
People saying that Rihanna did this PSA as some kind of damage control for the “Jasmina’s mother” flap really don’t have a leg to stand on. The flap didn’t impact Rihanna’s sales any. Rated R album sales were actually up, the week after the story broke, largely because of the success of Rude Boy. Not to mention that Rihanna’s had the #1 single in the US and #1 worldwide for the past 3 weeks.
It’s really sad that Jasmina will always be known as the girl that Rihanna susposedly used for publicity rather than a little girl who faught luekimia, met many people, and lived her life to the fullest but sadly lost her battle…
I promise ppl like @rated x need to grow up and realize this was only posted to get negative feedback because if they were really interested they would have posted the link to vote
@Team Weezy and Rated X
Agreed. The only reason her stans feel its from the heart is because its RIHANNA. Let this be another celeb, they would be throwing shade and saying how fake it is.
HAHAHA, Okay @Puppy Love you’re right. But that’s because I hate being attacked. I care less for Chris Brown. How am I stanning for Rihanna by pointing out reasons why that prune juice is being so incredibly bias? Honey I don’t know why you are trying to call me out for nothing but okay sweetie whatever floats your boat. Just like you said, how you gunna try to call me out and not say a damn thing about all the hate that gets directed on this site on a daily basis?
@Lyric Lee, girl shut the hell up. I Never said anything on this post regarding Rihanna other than that she is doing something to help people. What the f*** is Chris Brown doing? Had he been doing something besides going to basketball games, perhaps i could say the same. I’m not taking a shot at kelly in any way shape or form you dumbass, I’m trying to make everyone aware of how ridiculously bias Sam and Trent are. Please read my comments before you go into attack mode sweetie. And FYI, I can say whatever the f*** I want. UHGG.
EVERY SINGLE TIME I POST, IF I DON’T KISS SOMEONE’S ASS I’M A HATER, IF I SUPPORT SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE I’M A STAN, AND IF I CRITICIZE THE BLOG FOR BEING BIAS, SOMEHOW PEOPLE TWIST IT TO LOOK LIKE I’M COMING AT THEIR FAVORITE ARTIST? HONEY DOESN’T THAT MAKE YOU A STAN? BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN CAN’T EVEN PROCESS READING SENTENCES BEFORE YOU TRY AND COME AT ME?
Have a seat honey I’m done with you.
you stupid f*** still stating those fake statements!
it was announced it was not the twitter account of the mother!
shame on you for all your hate!
xyz…dont have anything other in mind than the h***** thing? doesnt matter which topic you commend, whether its about rihanna or not, you always have to mention her and the “scar”…
get a life
I DONT THINK SHE POORLY HANDLED ANYTHING SINCE THE MOTHER DIDNT POST THAT….(SHE CLEARED THAT UP) BUT SHE DID MENTION RIHANNA NOT CALLING HER PERSONALLY BUT DID IN FACT RELEASE A STATEMENT…..SHE ALSO SAID THAT THE ONLY PPL THAT DID REACH OUT BY PHONE WAS THE OBAMA’S
MEANING RIHANNA, LIL MAMA, NOR KELLY ROWLAND CALLED. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF TRENT OR SAM EVER MENTION THAT IN A KELLY POST.
BUT THE TRUE REWARD IS THE HELP RIHANNA OFFERED FOR THE GIRL WHICH ACTUALLY HELPED HER GET A MARROW…SO THATS REWARD ALONE. AND RIHANNA HAS DONE COUNTLESS CHARITIES ETC IN HER CAREER SO KUDOS RIHANNA…..THAT”S WHAT MAKES ME SUPPORT HER EVEN MORE…
And in regards to the shade Samantha and Trentisha threw, i’ll say that everyone handles death in different ways. Some people just prefer not to talk about it. If i was in that sitation, I wouldn’t know what to say to that mother. It’s just heartbreaking. And in reality, Rihanna didn’t have an OBLIGATION to help the girl, but she tried to use her celebrity for a greater cause. I don’t see how Rihanna is wrong. I’m not quite sure what the mother wanted from her? Money? Because she hopped on twitter talking mess instead of properly mourning the loss of her daughter. That in itself is shady.
Come on now, lets use some critical thinking skills for just a moment.
Shoutout to Rated X for hopping on yet another Rihanna post and talking about stan this and stan that. Another shoutout to XYZ for doing what he does best. I don’t think he has ever commented on a post without mentioning Rihanna.
@Rated X……I totally agree with what you say.
Rihanna has shown to anyone that “chooses to see” that she’s an opportunist who only does things that benefit her…..It’s ridiculous as to how vile her Stans are to anyone that doesn’t not worship her.It’s as if those pitiful people try to live vicariously through her as if they are HER.
These people are so pitiful that they think Earth is supposed to stop when it comes to Rihanna….There is no one on this earth above reproach.Rihanna is no MORE or less than anyone else but her sickest Stans seem to think she is.
They come on this site with “made up stats” or shall I say lies to try and prove their points,when they have no points.They can whine and scream all they want but there will never be a time when ALL HUMANKIND will worship their Un-Earthly Queen and they really can’t seem to get over that…
Shout out to all people that REALLY do charitable work for purely selfless reasons.
@Symone, sweetie the same applies to every celebrity. So Rihanna is an opportunist (because you don’t like her) but everyone who you like is purely selfless? Right?
This is ridiculous. The people who are making stats up tend to be the people who are hating hard, and are so blinded by that hatred that they will look for any negative thing and try to amplify it to the highest degree. You don’t worship her, but you go to great lengths to talk s*** about her…that’s why her “stans” come on here and defend her just as you would do if someone talked about Gaga/Beyonce/Chris Brown or whomever you support. Stop acting like stanning is below you, because you do the EXACT SAME THING.
@Reasonable Voice
I am in no way ignorant nor am I a hater just because I voiced my opinion about this situation. I already knew that Rihanna had all of that charity work going on prior to Jasmine or Jasmina. Had you read and comprehended my statement correctly, you would know that I was saying that Rihanna is doing a PSA now because the Jasmine situation just occured which garnered BAD publicity for her!!! All of that additional information you posted does not affect how I feel about her doing a PSA after that situation. Is it just a coincidence that she is talking about Leukemia, in which Jasmina also had??? I mean, it is all strategy! Also I’m not taking ANYTHING away from what she did for Jasmina but you didn’t read or understand when I said I wasn’t saying that she doesn’t care about raising awareness but I just think had that situation not occured I don’t think she would be doing a PSA.
b**** , arent you supposed to be sucking your husbands d*** right now ??? lmao
please do, so you no words can escape your ignorant mouth.
lol, @nicky,ur talking bout me sucking my husband d*** on a post that young rihanna fans be on, and i’m the ignorant one ok..smh.and ur ass suppose to be in school..I pity people like u.
@Gucci..thank u for the shout out. i was feeling kind of down till i saw ur aknowledge my presence.
who says that if ur a celeb u cant be on tv, promoting a charity? any publicity ,especially when it comes to helping other people in needs, is good publicity. i dont care that rihanna is doing a PSA. that got s*** to do with me.
i already do my charity work, u dont see me on blogs or national tv bragging about bout it.
now the problem i have is the constant hypocrisy and biased crap i see when it comes to rihanna. if other celebs go on tv, or they catch them doing something good and positive, suddendly is for publicity, ull see people calling them 2 faced, bashing them.. but when its rihanna that does the same s***, whenever she got something to promote, suddenly she remembers the little people, its ok..
thats y people dont take yall stans seriously…the hypocrisy
ok hopefully it’s sincere and not just for publicity
It’s all about the girls this summer for Rihanna.
The pop star is set to launch her first ever headlining tour in North America and she’ll bring “TiK ToK” hit-maker Ke$ha, and rap’s latest IT girl Nicki Minaj with her for the fun.
Dubbed the “Last Girl on Earth” tour, Rihanna and her girls will kick off the jaunt in Seattle, WA on July 2, and hit major markets like Los Angeles (July 21), Atlanta, GA (July 28), and New York City’s Madison Square Garden (August 12), before wrapping on August 25 in Chicago, IL.
Tickets begin going on sale April 9. VIP packages can be purchased as well at LiveNation.com.
Last Girl On Earth tour dates according to RihannaNow.com:
* Friday, July 2 – White River Amphitheatre – Seattle, WA
* Sunday, July 4 – General Motors Place – Vancouver, Canada
* Tuesday, July 6 – Pengrowth Saddeldome – Calgary, Canada
* Friday, July 9 – ARCO Arena – Sacramento, CA
* Saturday, July 10 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA
* Wednesday, July 14 – Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque presents The Pavilion – Albuquerque, NM
* Thursday, July 15 – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre – Denver, CO
* Saturday, July 17 – Mandalay Bay Events Center – Las Vegas, NV
* Wednesday, July 21 – Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA
* Thursday, July 22 – Cricket Wireless Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ
* Wednesday, July 28 – Philips Arena – Atlanta, GA
* Friday, July 30 – Ford Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL
* Saturday, July 31 – American Airlines Center – Miami, FL
* Tuesday, August 3 – Verizon Wireless Music Center – Indianapolis, IN
* Thursday, August 5 – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, Canada
* Saturday, August 7 – Bell Center – Montreal, Canada
* Sunday, August 8 – Comcast Center – Boston, MA
* Wednesday, August 11 – Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT
* Thursday, August 12 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
* Sunday, August 15 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY
* Wednesday, August 18 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ
* Friday, August 20 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA
* Saturday, August 21 – Hersheypark Stadium – Hershey, PA
* Sunday, August 22 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Detroit, MI
* Wednesday, August 25 – United Center – Chicago, IL
I DONT THINK SHE POORLY HANDLED ANYTHING SINCE THE MOTHER DIDNT POST THAT….(SHE CLEARED THAT UP) BUT SHE DID MENTION RIHANNA NOT CALLING HER PERSONALLY BUT DID IN FACT RELEASE A STATEMENT…..SHE ALSO SAID THAT THE ONLY PPL THAT DID REACH OUT BY PHONE WAS THE OBAMA’S
MEANING RIHANNA, LIL MAMA, NOR KELLY ROWLAND CALLED. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF TRENT OR SAM EVER MENTION THAT IN A KELLY POST.
BUT THE TRUE REWARD IS THE HELP RIHANNA OFFERED FOR THE GIRL WHICH ACTUALLY HELPED HER GET A MARROW…SO THATS REWARD ALONE. AND RIHANNA HAS DONE COUNTLESS CHARITIES ETC IN HER CAREER SO KUDOS RIHANNA…..THAT”S WHAT MAKES ME SUPPORT HER EVEN MORE…
FYI—- RIHANNA STANS, ITS NOT WHAT PPL SAY ITS WHAT U RESPOND TOO!!!
right gucci yet you return to this site daily just to comment on how bias the blog is – right!!! whatvever gets your rocks off dude u do that – ms kelly aint going no where no matter how much hate you thro her way – rihanna isnt either – so u continue to show shade….hell throw the whole damn blind set if you want – whatever makes u feel better!!! smooches baby!
@Rated X sweetie how is she bragging about charity work? Did you watch the video hun? She’s encouraging other people to step up and support the cause. I don’t think you watched the video at all, I think you just hate Rihanna and therefore everything she does, or will ever do, will make you so upset that you feel the need to come on the blog and talk about it. Sorry boo, this is thatgrapejuice.net, not dr.phil.com so I don’t see how venting on a blog will prove anything? You’re so ridiculous. When someone is FAMOUS they have a huge impact on how people make decisions, and so if someone FAMOUS encourages people to support a cause, more people are likely to do it. You see how that works?
@Lyric Lee, You’ve been trying to pick a fight for quite some time sweetie and i tried to ignore your dumb ass, but you seem to be prone to trying to be an internet thug and coming out the side of your neck at anyone who is smart enough to not cosign on the b******* they read on this blog. Girl, if I want to criticize the blog i don’t see how that is affecting you? Like, why are you obsessed with me? Reading my comments and waiting for a chance to reply…I don’t care for Kelly Rowland enough to hate her, and I never said i hated her….You just have this idea in your head that I’m always talking about Kelly Rowland because you’re a lunatic stan. It’s people like YOU that make it very hard for people to not talk s*** about the girl…just so you can sit the hell down. You’re so annoying and pathetic, boo.
Im in toronto today, they are giving her tickets for free.
@ geronimo tickets don’t go on sale until April 9th so you fail
@Team Weezy
Quit chewing on your foot, already. When you can’t get even get the name right of the dead child you’re using to throw shade on someone, it’s not only ignorant, it’s vile. You were even dumb enough to admit as much when you said “I already knew that Rihanna had all of that charity work going on prior to Jasmine or Jasmina.”
“Is it just a coincidence that she is talking about Leukemia, in which Jasmina also had???”
Do you even know what DKMS is? What part of Rihanna has been working with DKMS since 08’, did you not comprehend? DKMS recruits bone marrow donors specifically for leukemia patients. Rihanna’s been one of their spokespeople for years. Oh, but you knew all of this, already, right? Coincidence does not equal causality. You don’t know whether or not Rihanna scheduled the taping of that PSA, months in advance before Jasmina’s passing. You can only point to some trumped up controversy and assume things. The “Jasmina’s mother” controversy happened in February. It’s April, and Rihanna’s enjoyed nothing but increased commercial success since then (Hundreds of thousands of albums and millions of singles sold). So why don’t you try again.
@ djy2kmalone
its true i have no reasons to lie, i heard it on the radio here in toronto, canada 93.5 if you dont beleive thats your problem, but they are giving her tickets for “FREE”
@Geronimo — You’re, “NOT-TOO-FAR,” from the truth: Rihanna’s last concert/stage performance, the one that was posted HERE, on TGJ; said-one with Timberland and “several-others”, THOSE tickets sold for $1.25!! YES, you read it right: ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS!!! http://www.neworleans.com/community/locals-area-news-releases/322540-timbaland-and-friends-added-to-free-pepsi-super-bowl-fan-jam-thursday-night-lineup.htm
But Geronimo, THIS seems to be a “Team-Rihanna strategy”: when “found-out”; obfuscate, throw-shade, berate and rewrite the laws-of-macro/micro economics: selling “Rated R” for $0.99, and THEN saying – they did so, ONLY cause the CD WAS ALREADY DOING WELL! …And if you didn’t know: “price” is determined by “demand(as much as supply)”, you ONLY “discount a product”, to “move-it”, you DON’T discount a “high-demand” good, product or service! …But, as I’ve said, “Team-Rihanna” has an “agenda/strategy”, and will “sell an unsuspecting-and-trusting consumer”, any-and-all Bull S***; IF they THINK, they can get-away-with-it!
…And SHE’S “writing a book”?!?! …She didn’t even finish High School; an ADMITTED Drop-Out?!?! …Yup, that “Rihanna-FEIGN” just WON’T “LET-UP”!!!
@geronimo
lmao, so your radio needs to stop spitting lies or maybe you didnt even care to listen well, maybe they were giving like 2 tickets because of a radio conquest, you fail, go back to the hole you came from
@geronimo
Now that I think, you are dumber then I thought, how could possibly in this world tickets would be given away before the date that they start selling? Are you f****** nuts? Tickets are only given away when the tours dont have success and the tickets of her tour arent even on sale how can they give away not knowing if it will have success or not? LMAO, you’re delusional you’re delusional boy you losing your mind
What does it matter if Rihanna is sincere or not? Talented or not? She’s raising awareness for something serious. Fans will most likely contribute and help out because of what she’s done here.
And that’s always a good thing. So stop hating, people.
The only person who is fit to judge rihanna’s sincerity is God. As long as he knows that her motives are genuine, that’s all that matters. Good for you rihanna, that’s why you are truly blessed. God don’t like ugly, and people who are constantly negative and looking to tear others down on a daily will reap their just deserves. You keep on trying to do good, and let the naysayers fall by the way side.
Rihanna is doing something to help others and Trent brings up something that hasbeen long gone forgotten. She’s not even helping a specific person this time. Really trent?
It’s gotten to the point where Trent and Sam have throw shade towards Rihanna on every post when there’s no reason to throw shade at all.
LEMME JUST CLEAR SOMETHING UP…..XYZ you c***.
THE RIAA only records album sales of albums that are sold above $6.99, so all the CD’s that were sold on that ONE DAY that were 99 cent were NOT RECORDED in the total sales of RATED R, for that week NOR overall. So you fail on every level.
Second of all, it wasn’t JUST RIHANNA’s album that was 99 cents that day….it was EVERY ALBUM on amazon.com…INCLUDING LADY GAGA/ADAM LAMBERT who were new releases that week. SO SHUT THE HELL UP unless you have your facts straight, girl. Oh, and WHAT’S Chris Brown’s excuse? He flopped harder than anyone else did last year and he doesn’t even have enough money for a tour! That’s why he’s begging people to buy his s***. His career is so damn far UNDERGROUND that HARRIET TUBMAN is shaking her damn head in disbelief.
@Gucci — You’ll have to excuse me, if I DON’T consider YOU, as a “Rhianna supporter”, the “MOST-credible source”; if you don’t mind, can YOU, post-the-link, that leads to the RIAA site? I just went there, and didn’t see “any-such criteria”; this is, from what I saw/read; let me preface – I’m NOT calling you a liar, nor “given-to-hysteria”! Here’s the link: http://riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=criteria
…I mean, her supposedly “sold-out” European-tour dates; …Like her buying that $10Million home, but yet can’t “pony-up” $30K to pay HER personal trainer?? …Her NOT “doing-a-thing”, in THAT car, on Feb 8th/09, and “EVERYTHING-thus” being Chris’ fault! …You do see “the pattern”, don’t you? …Everything that emanates from Camp-Rihanna: ….’viewed-with-suspicion’; you do understand, don’t you?
“Gucci”, Chris HAS talent, ‘the-more’, the mainstream oppresses this 20 y/o, given HIS “many-talents”, the ….”REAL(ER)” HE becomes! …And if white-folk can forgive, for the umpteenth-time, Charlie Sheen; his shoving-his-X-wife-to-the-ground, as SHE held their infant-child in HER arms: WITHSTANDING; then why can’t black-folk?
You see, come that “Sheen Trial”, this summer, and then-realized “the sorted details”, we’ll be FORCED to “reevaluate OURSELVES”!
MY use of “WE”, is NOT, in-the-most “pluralistic”, sense-of-the-word: some black women, like yourself, are-so-enamored by white men, and the mainstream, that your moral-compass is permanently-askew! …Thus rendering you, not-only, “relieved-of-the-faculty-of-judgment-and-reason”; but incapable of any “higher-critical thought”: on issue(s), problems, ‘outrage’ or anomaly, that finds-its-way, upon the body-politic, or-any-such, “social-construct”!!
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT!!
P.S. – …As far as, this PSA, of hers, I think I’ll visit the mainstream blogs: have a “look-see”; see what “THE-OTHERS” have to say! …Oh, ’bout her tour, on the OTHER Urban Blogs, well? …Let us say, it’s NOT being welcomed, with-open-arms!!
X Y and Zero… egt a fffking Life
@Reasonable Voice
Read this carefully, me indicating that the JasminA situation affects Rihanna’s PSA is different from me using JasminA’s death or not getting her name correctly. How is me not knowing her name indicating that I’m igonorant or vile. And I guess you referring to her as THE DEAD CHILD isn’t ignorant or vile???? Right.
Also calling me dumb because I already knew about Rihanna’s charity work is idiotic because once again you can’t comprehend. Yes, I know what DKMS is, however, my point was when have we ever seen a PSA from Rihanna prior to this situation????? Since she has been a spokesperson for YEARS, why is it now that we have seen a PSA?? No, I may not know if she scheduled the PSA before Jasmina’s passing but neither do you, therefore I determine my point by this coincidental situation which is clear as day!!!! Yeah, this may not affect her album sales, etc however, it does affect her image which is just as important. So maybe you should try again!
I commend Rihanna for what she’s doing for children. I really do. Nuff props.
On a completely separate note – did she say she’s looking to be an actress? I hope she’s getting coaching because the way she delivered those lines like she was basically reading them on a teleprompter or reciting them…. she needs work.
@team weezy
Oh, I see, you’ve taken to spelling Jasmina’s name correctly. Too bad you had to be embarrassed into doing so. Referring to Jasmina as “the dead child” is factual, unlike your ignorant, yes ignorant, attempts at spelling said dead child’s name (since you claim to be in the know) and using said deceased girl as a talking point to support baseless rumors and innuendo. The fact that you replied to me again with another slight on the dead child’s name (“Jasmine or Jasmina”) was even more disrespectful and vile (since you claim to be in the know).
Based on her sales and the lack of ink, bandwidth, and attention that the mainstream media has devoted to the controversy, the Jasmina flap has done no lasting harm to Rihanna’s image. If in fact the controversy were harming Rihanna, DKMS wouldn’t have allowed her to speak on their behalf in a PSA. On the contrary, Rihanna’s partnership with DKMS has only brought them more donations (monetary and bone marrow) and more publicity.
If you even bothered to listen to the PSA, you would’ve noticed that it’s a “get out the vote” effort for a Pepsi grant. Now if you were really clever, you would’ve made the link between Pepsi and Rihanna, instead of Rihanna and Jasmina, given the fact that Pepsi sponsored her show at one of the Superbowl events. You obviously have an axe to grind, and it isn’t beneath you to use dead children in your agenda, even if you have to be shamed into spelling their names correctly.
@Reasonable Voice
LMAO! OMG!!! What in the hell???? I listened to the PSA and I heard exactly what she said!!! That doesn’t change how I feel! Regardless, of sponsorship etc. I still believe this is strategy!!!! Sweetie, why would DKMS not allow Rihanna to speak on their behalf when she’s an “international star” as you stans say??? That’s dumb as hell! You still didn’t comprehend my comment! I only said it affects her image, I never said it destroyed her image! Smh. Read it again! K?
And Please Oh Please use your brain to comprehend that I am not using Jasmina’s death as a ploy to throw shade at Rihanna. Once again you did not comprehend me! My point is that this is ALL strategic! She and her PR strategically set up a PSA to mend a bad situation. That is all I’m saying! Geez! Honey, you are trying to create more than what there is by including more foolishness that have nothing to do with what I was trying to convey! No, I didn’t spell her name correctly, but what is that indicating???? Nothing more than the fact that I just didn’t spell her name correctly!!! You in no way shamed or embarrassed me! People come on here and can’t even spell the artists name that they stan for! But is it such a huge difference just because Jasmina is dead???? Please! I mean, How is that proving someone to be ignorant because of an incorrect spelling of a name? You must have an axe to grind yourself, because your constant attempt to make someone look ‘ashamed” for spelling someone’s name incorrectly is stupid! I mean is that all you got????? Try again!
@Reasonable voice — ‘Come now, let’s NOT attempt your usual “slight-of-hand”: “team-Rihanna” tactic/method of not-addressing a well-placed, probing and truly provocative question/point: Rihanna USED that NOW-deceased little girl, BUT ONLY to sell her CD – PERIOD!!! …And, in-THAT-vein, Rihanna used Feb8th/09 to garner sympathy, but for, YET-again, the purposes of commerce!
…These latest “Fenty-revelation(s)” should be added to the list of OTHER “Rihanna-isms” that are truly poignant and “gravity-defying”in their mass: I like big d****; I don’t like soft-guys; I’m a high school drop-out/I’m writing a book; I can sing/I can dance; I dress myself; and last, but certainly ‘my fav’: I DON’T HAVE H*****!!!!! <<—Rihanna, take another bow!!!!
X,Y,"and Z" — OUT!
@team weezy
Yes, it is strategic, strategic in the sense that Rihanna uses corporate brands to plug DKMS, nothing more, the same as she did when she plugged DKMS in People magazine when searching for a bone marrow donor for Jasmina. And again, if her sales went up the week after the flap, and her single has been #1 for three weeks straight, what lasting hit did her image take, that would prompt Rihanna to make some sort of public, apologetic gesture? This lasting image hit you keep referring to just isn’t there. Why would she publically apologize for a statement that Jasmina’s mother denied ever writing in the first place? No comment was offered from Rihanna’s camp regarding the whole situation.
So let’s review. You claim to be in the know, just not enough in the know to spell Jasmina’s name right, until pressed to do so. I’ve given you multiple reasons justifying the PSA, including Rihanna’s history with her charitable foundation, and her involvement with DKMS, which harkens back to before she ever met Jasmina, as well as Pepsi’s connection to Rihanna which she cross promoted in the video. All you have to offer to support your POV is weak a theory about mending a “messy” situation, which has been proven not to have any lasting negative effect on Rihanna based on her sales and promo opportunities. You ask, why hasn’t she done a DKMS PSA before? I answer, Rihanna has never done a Pepsi gig (that I know of) before the Superbowl event, and this is the first year that Pepsi is offering their Refresh Project grants, but you still revert back to this Jasmina controversy, which has had no impact, whatsoever on her career other than to provide her detractors with more fodder. And you’re asking me to try harder?
@XYandZ
So I guess Kelly Rowland and the Obamas used Jasmina for publicity too? Yeah, ok, whatever. Boo Boo, Chris Brown needs some airplay. Focus your energies on that instead of being mad at Rihanna because she, unlike you, is of the gender that Chris Brown finds sexually attractive.
@Reasonable Voice
LMAOOOOOO!!!! You’re still including additional information that has nothing to do with my point! I NEVER said her image is taking a “hit”….Read my statement once again PLEASE!!! I only said it affects her image! Let me break that down for you. That only means she was seen a bit in a bad light. Not to say her album sales, her singles, etc would be tarnished in the process. And to be frank if all I have to prove my own POV is that “weak theory” you refer to, then guess what IT IS MY POV! I repeat IT IS MY POV! K?? No matter how much you [STAN-ISHLY] attempt to prove how much of a lack of impact the Jasmina situation affected this PSA, it will never convince me that Rihanna and her PR didn’t attempt to mend the situation by doing a PSA. Sorry. But nice try though.