Well-known artist Rihanna has made hints that she would like to work with Grammy-nominated Nigerian singer Ayra Starr.
Ayra Starr, who referred to Rihanna as her role model, has been extremely vocal about her wish to collaborate with the singer. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Ayra once referred to Rihanna as her biggest inspiration and her matriarch.
“I adore Rihanna. My biggest inspiration is her. My matriarch is her. She reigns as my queen. Her “Anti” album is classic. I always listen to it. I’m understanding it more and more as I listen to it. I’m fond of it.
“What I’ve heard from Rihanna is that I should be myself and know who I am; whatever works for me is okay, and if something doesn’t work for me, that’s okay too. I will simply be myself in every circumstance”, she said in the interview.
It is with no doubt that dreams do come true as the Barbadian singer has however hinted her intention to sing with Ayra Starr at her recent Fenty event. Both of them were captured on camera conversing on the black carpet.
In the conversation, Rihanna who is a mother of two said “I’ve been hearing of Ayra Starr, I don’t know who but my cousin she was like, ‘Oh my God I got this [song] from Ayra Starr.’ She was obsessed with you.”
She went on to ask “Do you have a song with Tems?” Ayra Starr replied, “That’s my sister. We do have songs but we don’t have a song [out] yet. But soon..”
Rihanna added, “You got an extra verse for me? Call me.”
