In light of her whirlwind success, cleaning out the VMA’s last week alongside fellow hip hop artists Kanye West and Justin Timberlake, Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty) is rolling in it, previously mentioning her weakness for splurging on “makeup and shoes.”


But has the hip hop princess forgotten about her father, Ronald Fenty?

Reports have surfaced claiming that the former beauty pageant winner has run clean of her poverty stricken father, whom after battling a cocaine addiction that has quote “actually really embarrassed” her, faces hard financial struggles in their native Barbados, forced to sell clothes from the back of his car in an attempt to provide for himself and his family.

Rihanna's Dad living in poverty

The Enquirer:

While Ronald reportedly has beaten his drug problem, he’s still clearly struggling with poverty. “Ronald is trying to make ends meet by selling clothes and perfumes and lotions out of his car,” said a friend of his in Barbados.

“It’s kind of sad that his daughter is raking in millions as a world famous singer while her dad is still hustling to make a buck.”

Unlike a string of fellow music artists emerging from poverty to international super-stardom such as Ciara, Chris Brown and Jay-Z, who have all taken care of their struggling families following their successes, it seems Rihanna has no interest in helping to provide for the family who, despite their own lack of finances, gave their all to support her.

Guess now that she’s famous and loaded… they can’t stand under her umbrella? Well, at least not while there is make-up and shoes to buy.

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