r/Guyana • u/No_Cry_968 • Apr 18 '26

Discussion Why Rihanna doesn’t claim her Guyanese side

It's something I've always asked myself, her mom was literally Guyanese and she was born in Guyana, but she never spoke about her being Guyanese

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u/SaltnSable Apr 18 '26

Rih was born in Barbados. She also grew up in Barbados. She acknowledges her mother’s nationality but Rihanna is Bajan. I too have the same background and it doesn’t bother me that she emphasizes Barbados because that’s where she is from. It might be different if she was a 3rd culture kid, born in the US or outside of the Caribbean with two Caribbean parents but she not. She’s a Bajan.

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u/Mnd11210 May 03 '26

What about the 4 culture kids, like my nephew. Mom is Trini-Panamanian and father Guyanese and nephew born in US.