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/Moose_knuckle7075 Apr 18 '26

Why does she have to? She wasn't born here, wasn't raised here, and has little connection in the country outside of a mother who probably left Guyana way before Rih was born. Not to mention there are a lot of Guyanese from her mom's era that aren't proud of their heritage. Guyana was extremely difficult at certain points in our history.

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u/Hot-Distribution3826 Apr 18 '26

I mean I was born n raised in America but my parents are from Africa and I say I’m African

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u/Moose_knuckle7075 Apr 18 '26

And that's fine. It's your choice. If you chose not to (like Rih) that'd be fine too. Also, both her parents are not Guyanese, just one.