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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s love story is the kind that turns heads and melts hearts. What began as a years-long friendship blossomed into one of pop culture’s most captivating romances. Before Rihanna ever met and became friends with A$AP, she explained what a “perfect marriage” would look like to her. Here’s what she described.

Rihanna once said she wanted to already ‘feel married’ before marriage

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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky first sparked romance rumors in 2020 after nearly a decade of friendship. They publicly confirmed their relationship in a 2021 GQ interview, during which Rocky affectionately called Rihanna “the love of my life.” Since then, they’ve built a young family. The couple welcomed their first son, RZA, in May 2022, and their second, Riot Rose, in August 2023. At the 2025 Met Gala, Rihanna formally revealed that they are expecting a third child. This further cemented their commitment as a modern model of family and partnership.

Their relationship has stoked persistent speculation about engagement or marriage. Rocky intensified such rumors during a performance at the 2023 Cannes Lions Festival when he publicly referred to Rihanna as “my beautiful wife in the motherf******ing building” while she watched from the crowd.

Before Rihanna ever met A$AP, she said in a December 2010 interview with Kanye “Ye” West and Interview Magazine what she envisioned a “perfect marriage” to be.

“I think marriage in general … I think people put a lot of pressure on the title of marriage and the actual wedding,” she said. “But I think you should already feel married before you get married. I think a wedding should just be a celebration of the marriage, and you should already feel like husband and wife. You should feel like your love is completely unconditional to this person, that it doesn’t matter what — that you will be down with this person forever.”

She noted that “second-guessing” the love means “it’s not there.” The multihyphenate also noted that she’d love to get married “if it’s right.”

Rihanna is ’embracing’ her newfound ‘wifehood’ with A$AP Rocky

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have never publicly admitted to tying the knot. They also haven’t revealed any plans to wed, making fans wonder whether Rihanna will ever walk down the aisle. That said, Rihanna might already consider herself married to A$AP — a marker of a great relationship, according to her 2010 interview.

While speaking to E! News at the launch of her Savage x Fenty collection at the Nordstrom Century City store in Los Angeles in October 2024, Rihanna admitted she’s embraced “motherhood, wifehood-ish, wife-ish hood and just being a homebody.”

“I love to be a homemaker,” she said, according to Revolt TV. “I have a lot of women in my home right now, and I just like to be exciting and celebrate things. I’m trying to build new traditions for our little family that we built.”

Rihanna also noted that she planned to spend the holidays with her “in-laws.” This prompted further marriage speculation.

The couple’s marital status came up in A$AP Rocky’s pre-trial hearing

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s marital status came into question during a pre‑trial hearing for A$AP Rocky’s 2025 gun‑assault case in Los Angeles. Judge Mark S. Arnold paused proceedings to clarify how the court should refer to Rihanna, according to The Breakfast Club. He bluntly asked, “Is she his girlfriend or his wife?” Rocky’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, responded by calling Rihanna his “common‑law wife” and later said “wife” would suffice. He then admitted he didn’t know if they were legally married anywhere.

Prosecutors objected, arguing that because no marriage certificate exists, they should refer to Rihanna as his “significant other” or “the mother of his children.” Ultimately, Judge Arnold ruled that unless there is legal documentation of a marriage, Rihanna would be designated as Rocky’s significant other in the court record.

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