Ronald Fentysinger Rihanna’s father died at 70. The death occurred early Saturday in Los Angeles, according to the radio station Starcom Network Newsbased in Barbados, the artist’s native country.
The official cause of death has not been confirmed. However, the media pointed out that Fenty died after a “short disease.” Sources indicated that family members have gathered in California to give him the last goodbye.
Images published by the Portal Page Six show the brother of RihannaRajad Fenty, arriving at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last Wednesday. It is speculated that the singer was also in the vehicle, although it does not appear in the photographs.
So far, neither the singer nor her representative have issued statements nor have they publicly spoken about the news.
The news is announced while Rihanna waits for her third child as a result of her relationship with her partner, A $ AP Rocky. The singer announced her pregnancy at the beginning of the month during the Met Gala.
The complex relationship between Rihanna and his father
Rihanna He maintained a distant relationship with his father. According to TMZ, Ronald Fenty had Problems with alcohol and drugs, which resulted in family conflicts. He also divorced Monica Braithwaite, the artist’s mother, when Rihanna was 14 years old.
In a 2011 interview with Vogue, Rihanna He said the link with his father was “very strange.” Although a year later the things between them improved, in 2019 the singer filed a lawsuit against her for allegedly using her name for commercial purposes through her company Fenty Entertainment.
The conflict lasted for a while, until Rihanna requested to withdraw the lawsuit three weeks before the start of the trial in 2021. Subsequently, Ronald Fenty He declared that they had reconcile again.
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