Jamaica is trying to 'steal' Rihanna from Barbados and the memes are amazing
11 October 2019, 15:42
Wait... is Rihanna Jamaican?!
Rihanna has always been a proud Bajan woman, hailing from Saint Michael, Barbados. However, now her Jamaican fans want to change her nationality and there's a Twitter battle going on to prove the singer is actually Jamaican.
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It comes as no surprise why Jamaicans really want to claim Rihanna as theirs. With Fenty Beauty changing the makeup game, Savage x Fenty doing everything Victoria's Secret wishes it could and Fenty becoming LVMH's first luxury brand owned by a black woman, we'd want Rihanna on our team too.
It all started when a Twitter user decided enough was enough – it was time to steal Rihanna from Barbados. "Jamaicans, you know, if we pretend like Rihanna is Jamaican, the world would believe us and there is nothing the Bajans can do about it. Let’s kidnap Rihanna’s nationality, y’all," the Twitter user tweeted.
Jamaicans, you know, if we pretend like Rihanna is Jamaican, the world will believe us, and there is nothing Bajans can do about it.
— rihanna is jamaican (@DavidEatsViagra) October 9, 2019
Let's kidnap Rihanna's nationality, y'all.
Soon, #RihannaIsJamaican started trending on Twitter and hilarious memes trying to prove Rihanna's Jamaican heritage began circulating.
🇯🇲 A thread of Rihanna embracing her Jamaican heritage. 🇯🇲 pic.twitter.com/y0yETcbxdi
— Cassius of the Antilles (@CRUELCASSIUS) October 9, 2019
How can one small island produce such talent whew pic.twitter.com/FZxtxRAgnz
— Teddy Bruckshot (@SherzCapone) October 7, 2019
*Drops Mic Jamaicanly* #RihannaIsJamaican pic.twitter.com/VkLwjzwDrr
— Rihanna’s Lone Wolf 🇯🇲 (@Shantelle876ix) October 10, 2019
#RihannaIsJamaican barbados need to chill.
— reysoja🇯🇲 (@Officialreysoja) October 10, 2019
Cause i remember this day like it was yesterday. pic.twitter.com/9ynT7a47ai
#RihannaIsJamaican
— Odayne (@king_odayne) October 10, 2019
Bajans: Rihanna will back us against the Jamaicans
Rihanna: pic.twitter.com/f3IUPMzE5K
Think a yasso it done now stills. #RihannaIsJamaican pic.twitter.com/mXbX9d68qP
— Helium (@_helium) October 10, 2019
Indisputable proof! #RihannaIsJamaican pic.twitter.com/2JJjIzFrDc
— K (@FALCONINTHASKY) October 10, 2019
Last but not least. Provided to me by the kind folks at Victoria Jubilee Hospital (birth records are public domain in Jamaica) pic.twitter.com/F5qhGmj2x0
— Cassius of the Antilles (@CRUELCASSIUS) October 10, 2019
In retaliation, Bajans decided to steal some Jamaican icons.
WORLD CHAMPION OUTTA BARBADOS. pic.twitter.com/o4IQK6h8Qk
— K'Jango™ (@kaijai_tm) October 10, 2019
Not to mention the fastest man alive went to Harrison College. Big up Barbados 🇧🇧 pic.twitter.com/ybrxbe42wu
— Bajan βully (@Rxme_116) October 10, 2019
I hate to say it but Rihanna lives in London now, so technically she's ours…