These days they are the most committed of couples, but Rihanna and A$AP Rocky started as good friends. They first got close in 2012 when they went on tour after releasing a collaboration the year before. At the time, there were rumors that something may have been more than friends, but it seemed unlikely as they weren’t actually seen hanging out again in public until 2018.
Rumors began to pick up in 2021 when they were spotted out and about in L.A. holding hands and looking very cozy. A$AP Rocky finally confirmed the romance to GQ a year later, and insiders confirmed that the couple couldn’t be happier. “It’s obvious they’re a couple and also are each other’s best friend,” an insider told Us Weekly. “They kid around a lot [and] laugh a lot. They have private date nights together a lot and have a blast hanging out together.”
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By all accounts, they are the happiest of couples now, but the transition from friend to lover wasn’t seamless. “People don’t get out of the friend zone very easily with me,” Rihanna said during an interview with Vogue U.K. The beauty mogul explained that after knowing each other for so long, the idea of dating just felt strange, even if they eventually got over it. “I certainly took a while to get over how much I know him and how much he knows me because we also know how much trouble we can land each other in.”
