Barbadians ‘grudge’ Rihanna

(Barbados Nation) Outspoken historian Trevor Marshall has lashed out at Barbadians calling their attitude towards international pop star Rihanna “reprehensible”.

?“It is a mixture of envy, contempt and righteous indignation,” Marshall told the SUNDAY SUN regarding the negative comments which he said he had heard Barbadians make about the 25-year-old who shot to fame after she was discovered when she was 17.

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“They grudge her”, said an unapologetic Marshall. “They criticize her for wearing skimpy outfits. They say she is not intelligent because she did not reach fifth form at Combermere.

They say she can’t sing and some secretly wish that her career would end in disgrace.”

He called Rihanna beautiful, talented, and a national treasure who uplifted Barbados wherever she travelled.

And he is questioning why more has not been done to honour the singer, who has received 250 awards so far during her seven-year career, including six Grammys and recently the first ever Icon Award at the American Music Awards (AMA).

Marshall said a billboard featuring Rihanna and her mother Monica at the AMA should have been placed at Grantley Adams Airport.

Marshall also expressed dismay that her alma mater, Combermere, had not honoured her in any significant way and suggested that Government should ask Rihanna to contribute to building a performance arts centre in her name at the school or rename Parris Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael, where she grew up and which has become a tourist attraction, Rihanna Road.

“She went to school at Westbury Primary so we can ask her to build on a wing at the school and donate money for the encouragement of creative arts. She went to Combermere so we can ask her to donate money to build a performance theatre at Combermere and call it the Robyn Rihanna Fenty Performance Theatre.

“I would also suggest some signage be put outside Combermere school to show that she was a student at the school. Combermere boasts that it is very much a societal school and there is a Combermere family yet Rihanna has been excluded from t

Rihanna is Guyanese...

di'ze how west indian nig nogs are...jealous, envious and bad-minded to a fault.

if Rihanna was real white and english they would be dragging  deh tongue on the ground where she walked.
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What's the big deal about Rihanna anyway? After her initial rise to stardom in 2007(or something like that) she hasn't put on anything that engaging. Maybe except that thing with Chris Brown, I think we all know what happened there...

same how you replying to self as well 

dat fella is tears yes.  Rihanna is not a great singer, dancer, performer.  but Rihanna has the intangibles of looks and personality that is tremendous, unparalleled.

Rihanna has a sexuality that is tremendous, unique, splendid.  that is why she is loved despite all her shortcomings as performer.

but Rihanna is west indian and makes money in a year that is prolly appraoching some tangible % of the Bajan GDP annually.

and she goes home all the time, speaks of her home, praises it, raise it up.  what more does she need to do to be respected in her home place?

Marshall is right.  Rihanna is a CITIZEN...a real one.  she has already made enough money to abandon Barbados and live anywhere in the world she may want to until the day she dies.  yet she goes home.

long may she retain her loyalty, her patriotism and keep contributing to her home place.

I have no problem with Rihanna..nor Nikki for that matter.  they are both solid people to me..as solid as they can be relative to the west indies..their home place

wow maps you on my side

all the time.  yu din know dat ::confused::

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A Guyanese , a Trini :

U guys know Nikki is a Maraj , eh ?