Thousands of Rihanna fans turned out to meet & greet the singer who signed copies of her 4th studio CD ‘Rated R’ at a Best Buy in NYC yesterday.
One of Rihanna’s adoring fans received extra special attention from the Barbadian beauty. Little Jasmena Anema has a rare form of leukemia (blood cancer) that’s ravaging her tiny body. But she found the strength to wait for hours in a long line for the chance to meet her idol Rihanna.
Jasmena’s leukemia has weakened her immune system to the point where she must wear a mask to protect her from deadly germs. So it might not have been a good idea for Rihanna to put her face in such close proximity to Jasmena’s, possibly exposing the child to millions of opportunistic microbes.
But we’re just going to assume that Rihanna didn’t know any better and that she didn’t mean any harm. Still, this is something you would expect Beyonce to do.
Photos: Splash News Online
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Food for her, still dont like her
But she found the strength to wait for hours in a long line for the chance to meet her idol Rihanna.
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I don’t think that little girl waited hours in line …..She has on a V.I.P pass……I don’t care to much for robin but I don’t think she meant any harm by putting her face by the little girl……
Any way Morning all
lol I meant
Good for her, still dont like her
And hold up IS SHE ACTUALLY GIVING CDS TO KIDS THIS AGE…LAWD!!!! R U SERIOUS. HAVE U SEEN THE INSIDE OF THAT PORN I MEAN ALBUM, C’MON SON.
I think its a beautiful thing…
And
I don’t think that little girl waited hours in line …..She has on a V.I.P pass……
Good Morning folks!!!!
Morning Fam, LovelyLady I was thinking the same thing. Doesn’t this CD have a Rated R on the sticker?
I wonder how she feels about her CD selling for $3.99. Her CD sales have never been stellar but she’s always managed to sell a large number of singles. Since this first single tanked Def Jam appears to be scared and put the CD on sale for $3.99. While the Filene’s Basement price is sure to guarantee the number 1 spot, it doesn’t show much faith in this CD on behalf of the label. KTHXBYE
Morning
Yes the cd has a sticker on it cause I bought mine yesterday
Sandra are you posting her GMA performance? I heard she did good! Please n thank you!
Sandra the vast majority of your story doesn’t have the ring of truth. Neither Rihanna’s people nor this child’s mother is going to have her waiting for hours to see Rihanna. Come on now. I’m also sure that those same people would make sure it was safe for Rihanna to kiss her. You hate on your own girl now?
I still can’t get used to that hair…
Just want to say that yesterday ths SRfam made my workday go by like a breeze. The board was
to say the least.
I meant to say …the SRfam
Good murning…
Bless that little girls heart.
Somebody could have told her to stay out the childs face with her herpes simplex whateva.
Good morning,
I think it was a nice gesture. But her image is a little hard for a girl that age.
Rhi looks cute here. I like that version of her hair style better than the others.
Good morning everyone.
I like it. It’s a good look for her.
And I
with Lovelylady. That album isn’t for da kids.
@Shannon its actually 99cent on amazon!!! Amazon is giving you $# off when you buy the mp3… I still don’t know if that will help she’s currently #5 on iTunes.
HER HAIR IS LOOKING BETTER AND BETTER
OOPS MEANT $3 OFF
Dam even when rhi rhi does something nice she gotta get slack..I’m still with ya gurl
Those shoes are killer dayum!
So question for all those asking why she gave a cd to a child:
Does anyone want to know why the mother is allowing her to buy/receive/listen to a cd that’s Rated R?
Rhi-Rhi looks fierce, fave songs is Cold Case Love, Stupid in Love, Last Song, and Photographs, it’s a solid lp
@waterlily
Too Hard? That lil girl a G she got on army pants and uggs!!!
It’s a good look for RiRi though. I love when they show love to the kids
I guess she went out and found this little girl and made her mom purchase the cd. Do something good and you still get slammed, poor girl.
HAAAPPPPYYYYYYYY THANKKSSSSGIVVVVVINGG!!!!!!!!!!
OOPS, NO THAT’S IN TWO MORE DAYS-HUUUURRRRY UP I CAN’T WAIT
AT LEAST GET TO THANKSGIVING EVE, I CAN’T WAIT TO PREPARE MY FOOD, SIT DOWN AND CUT A FOOL & LAUGH WITH MY FAMILY, REFLECT ON THOSE WE’VE LOSSED AND REMINISCING ABOUT THE GOOD “OLE” DAYS, & SNEAK FOOD OUT THE POTS WHILE G-MA HAS HER BACK TURNED-WHILE THE KIDS RUN AROUND LIKE BANSHEES, TERRORIZING ONE ANOTHER, AS WE TAKE PICTURES OF THE MOST RECENT ADDITION TO THE FAMILY ENJOYING THEIR FIRST THANKSGIVING
THE RADIO STATIONS ARE PLAYING CHRISTMAS MUSIC ALREADY-YEAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KC and Shauny, trust i noticed that also. Its parents such as that. I dont understand why her mother would allow her to purchase that CD either. Its great the girl got to meet Rhi but come on. The mother is also at fault so she aint left out at all, shut she more at fault. Would yall allow ur kids to listen to music like this or purchase a CD with pics such as she has??? I doubt it.
and I’m out
Of course not hence the Rated R sticker it’s an adult CD, in fact my kids don’t listen to the radio at all, the only music their accustomed to is what comes on Sprout, Nick Jr. Michael Jackson and Islamic Nasheeds…
@KC I LOVE all the songs you named and I like fire bomb, so hard and rude boy as well! CD is very well put together
Maybe she will trade out her cd for the wal mart clean version
@ KC,
honestly more parents need to be like that. If and when i become i parent i would never allow my child to listen to adult music. I bee seeing little kids knowing all the words to songs like BD Sex, Blame It on the goose, 5 star and some other songs that should not be allowed for childern. Shut they know way more words then some adults.
@ lovelylady you are correct my great-niece is one of those kids and then you ask them to sing the alphabet and they either A. look at you like your crazy B. become shy all of a sudden or C. ask what’s that? lmao…
@ INTENSE Let me take a wild guess and say that you love the holidays and you’re a Christmas person. lol
I am too but I swear holiday music drives me batshyt crazy.
As far as the little girl and that crappy cd….if my baby was near death I would take her to a 50 cent concert if she asked asked.
@ Daisy Oh yeah I forgot there are always two version’s to CD’s now… that will probably be the case…
what’s your twitter name?
@lovely of course I wouldn’t.
I do try to limit what my daughter see/hears on the radio/videos. Hubby and I don’t play rap or suggestive songs when she’s in the car and the video channels are blocked on the tv for her. She loves Bey because she loves to dance and entertain so she will sing her songs and I let her watch her videos (sue me) but she is more High School Musical than MTV. She listens to Disney Radio, has the HSM, Camp Rock and Kid Bops CDs etc. That’s more of what she’s use to.
@intense
Where you at, gurl? I’m coming over! You are hilarious..and I know that ish runs in the fam! Anyway, this my last day at the gig. So, I am giving my Happy Thanksgiving’s out to the SRfam a little early.
On another note, I am happy that little girl got to meet one of her idols. Apparently, she is a fan. So, what’s a few minutes of joy with a celeb when she is probably going through so much pain. God bless the parents that have to deal with their little one being sick. I don’t think I could take it. My heart races when my boo-boo trips and falls!
VIBAY says
if my baby was near death I would take her to a 50 cent concert if she asked asked.
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you can’t be serious right? So now RhiRhi’s lyrics are worse than what 50 lyrics spits?
o.k now I’m leaving forreal. Have a good day all. Keep the peace
@ kcicero
That’s why I wait a year to buy the artist’s album cause they do that
Nice thing for Rihanna to do. Hopefully, the mother just gave her child an opportunity to meet one of her fav celebs - doesn’t mean she’s going to let her listen to the song.
And I am glad she didn’t have to wait - heard on the radio that Rihanna was 3 hours LATE to this cd signing. It’s cold here in Dallas - I’ll be damned if I’m standing outside for 3 hours in New York waiting on ANY celeb to come through.
@ Shauny. Did I say anything about Rihannas lyrics? I said that because IF my child was near death I would probably grant her any wish that she wanted. Putting 50 out there was to show how far I would go….50 being the worst. Thats why I didnt question her mother letting her get the cd. For all we know that could be the childs last wish.
@vibaby
YES GURL I’M ONE OF THOSE CRAZY I LOVE THE HOLIDAYS PEOPLE (THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS ESPECIALLY) I LOVE BEING WITH MY FAMILY ACTING A FOOL, EATING, AND ENJOYING TIME OFF FROM WORK-SINIGING X-MAS SONGS LIKE I’M 5 LOL
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Tyzgurl Says:
@intense
Where you at, gurl? I’m coming over! You are hilarious..and I know that ish runs in the fam!
AND YOU KNOW IT!!!!!! I’M IN UPSTATE NY C’MON AND GET YOUR PARTY ON-ALL YOU HAVE TO BRING IS LAUGHTER OH YEAH PICK UP SOME KOOL-AID AND ICE SO YOU DON’T SHOW UP EMPTY HANDED SO NOBODY BE TRIPPIN TALKING ABOUT “SHE AINT BRING NUTHIN” LOL
Very cute pictures and that little girl is fierce in her camo and boots!
Come on ya’ll, take it easy on the little girls momma, granting her little girl some happiness was probably way more on her mind than the Rated R pics inside which I highly doubt the little girl even cared about in the first place.
VIbaby, I agree about doing what it takes to make a possibly terminally ill child a moment of happiness as long as it didn’t mean putting her in imminent danger or something extreme.
Go Rhi-Rhi!
Morning guys
did anyone watch the Wendy Williams Show last night and heard the thangs Rihanna said to a guy in a convo she was having??? i love Rihanna but she is becommin Ghetto to me. oh yeah she looks nice in this pic
That last push for album sells…but Susan Boyle is slaying all their asses and trust she had no real promo, she doesn’t look like a model but has vocals out of this world…Susan has a amazing story and I will be getting her and Lady Gaga albums this week…may God contiune blessing Jasmine…
At least her shoes are nice. I am over everything else!!! Prancing around half naked damn near dark this time around and than all of a sudden its all about the kids.
I dont doubt she has good intentions but lets get serious actions speak louder.
anything for album sales right? I saw it on amazon for $3.99…maybe that will give her a boost. Her albums is pretty ok but the more I listen to it the less I seem to like it. “Hard” is probably my favorite.
And what parent would let his/her young daughter listen to an album titled Rated R, with a parental advisory on the label?
Can’t wait to get her CD!!! The wait is over!
Anyways, that was very nice of Rihanna and I pray that Jasmena will get well.
Cosign Intense. My oldest daughter is the same way. She’s ten and truly honestly what you mentioned are her favorite aspects of the holiday she doesn’t even have a list.I keep asking her what she wants and she says nothing really. I don’t like toys anymore I am not into clothes and shoes yet”you buy me too much already” I don’t need anything. What kid says that? . Her daddy works twelve hours a day seven days on seven days off and both t-day and x-mas fall during his time on. She cried for two days strait when he told her. Broke my heart. Last nite his sup called said he could have off Thursday she said God listened to me!!!
Intense my sister now lives upstate in Peekskill? Is that near you?
@ wiggy: That is what you call a grateful child. My children are grateful like that too and every year we go through their toy box and take out all the things they don’t play with and give them to the needy. It makes them appreciate what they have been blessed with.
Sorry guys, that was soo far off topic.
heard on the radio that Rihanna was 3 hours LATE to this cd signing.
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yeah, heard that too..she was 3 hours late and stayed for 30mins..yep talking respecting her fans yet gaga about hers pizzas for waiting in line for her…smh
anyways, no offense to all trying to praise this so called good deed but its wrong on every sense..IMO this was a photo op..this girl is sick and you can even see from the mask she is wearing that she should not be in this environment…could rihanna NOT tell her people that she will visit the child at her home or even make arrangements for her to come see her in private??? why put the little kid through this..just to take a picture and look good??? i doubt very much her people did not know coz she got a VIP pass…this to me is taking it too far for promo..that kid stays in NYC and if rihanna really wanted she could have made other arrangements since she did help that girl after all…smh
yep talk about respecting your fans yet gaga bought hers pizzas for waiting in line for her.
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corrected..
Rihanna…yawn
This little girl is very sick. Sometimes you let dying kids listen to their favorite artists (that have visited her in the hospital in the past) or you take them to a signing because they’ll never get the experience again.
That might have the most exciting thing Jasmina has done in a looooong time. Cut her, her momma, and Rihanna some slack!
Mistarie, we do that T’day every year. We put up the tree and take out the toys. My four yr old(the one in the gravatar) hasn’t grown into her generosity yet. She doesn’t like to give up nothing. Not even baby toys.
@ wiggy…
She’ll come around. It took my middle child a little longer to get it as well, but now she understands and happily gives up her toys to those that are less fortunate. This year we’re giving them away to a women and children’s shelter. Last year we just packed them all up, took them to an empty lot that is frequented by children and put up a sign that said “free toys”. Needless to say, when we went back the next day, the box was empty.
So it might not have been a good idea for Rihanna to put her face in such close proximity to Jasmena’s, possibly exposing the child to millions of opportunistic microbes.
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Way to rain on her good PR Sandra….
I see she permed and slicked down them edges cuz they were looking a little rough. She betta stop playing. My hair is thick as HECK and if I go 3 weeks without a relaxer my hair is not manageable. LOL
Is it ok for this SMALL child to have a RATED R CD?
@EJLOVE- Is it ok for this SMALL child to have a RATED R CD? Hell to the
LadeeA Says:
@EJLOVE- Is it ok for this SMALL child to have a RATED R CD? Hell to the
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I thought so…
More reasons to love Rih Rih
why in the world is she giving cd’s of hers to kids.. all that pornagraphic stuff inside! SMH. now if Beyonce would have done this Sandra you would be all over her! you would have been talking mad s–t! I am sick of Rhianna i wish she would dissapear already…every Rhianna posts has to have something about Beyonce in it wow….
Sandra hates Bey and loves Rhi
I don’t know why because they both are the same now of dayz.
I
the shoes, but I am so sick of seeing her in every post. She is pretty. We get it.
“AND YOU KNOW IT!!!!!! I’M IN UPSTATE NY C’MON AND GET YOUR PARTY ON-ALL YOU HAVE TO BRING IS LAUGHTER OH YEAH PICK UP SOME KOOL-AID AND ICE SO YOU DON’T SHOW UP EMPTY HANDED SO NOBODY BE TRIPPIN TALKING ABOUT “SHE AINT BRING NUTHIN” LOL”
–LMAO! That sounds a lot like my family too. You can even bring plates, forks, napkins, or aluminum foil–just bring something, lol. Anyway, cute pic of Rihanna giving the little girl a kiss.
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