Rihanna's happy ever after is in serious doubt as the father of her kids ASAP Rocky faces 24 years in prison if found guilty. Read the full story on heat.
By all accounts, Rihanna’s been living the loved-up dream for four years now – ever since falling for her longtime friend and collaborator, A$AP Rocky, in 2021, and subsequently welcoming their two sons together: RZA, two, and Riot Rose, 18 months. But now the superstar’s happily ever has been put into serious doubt, as sheThe rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is in the second week of a jury trial, after pleading not guilty to two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm.
Rocky’s assault trial, which kicked off in LA last Friday and is expected to last three weeks, comes almost three years after the rapper was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, with Rihanna in tow, following the couple’s vacation. He was charged at the time, and later released on bail, for allegedly firing a gun at his former friend, ASAP Relli in November 2021.
'Rocky has done his best to stay positive leading up to the trial, but now that it’s started, he’s on edge in a big way, and so is Rihanna,' says our source. 'They aren’t sleeping well at all – the tension is sky high. Rihanna is doing all she can to be supportive, but she’s also got the kids to look after, so having to take care of their needs and also try to take care of Rocky emotionally is tough.
Rocky, for his part, has also waxed lyrical about their happy home life, saying, 'You come home to heaven every day. I’m so thankful. God is good, man.' He’s also previously paid tribute to Rihanna – who had her fair share of terrible relationships in the past, including being physically abused by her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown – saying that 'she amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones… I think when you know, you know. She’s the one.
'Rihanna tries to be understanding,' our insider reveals. 'She knows Rocky needs help taking his mind off things, but it’s hard for her not to feel resentful. She wants his focus on her and the kids, and normally it is, but this trial has sent him into a spiral, and it’s having a knock-on effect on everything at home. No one is saying this is going to break them up, but it is testing their relationship, and Rihanna’s patience, to the limits. This isn’t what she signed up for.
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