A timeline of Rihanna & Cardi showing love to each other (A Thread):
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March 15, 2017: Cardi wearing Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma creepers during her photoshoot for The Source Magazine.
September 10th, 2017: Cardi attends Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma NYFW show & Diamond Ball.
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September 10th, 2017: Cardi posts a pair of shoes from Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma collection to Instagram.
September 10th, 2017: Rihanna posts her and Cardi at her Diamond Ball after party. She also asked Cardi to perform at the event.
September 14th, 2017: Cardi attends Rihanna’s Diamond Ball. She explains what she loves most about Rihanna on the carpet.
September 21st, 2017: Rihanna posts a little girl rapping “Bodak Yellow” to her Instagram.
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September 27th, 2017: September 27th 2017: Rihanna congratulates Cardi on Bodak Yellow reaching #1.
March 2018: Cardi wears Fenty x Puma in her cover photoshoot for Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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April 8th, 2018: Rihanna congratulations Cardi on her debut album & her pregnancy.
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April 8th, 2018: Cardi calls Rihanna the “most humble” & says she loves her in response to Rihanna’s congratulations.
April 15th, 2018: Rihanna dresses up in a disguise to go see Cardi perform at Coachella.
April 16th, 2018: Rihanna uses “Drip” lyrics for her caption on Instagram.
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May 9th, 2018: Cardi tells Howard Stern she loves Rihanna because she can tell she’s genuine and wants her to win.
June 11th, 2018: Cardi likes an edit of Rihanna on Instagram
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July 9th, 2018: Rihanna sends Cardi a huge box of Savage x Fenty lingerie.
2018: Cardi likes a video of Rihanna on Instagram.
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February & March 2019: Cardi wears Fenty Beauty at Offset’s listening party & in the “Clout” music video.
June 23rd, 2019: Cardi and Rihanna at the BET Awards.
June 24th, 2019: Cardi goes on live and mentions Rihanna after the BET Awards
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June 24th, 2019: Cardi posts a photo of her & Rihanna, says she forgot to ask her for Fenty sunglasses & Rihanna responds saying “I love this chick man!”
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(Via celebsloverih on IG)
(Via celebsloverih on IG)
September 11th, 2019: Cardi attends Rihanna’s SavagexFenty NYFW show.
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September 12th, 2019: Cardi attends Rihanna’s 5th annual Diamond Ball & pays $111,000 dollars for her ‘Rihanna’ photo biography book.
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September 13th, 2019: Cardi calls Rihanna a genius on Instagram for putting together the Diamond Ball.
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September 17th, 2019: Rihanna mentions Cardi on her Instagram live saying she’s not as good as her when it comes to entertaining people on live.
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September 22nd, 2019: Cardi praises Rihanna on live and calls her one of her “mood boards”.
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September 12th, 2019 (forgot this one): Rihanna tells an interviewer at her Diamond Ball that she loves Cardi and wants to collaborate with her.
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October 10th, 2019: Cardi mentions Rihanna & the success of her music career at her Vogue’s Forces of Fashion: “The Icon: Explained” talk.
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October 24th, 2019: Rihanna uses a photo of her & Cardi at the 2018 Met Gala in her Rihanna Book.
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November 2019: Cardi calls Rihanna one of her fashion icons during her “73 Questions with Vogue” interview.