A$AP Rocky appears to have dropped a huge hint about the gender of his and Rihanna’s third child.
The “Praise the Lord” singer, 36, is expecting his next baby with the “Diamonds” star, 37, with the couple remaining tight-lipped about the gender until now.
Rocky (real name Rakim Mayers) and Rihanna currently have two sons, three-year-old RZA and 22-month-old Riot. After weeks of rumours, they confirmed they were expanding their family at the Met Gala in May this year.
During the world premiere for Smurfs, in which Rihanna stars as Smurfette, Rocky was asked: “Is that the girl you’ve been waiting for?” in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. The rapper responded: “It is, man, it is.”
However, he appeared to quickly redirect his answer as he held up a Smurfette toy and pointed to it saying: “Right here, right here.” The journalist, Kevin Frazier, insisted: “You know what I’m asking!” and Rocky responded with laughter, dodging the question.
Earlier this year, the “Everyday” musician hinted that the couple would stick with their tradition of picking names for their children beginning with “R”, which their own names also begin with.
“Your first two kids have ‘R’ names, obviously you and Rihanna have ‘R’ names,” Seth Meyers asked on his eponymous talk show, nodding to Rocky’s real name. “Is this a lock that the third will have an ‘R’ name, do you think?”
“For sure,” he responded.
The news came after Rocky’s lawyer Joe Tacopina had suggested the family’s next baby would be named “A$AP Joe” after him, after Rocky was acquitted of charges relating to felony assault with a semiautomatic handgun, of which he was found not guilty by a jury. Rocky leaped across benches to embrace Rihanna as the news was announced.
“Rihanna and Rocky said to me in the courtroom yesterday, they grabbed me and they said, ‘Listen, our next baby is A$AP Joe,’” Tacopina told Billy Bush. “I said, ‘I’m gonna hold you to that!’”
Tacopina also revealed what Rocky said to him after the verdict, telling Bush he said “some very nice things”.
“I mean, he told me he loved me, and we’re family,” he said.
